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you can trim the roots but they will grow back
i think i know which ones you are talking about
i hated those D:

i'd say no guppies. you will end up with A LOT more than you wanted....sure some will get eaten and some will get sucked into the filter but some will live and have more babies...and then more babies...@_@

ahh
the fake plants must be modeled after these real ones i had
HORRIBLY long roots D: looked pretty above the water but crappy underwater

i think if you trim em they would be ok. do it to one and see what happens

and you should be able to do the rams if you can find em (or find em for cheap...usually expensive here)

Dwarf whats? Rams?
*doesn't know anything*
And shoal means getting lots of them? I really like them so I wouldn't mind filling up the rest of my tank space with them.

i think by dwarf she means the dwarf gouramis

i thought rams were the peaceful chiclid? at least everything i have read about them says they are peaceful @_@ never had any cuz they cost too much for my taste...and then i dont know much about em....only the fact that they are chiclids and those fish scare me a little XD my sis had african ones and they all ate each other

DANG IT!!!!
How expensive are they?

P.S. Got the gouramis!!!!
Adding pics in a few.

EDIT: No batteries for camera. D=

Okay, rams are getting a bit of a bad name here I see.
I've kept them, and yes they are territorial, and they are sensitive, but keeping them is not as hard as it seems.
The best way to keep them is to create a lot of little caves and hiding holes near the bottom of the tank, also create some natural barriers. Rams tend to stick to the lower and midlevels of the tank, only really going to the top around feeding time, so you can leave free swimming space for the other fish at the top and upper midlevel.
Here are some tanks illustrating the kind of setup I mean.
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Rams tipically don't really attack other fish, they may chase them away from their home, but wont pursue them all around the tank.
When keeping multiple rams it's best to get eighter two females, one male & one female or one male & two females. Make sure you don't have more then one male, or at least more females then males. Rams also need their space, they aren't schooling fish.
Sexing the ram is ifficult I find. The female has a red belly and the male is supposed to have pointier fins, but in the store they are usually too off color.
Male & Female

Rams by nature tend to avoid each other, and they are often called peacefull because they can't be kept with more agressive fish. They are quite fragile and horrible fighters. When fighting it's usually by flaring and executing faint attacks. Only in an overcrowded tank they'll kill eachother. In comparation they are less agressive then angelfish, bettas and some mollies I've had.

About their prices, I don't know about america, but they are not the most expensive fish I've seen on the market in europe. They are cheaper then some plants sold here. +- €4,-


Oh and about guppies, I've never had the overpopulation problem. What I did have was the inbreeding problem, my population died out by having too many weak misformed young.
The best way to prevent population problems is to only buy one sex, or you can set up breeding tanks and try to trade excess guppies for other things at the petstore. I used to do that with guppies and tilapia. They'll probably just become feeder fish though.

I'll hold off on the rams then.
Don't want to cause any trouble already.

Camera still isn't working. cry