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You could put a pair of N. brevis under the African Butterfly, although I'm not sure about keeping the latter in a ten gal. The former would be fine, and definitely fit the theme if not perhaps the biotope.

-Molly
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Wow, i never knew my state housed such nice fish! Im guessing theyre lake/pond fish? Hmmm i always wondered what the minnows in the local creeks were like, i guess ill have to find out

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

You have a creek?? Grrr. I have no bodies of water near my house, save a stagnant cesspool in my neighbor's yard...

down in keesville i catch johney darters in the ausable river

Okay, PLANS:

Tank 1 will be an african biotope. African butterfly fish, and whatever else you guys think are interesting africans for a 10g tank. Anubias plants, of course. Wood, rocks.

Tank 2 will be a mini-brackish tank. Knight gobies, I was thinking black mollies too and I can feed the off spring to my cichlids (if the gobies dont gobble them up). Wood, rocks.

Tank 3, I'm not decided on. Brichardi cichlids would be most convenient-- my LFS carries them, and I'm experienced with cichlids. For darters, I would have to wait until summer, and wait for my parents to maybe take me to French Creek or something, which is far away from where I live.

All tanks will have a thin play-sand substrate, so any plants I use need to be able to grow on rocks or wood.

I'm going to be doing DIY hoods, too. Wish me luck!

Oh, and suggestions on:
Other african fish-- and if you know any african swamp plants, please tell me
And brichardi or darters

i think you should send them to meeeee

yeah theres darters in Pa, never seen one look that nice.

Hmm...native PA fish...that'll fit in a 10 gallon...Around my area, Williamsport, there's not too many. There's the longnose dace, which gets about as big as a danio, in the spring time the males get a red stripe down the middle and they look great. Interesting fish, I've kept them before. I've also got them to take flake food

How about the mottled scuplin? They need live food but they're pretty interesting and don't get too big. You could feed them small fish, worms, tiny water bugs, small crashfish, small shrimp. They're all browns n tans n junk with a splash of dull red on some.

Maybe go catch a crayfish and keep it in one? I think that would be fun.


If I can think of anymore natives I'll post em. Where in Pa do you live? I don't know where West Chester is....

A pair of Rams! Bolivian or German Blue ^_^

The idea of darters sounds great, apart from the fact you have to catch them yourself.....PA is WAAAAAAAAAAAY to cold to even think about swimming until at least May!!

They are pretty tho.....

WOOOOW I had no idea we had those here!! I'm in the West Chester area, can I just catch those in lakes/ponds/rivers..? Jeeze... pretty.

i would kill for some killies

It's hard to find killies in my area-- all I've found are golden wonders, they're in my 55g planted tank and look gorgeous.

I've heard of N. Brevis, but what as they?

Also, gnr4ever8794:

West Chester is outside of Philadelphia, just an hour's drive from Delaware, to the East.

That's right, I know now, I'm about 2 hours away from ya then...I think you have better options down there than I do for some good looking native fish, I'll try to do some research for ya if you're still interested in that.

aquabid!killies for around 10 bucks!
(if the website is up again

N. brevis is a very peaceful shelldweller. There are a number of lacations and varieties, but mine, for example, look like this:


Because they're minimally pugnacious and stick to their own very small territories when paired (none of this applies to groups, individuals, or two unpaired fish), they're safe with most fish that can handle the high pH and GH they require.[/font]

-Molly
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gnr4ever8794- I'd love to know what kind of natives I have here, but I don't know where to look.

LittleMousling- Where could I get some like that? And they're good for a 10 g, right?

Brevis is a fairly common shelldweller, you're likely to find it locally. Just call all your local stores and ask about shelldwellers and/or brevis, zebra shelldwellers, etc.

Definitely good for a 10 g. A pair maintains such a small territory you could keep two pairs in a 10, although personally I'd recommend a single pair and their fry.

-Molly
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Ok first one could be a drilled nano-reef, with two over flows with 1 or 1.5 inch bulkheads, that lead down to their own respective 10 gallon tank. One has a refugium, and the other is a sump. Put a nice return pump in each of them, 10-15 lbs of live rock, and a light, and you are set. You could also drill in the returns as well and maybe a closed loop, but thats going to be like a $500 10 gallon.

you could possibly use one for nothing but plants it will make a nice decaration in your home or a breeding tank if u want to try breeding a certian fish that you favor there are many many ideas that i could think of maybe a couple small pieces of live coral