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Comments & Replies
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This page contains Customer Comments and our Replies
about various interesting topics. Click
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Customer Comments
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This may not be the right
forum to ask the following
question. 35-40 Gal. tank
current fish 3 angel, 2
bottom feeders, 1 friendly
silver dollar, 2 neat orange
active feeders. I know,
not to specific but I'm
new at this.
I would like to add 1 Cobalt
Blue Zebra and 1 Red Zebra.
Finally my question. So
far I have a rather friendly
and compatable community
tank and want to keep it.
Can I order these two fish
and keep things pleasant?
or maybe something else
(for color)
Dusty
Florida 33803
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Reply.
The Cobalt Blue Zebra and the Red Zebra would not
be good choices. These fish belong to a group of
fish called Mbunas, that are much too aggressive
for your other fish. Click
here to read more about Mbunas. Click
here to read a story about a beautiful
aquarium full of Mbunas in a restaurant named Giselle's.
Click
here to read about Angels and scroll down to
the paragraph titled Compatibility, which lists
compatible tank mates for your Angel. Then click
here to read about compatible tank mates for
your Silver Dollar.
I just clicked on
those pages and read that Silver Dollars are listed
as good tank mates for Angels, and Angels are listed
as good tank mates for Silver Dollars. So your Angel
and your Silver Dollar are compatible, which you
already knew.
I also read that
Bigger Tetras such as Black Skirts, Serpaes,
and Silver Tips,
Corydoras Catfish, and Livebearers such as
Platies,
Swordtails, and
Mollies are compatible with your fish.
I also read that
Gouramis,
Giant Danios,
Rainbows, a group of
Bala Sharks, and a group of
Clown Loaches are also listed as compatible
with both Angels and Silver Dollars.
Incidentally, the page about
Angel Fish recommends keeping one or several Angels,
but not just a few. The page about Silver Dollars
recommends keeping a group of at least six Silver
Dollars, because they are schooling fish.
This should give
you quite a few choices for your aquarium. I hope
this has helped you.
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Customer Comments
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Dear Customer Service,
I was wondering, do you
think having SAE and Ottocinclus
in the same aquarium is
OK. SAE for the 'fuzzy'
algae, and 'ottocinclus
affinis' for the green algae
that sticks to the glass?
Also, while I was looking
at your web site, I noticed
that I could not find submitted
feedbacks. I would like
to be able to read some
of your feedbacks from customers
and your responses to them,
both Positive and Negative
feedbacks.
Thanks,
Precision 2001
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Reply. Personally, I have
never kept Siamese Algae Eaters (SAE) and Otocinclus
(Otos) in the same aquarium, and I try to give advice
on this web site about things that I have actually
done. But I see no reason that it wouldn't work.
Many aquarists think that
Plecostomus, or SAE, or Otocinclus or some other
fish will solve their algae problem. This is usually
not true. Click
here to read more about how to get rid of all
types of algae. Click
here to read more about aquarium maintenance.
Whenever you try something
new, such as mixing SAE and Otos in the same aquarium,
there is a chance some unexpected problem or benefit
will occur. So watch the fish carefully to see how
they interact, and let me know what you see.
I have gradually stopped mixing
fish from different continents in my aquariums.
The SAE are from Asia, and Otos are from South America,
so I would not mix them in my aquariums for purely
esthetic reasons.
I occasionally visit Seaworld's
Freshwater Aquarium here in San Diego, and they
keep fish from different continents and different
habitats in different aquariums. I liked the look,
but this is just a personal choice.
I like your idea about having
a page showing some of the submitted feedback comments.
I do sprinkle a few of them about here and there,
but it would be nice to have a page with a whole
bunch of them.
We get many feedback comments
each day, and in the last year we've gotten a total
of only a dozen or so negative comments. In particular
we've gotten three or four saying no fish should
be kept in captivity, and three or four comments
criticizing us for mentioning specific brand name
manufacturers and retailers.
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Customer Comments
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I have just started a 4-gal
Aquarium for my 4 yr old
son but am not sure what
fish would be the best for
him in this size tank. The
tank has a light and a pump.
The temperature is around
70-75.
Can you suggest some fish
for this tank? I was planning
on getting one Betta originally
but am not sure after reading
all of the information on
your site.
Gwen R. |
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Reply.
Either a male or female Betta fish would be fine.
Click here for more information about Male Bettas,
and here for more about female Bettas.
While
many adults seem to prefer an aquarium with a few
large fish, children prefer several different types
of small animals such as a small fish like
White Clouds, a freshwater
Crab, a dwarf
Frog, a
Tadpole, a few
Ghost Shrimp, a freshwater
Clam, and an
Aquatic Snail. Keep this in mind when you shop
for a child. Click
here for more about Fish for Kids.
Be sure
to help your son learn how to feed the fish. Click
here for more information about feeding fish
and a picture of Catherine, when she was 5 and just
starting to feed fish.
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