Just got back home from London.

The problem with venturing off onto the net looking for advice is that it becomes difficult to tell which advice is correct and which is just plain biased. Any advice can be biased (including my own) so look for well established reputable sites like http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...gn=NotProvided and Tropical Fish Forums. There are also several other specialist sites like Cichlid-Forum.com and PlanetCatfish • the online home of aquarium catfishes.

I got my first tropical tank when I was 15, under supervision of my rents. They didn't know the first thing but agreed I could have it, and bought me the stuff I needed. I did the rest via research on internet, in books and by asking to help out one saturday every 2 weeks at the local aquatics centre, which was a short bike ride away.

I started on basic, community fish such as tetras, platties, sword tails, learned about water changes, test kits etc.

I had a really, lovely tank set up in 12 months and they happily carried on for a good 3 years or so until I went on holiday, there was a power cut and it blew the fuse in my filter. When I got home they had all died.

I didn't bother until recently I moved and wanted to start again. I've just got a 42 liter set up with 5 tetrals, 3 glass catfish and 4 platies...and I've just noticed 3 platy babies swimming in the plants!

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:O cat fish!!! WOAH! lol

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

Be carefull with catfish some grow into monsters

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