Koi Fish Information Centre

Some breeders/exporters will only sell the male species of fish/critters as a way of trying to hold a semi-monopoly on a species. This was tried with the Red Cherry Shrimp but enough females have been imported into the USA that there many breeders/sellers now. The male of a species are usually the “prettiest” […]

I would have no problems selling the young angel’s (or any young fish I happen to breed if he wants them) to the LFS. I think there would be a better market in gourami’s or pleco’s (especially the dwarf pleco’s as they only order the sailfin pleco’s) though, as neither arrive here […]

Lenny I’ve read your blog before about how to stock the 10 gal. Your suggestions are a lot better than the lfs. They suggest 1 inch of fish per gal but they say for each level. So for a 10 gal 10 inches of surface fish, 10 inches of mid level fish, and 10 inches […]

Thanks Lenny, I will definitely let you know how long he makes it. As far as I can tell he’s healthy, just mad about his tank size, he thumps the other fish with his tail and either eats them or leaves them to die if he doesn’t like them, bad fishy […]

Your 55G isn’t big enough for three goldfish.. especially not one of the “plain jane goldie’s” which is a common goldfish that can grow up to 24″ long though most only make it to the 15″+ range… still much too large for a 55G.
Two fancy’s would work in a 55G for quite a while as […]

Looks like she’s cleaning the tanks from what she stated, but not sure how often.. My husband had to put his foot down and tell me no more fish, so I can understand where you’re coming from (only in reversed roles). Just explain that you’re tired of doing all the work to […]

A question on pictus catfish. I’m going to rescue my parent’s pictus catfish out of their (yes I know it’s awful) 20 gallon tank. Good news is that he has only a few tank mates, but the really bad part of it is that he has been in that tank for easily […]

I can not get my husband to stop buying fish. If he sees a new kind at Wal-mart or the lfs he buys it. Right now we have a 10 gal with 2 blue gouramis, 2 black skirt tetras, 2 black phantom tetras, 2 pictus cats, 2 australian rainbows, 2 hatchet fish, […]

Sorry, I fail to see the relevance to Tim’s post, after reading this over several times. I note Tim is looking for female Pineapple Swordtails and female black Swordtails as well. The loss of your Swordtails (of unknown strain) and the propensity of your water to turn green doesn’t […]