I have always migrated toward a "Big Fish" aquarium. Well, about a year ago. The beginning of 2021 I decided to make my aquarium look pretty for my wife. I did try to keep it as natural looking as possible. That is my preference. I searched high and low to find a statue of a mermaid it liked. I eventually found the one I now have in the tank.she was around 50 bucks. Then I put in a natural looking air stone. I wanted it to appear the mermaid is laying on the bottom admiring the rising bubbles. The wife had me place a plant in front of her exposed tit. LOL
Anyway, I went with angles, gouramis and various types of tetras. About 4 of each kind. Then a problem showed up. One of the white Skirted tetras was a punk. A real bully. He was small, but he terrorized all the fish. The fish were always hiding as Mr. Punk Fish ruled. I started to hate the skirted tetras. Instead of sentencing the Punk to death by execution I tried something different. I added 4 more skirted tetras, even though I now almost despised them. Then 4 more and four more. Now I have 20. By the way, the Punk stopped terrorizing after I added the first four. They started really schooling. That is why I kept adding them and being white they really stand out. When I one day have my 300 gallon tank I will have 150 fish. They will be almost all white skirted tetras and a bunch of albino Cory catfish. I have 4 corys now. And white mystery Snails.
Like I said, I can't believe I have switched to tiny fish and I like them. I think a school of fish satisfies my desire for something bigger. Oh and by the way, most of the different types of fish seemed to have died back over the year. But, I have not lost one of the white skirted tetras. That really surprised me. I would have thought they would not be so hardy.
I have not posed it quite a while and wanted to share my experience.
BTW I still have tilapia in several tanks ranging from 20g to a 275g tote. I stock them in my 1/3 acre pond every spring to feed my bass population.
Anyway, I went with angles, gouramis and various types of tetras. About 4 of each kind. Then a problem showed up. One of the white Skirted tetras was a punk. A real bully. He was small, but he terrorized all the fish. The fish were always hiding as Mr. Punk Fish ruled. I started to hate the skirted tetras. Instead of sentencing the Punk to death by execution I tried something different. I added 4 more skirted tetras, even though I now almost despised them. Then 4 more and four more. Now I have 20. By the way, the Punk stopped terrorizing after I added the first four. They started really schooling. That is why I kept adding them and being white they really stand out. When I one day have my 300 gallon tank I will have 150 fish. They will be almost all white skirted tetras and a bunch of albino Cory catfish. I have 4 corys now. And white mystery Snails.
Like I said, I can't believe I have switched to tiny fish and I like them. I think a school of fish satisfies my desire for something bigger. Oh and by the way, most of the different types of fish seemed to have died back over the year. But, I have not lost one of the white skirted tetras. That really surprised me. I would have thought they would not be so hardy.
I have not posed it quite a while and wanted to share my experience.
BTW I still have tilapia in several tanks ranging from 20g to a 275g tote. I stock them in my 1/3 acre pond every spring to feed my bass population.
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