Reply #6: Kewl!!

[Deja Q]

Please keep us posted with your experiences! You're a great descriptive writer for one thing, and aquaria is also a cool subject. But you have great panache in your writing style.

Fish are fun, definitely. I envy you because you're putting in the fish I'd rather have. (tetras are an awesome schooling fish...) The water ph and hardness in my area go off the scale, literally. I refuse to spend tons of money on what amounts to a few drops of chemicals that will alter the water and probably kill the fish in the process, so I limit myself to African Cichlids. Some species are very colorful, but they can get VERY territorial, dig up the gravel for fun, and are aggressive. On the plus side, they will form lifelong monogamous bonds and raise their children to a certain age before becoming territorial against them.