i finally got to read these today.. haha roan! nemo.. i added a bunch of duck weed and other live plants to my 75 gal its so pretty now, looks all greeny. also we are starting to get stuff for the other 75 gal thats been sitting empty on my livingroom floor for like 3 weeks, we got a bunch of black marine sand for the bottom.. i worry about colored rock or sand, dye leakin into the tank.. is the sand natural or dyed? the guy at the lfs couldnt tell me, but only said that hes only had a few grains here and there lose pigment in his tank over the course of a year, but thats blue sand.. this is black. this tank is going to be all frontosa, hopefully 5 female and a male, but id like to stick to 7 bar, and thats seeming like an impossibility since 7 bar are hard to locate, i can find tons of 6 bar, i if i breed 6 with 7.. would the fry be 6 or 7? or a mix of each? ino it takes a long time to breed frontosa, but hey, i have nothing but time.. and those fish are so beautiful i think they are worth the wait