On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:37:07 +0200, y
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!

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.




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