Subj : Re: Newbie from Italy
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From : [email protected]
Date : Thu Apr 08 2004 12:33 pm

"Flash Wilson" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:37:07 +0200, [email protected]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Hi everybody!
>
> Hi! :)
>
> >I am a newbie in keeping tank and I am very interested about this
newsgroup.
> >I am sorry for my english but as you can see, I am an italian exactly
from
> >Rome.
>
> No problem, your English is much better than my Italian!

Oh well thank you...Well I can't tell nothing about your italian.... but if
you like to try... you're welcome!

>
> >1) Is it possible to recognize the gender of neon?
>
> I've read many sites which say the male is slimmer, the female a bit
> rounder and deeper than the male. I don't know, personally!
>
> >2) what is the right amount of plants needed for a correct setup?
>
> It's up to you, but with the fish you have I would have a medium
> number. In my own tetra tank I have an amazon sword and two bushy
> plants which I have to trim often. So about half the space is taken
> with plants. It's up to you but I would have at least a few so your
> fish have somewhere to hide.
>
> >3) how can i emphasize the colour of fishes naturally (I mean not
> >chemically)?
>
> I have a black background (card from an art shop) and black gravel
> (small pieces of black glass from the aquatic shop). Plus you can
> buy fluorescent tubes which say they bring out the colours, I think
> the purply ones do that but I'm not sure. Read the packaging!
>
> Also happy fish are more likely to be more colourful, so provide them
> with places to hide, clean water and make sure the tank is not somewhere
> where they will get startled often by people walking past.
>
> Finally some flake foods claim to be formulated to bring out colour.
>
> Hope that helps you! Good luck and welcome to the group.
>
>
What can I tell? Thank you a lot! I think I'm going to post about my success
or failure about my tank keeping ;-)
Ok now let's go to buy two female guppies for my stallion (he's trying to
have joy with my platies and it's not good for a fish ;-))).
One last question... Could somebody tell me a good internet site (in
english) where I can find the name of fishes and plants (expecially plants)
to recognize them when I'll go at the fish emporium? (I think that if I ask
for an Amazon sword someone couldn't understand... here in Italy I mean...
but if I could see them!!!)

Maybe next time I'll post a pic (if I can of course) of my tank. Then I'll
ask you to suggest some improvment...
Thank you again

MaX
>
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