hi my name is dave im 29 yearold i started keeping fish when i was 9 ive had meny diffrent tanks i started with 100g cold water tank with 2 large goldfish thay died after about 5yrs then i moved on to tropica comunity fish feeders lol i then bought 2 red oscars within 2day i only had 2 fat oscars a 1 plec the oscars got to about 9" each then died becos of bad water conditions my falt lazzy fish keeper then i sorced some info from my unkle who halped me i lernt what i know now from him and with his halp i kept my plec 10yrs and he went from 3"to 21" i then bought to green sevrum and to snakskin gouramies the serum died within 6 weeks not good however my snakskins went from strength to strength a went on to grow from 1" to 9" then i made a mistake and bought a talipa zebra chilid and my snaksins wer no more i had my plec and frank the talipa untill 4yrs ago then i sarted a famly and sold my my tank fish and setup my son has taken an intrest in fish so now im back with a plan i intend to build my own tank for monster fish and wers better then monsterfishkeepers no more mistake as i hope with your info i can grow em big tanks ps im not very good a spelling lol