My list of fish i want to get next!!

[kimlynn]

please tell me if these fish will all work out for me!!

corydoras panda
angel fish
Boesemani rainbow
yo yo loaches or yo yo botia
syndontis petricola
lemon tetra
red eye tetra
white skirt tetra
blueberry tetra
roseline skark
german blue ram
red phantom tetra
the flag fish
ghost shrimp
congo tetra
rummy-nose tetra

 

[Rbishop]

What size tank? What fish and quantity of them do you already have in it?

 

[Lexi_D]

please tell me if these fish will all work out for me!!

corydoras panda
angel fish
Boesemani rainbow
yo yo loaches or yo yo botia
syndontis petricola
lemon tetra
red eye tetra
white skirt tetra
blueberry tetra
roseline skark
german blue ram
red phantom tetra
the flag fish
ghost shrimp
congo tetra
rummy-nose tetra

Do not get blueberry tetras. They are dyed.

 

[kimlynn]

240 gallon fish tank. in there now is tetras, barbs and 2 bn plecos. why not get blueberry tetra??

 

[Fish-Addict]

The reason you should not get a blueberry tetra is because theyre dyed, a process which is wrong and inhumane, which many people are against

 

[Lexi_D]

Why you shouldn't buy them...

Dipping - As barbaric as dye injections seem, this practice is even worse. The fish are first put into a caustic solution that strips off their protective outer slime coating. They are then dipped in dye, or injected with dyes, after which they are dipped in another chemical that irritates the flesh to stimulate re-growth of the slime coat. This method is very stressful, and has a high mortality rate.

Fruit Tetras - Created by dipping the White Skirt Tetra, an albino morph of the popular Black Skirt Tetra. They are usually painted pastel colors and given fruit names such as, strawberry tetra, blueberry tetra, grape tetra, or simply mixed fruit. Some marketers have gone so far as painting the fish special colors for holidays. For example, red and blue dye is used to create a patriotic colored fish for the fourth of July. Orange dyed versions are sold with naturally colored black fish during the Halloween season.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/beginnerinfo/a/paintedfish.htm

 

[Jspigs]

:iagree:

 

[FastFly67]

what's a yo yo botia?
and the ghost shrimp won't last with your stock

 

[Rbishop]

240 gallon fish tank. in there now is tetras, barbs and 2 bn plecos. why not get blueberry tetra??

How many of each? What kind of tetras? What kind of barbs? Your answers are too generic to enable members to advise constructively.