Subj : Re: Newbie from Italy To : All From : Max@rome.Italy Date : Thu Apr 08 2004 12:33 pm "Flash Wilson" ha scritto nel messaggio news:slrnc7amjo.ebo.flash@localhost.gorge.org... > On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:37:07 +0200, MaX@Rome.Italy > 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! Oh well thank you...Well I can't tell nothing about your italian.... but if you like to try... you're welcome! > > >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. > > What can I tell? Thank you a lot! I think I'm going to post about my success or failure about my tank keeping ;-) Ok now let's go to buy two female guppies for my stallion (he's trying to have joy with my platies and it's not good for a fish ;-))). One last question... Could somebody tell me a good internet site (in english) where I can find the name of fishes and plants (expecially plants) to recognize them when I'll go at the fish emporium? (I think that if I ask for an Amazon sword someone couldn't understand... here in Italy I mean... but if I could see them!!!) Maybe next time I'll post a pic (if I can of course) of my tank. Then I'll ask you to suggest some improvment... Thank you again MaX > > > -- > Flash Wilson flash@gorge.org > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Word of the contest: Quim, on a triple word score (45 points) --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 4/8/04 11:33:54 AM --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 100 * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .