New Aquarium *8 pics*

This tank was supposed to be for Ecco, but he's in another one. So, I'll get pics of him soon. We got new fish. I got 3 neon tetra's and an adorable catfish. They seem to like the tank alot, except the catfish is still skiddish.

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My cute little catfish, I am so in love with him, he's SO cute. I think I might name him Draco since he kind of looks like a dragon.

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My neons. I've had these guys before and I've always thought they were beautiful. My guys are so vibrant and bright.

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The catfish loves hiding in the castle.

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The whole tank.

Aww I love the catfish, hes so cute!! :D

What a beautiful tank.Your catfish is adorable and your neons so beautiful. :D

Thanks you two. :)

They are all pretty, I don't want to make you upset or anything but I think that is a Otto, its a small algae eater called Otocinclus, or for short an Otto and eats algae:) And the neons are definately vibrant in their color, I must say that you did an excellent job on your tank, its brightly beautiful, I just love the coloring in it:D

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Originally Posted by Kalei

They are all pretty, I don't want to make you upset or anything but I think that is a Otto, its a small algae eater called Otocinclus, or for short an Otto and eats algae:) And the neons are definately vibrant in their color, I must say that you did an excellent job on your tank, its brightly beautiful, I just love the coloring in it:D

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Thank you! Thanks, Kalei. The lady at the pet store told me it was a catfish but my Dad told me he was a Otto/algea eater. I thought I could trust Petco, figures. :rolleyes: :p Thanks for the info and compliment. Either way I think he is adorable. :p

Cute fish! I love neons, there so pretty. Very nice tank too, what size is it?

Thanks, bre! The tank is 3 gallons. :)

Isn't Ecco a goldfish? You may need to get him a 30 gallon tank.

No, Ecco isn't in there. My neon tetras are along with a small little otto.

That's a cute little tank! Must be a nanocube? I've always heard otto referred to as ottocats, so I can understand how she'd say it was a catfish.

Hes a darling little catfish (i'm a sucker for any sucker fish or fish with whiskers), and an excellent choice for a smaller tank -- and Kalei is right, hes in the Oto family --

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...species_id=107

Also, Pleckos and Algae eaters are in the Catfish Family as well, even though there are so many different species, and many look so different from each other :)

Nice tank! I have neon tetras, I love them. :D

Thanks guys! Allison, I have always loved catfish, especially the tiny species. Personally, I think they are all very cute. Lucky the lady was there though because we almost bought a catfish that grows up to 18 inches! It was a pond fish but he was the same size as the little guy I have now. :p I like the tetras, but I love my little Otto. I decided to name him Draco since he looks like a miny dragon.

By the way, thanks for the link! It looks like an interesting website.

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Originally Posted by Maltese_Love

Thanks guys! Allison, I have always loved catfish, especially the tiny species. Personally, I think they are all very cute. Lucky the lady was there though because we almost bought a catfish that grows up to 18 inches! It was a pond fish but he was the same size as the little guy I have now. :p I like the tetras, but I love my little Otto. I decided to name him Draco since he looks like a miny dragon.

By the way, thanks for the link! It looks like an interesting website.

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I hear ya! Gotta love the catfishes! And i'm glad the lady at the store pointed you in the right direction -- most of the plecos and such that are sold at local fish stores and pet stores end up being like the commons -- start out really cute at an inch long (and reasonably inexpensive), and before you know it you've got a monster at more than 12" on your hands! :eek:

I've been really into the catfish (and pleco - suckermouth catfish) as well as having fallen in love with loaches lately (i'm a sucker for those Clown Loaches ... so silly!) :D

Aww, I've always liked neons! Hopefully when a few of my cichlids are out of their growout tanks, I can have a smaller tank for neons. :] Right now my cichlids would eat them right up.
And again, nice setup!

Thanks! I love Chiclids too. How old are yours? Are you going to put them in a pond? I think those get pretty big. Not as big as Kois, but yeah lol.

None of my cichlids will get big enough for a pond. I have mostly africans, and with the species I have they are from 4"-6". Unsure of the age on some of them, as I bought most of them as adults, but definately all of my africans are over a year old.
I do have one oscar I haven't mentioned yet. =D
He's not in the clear, yet, though. He's a sick little guy, but we're working with him as we rescued him around a week ago. He's at 4" right now, but has the potential to get 12"+. Assuming he makes it, he will be upgraded to a 100g tank or so around the holidays. :]