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They're nice fish. Still quite shy when the aquarist comes to the glass, but when left alone they happily swim quite freely, sometimes even semi-shoaling with the Corys.

So how are those cherries doing? "Swimmingly" I hope!

LOL about the Serpaes in a 10 gallon - you must have been able to witness a lot of the "knife fight in a phonebooth" behaviour!

Tell the fiancee "love me, love my fish". I have seen many a swell romance go south over a lot less than a fish tank. Seriously, the photography (albeit of a mean ol' serpae tetra) in among those plants was beautiful. I think you and the fiancee need to talk about a fishroom for you!

BTW, the first fish I ever bought for my first ten gallon tank in 1970 were Serpaes. Never bought any since. . .

@ sid
Thanks for your encouraging words! I only have the one tank and I'm still learning how to keep a nice planted tank, and my fiancee keeps telling me to leave the fish in peace for once by not messing with the layout!

post more pics of your tanks! You clearly have "the gift"!

Do you have a FB?

I can't bear the idea of people giving people pets as presents, be it a fish or a dog. "Here, I heard you like animals so I'm going to dump a huge responsibility on you that you didn't ask for or...