this one is my baby tank

Smashing tanks - is that a gourami in the first ? Always been intrigued by a pair of those.

Kool , it's great to see new members jumping in with both boots and posting pics with their posts.
Is that an "otto" in the 4th pic ? cute little buggers.
Keep the pix coming ltaylor88.
J

yes it is a dwaft gurami but they are still young . and the one you thought was a otto is actually a siamese algae eater i quite like them they are very active fish very friendly and from what i have found will eat anything. thanks for your comments

Ooohhh a siamese algae eater-- I'll never buy one of these fish.
One of the reasons I started with bristlies, great little tank cleaners like the algae eater but bristlies don't harass other fish like the algae eater, I've heard to many horror stories about algae eater sucking the protective slime off of other fish to the point of killing them.
Just a little something for you keep in mind.
J

That slime thing only generally happens to large, laterally compressed fish like discus, angels and such, ones that are generally slow moving, big and flat, so I wouldn't worry too much. Even plecs will do it sometimes, our little babies arnt completely innocent ;D
True siam's are very placid, and love to be in groups, but are often confused with flying foxes, which look the same apart from their stripe is clean whilst the siams is 'ragged'. They can be very territorial, and can be aggressive to their own species as well.
Haha, I feel all smart this evening xD

Lovely looking tank though! <3

thanks i try my best the are defo SAE's i looked them up first because of the confusion.

thats a nice looking tank mate

Good to hear! A relative of mine recently bought FF instead of a SAA, silly begger :P

Regardless of what shape your fish is , if the SAE gets the oppertunity to suck on your fish -it will.
J

Really? Wow, the internet is so full of rubbish at times >n< So much conflicting advice!

cheers for the info

How are you Gouramis ? Did you gor for a pair or just a male ?

I'm thinking for our second tank a mix of low growing plants both back and foreground with plenty of caves - single male ancistrus with a hareem of females (possibly a trio). Then I would like a good carpet of floating plants - probably half a dozen females (they're hard to find) and a single male. Give cover for both fish - with open midwater for the Gouramis.

hi i dont know what sex they are i just like them lol iv never looked into breeding them. if you know how to sex them i would like to find out tho

The males have a slightly longer dorsal fin than the females - which doesn't help as you have just the one !

They've just started on the evolutionary tree so to speak - I'll try and so this in non geek words

Sexual dimorphism is a survival adaptation in anything especially in mammals or birds. Its a long story but we do it avoid parasitism. There's romance.

In fish its happened a bit like it has in birds, Apistos and Ancistrus have different sizes so they can hunt and eat different prey. Either parent will look after the fry - if the food changes you've got a big fish capable of hunting for stuff of a certain size, or a smaller fish (the female) capable of hunting fish of a smaller size. So either way you win. One food source runs out, you're other half carries on.

Peregrin falcons are a classic example.