I got several emails in respond to y'day blog.. thought I should write a follow-up blog in order to make a few things clear. While choosing tank mates, it not necessary to have all the fishes come from the same region.. for example, your tropical tank can have a combination of fishes from Amazon, Congo, South east asia.. the important thing is to note that they all have similar preferences in terms of temperature, water conditions, feeding habit etc.
BTW, a note for newbie aquarist.. no matter how confident you feel, its not a good idea to start with a marine tank.. some feel salt water fishes are more attractive.. true.. i feel the same.. but its very hard to keep them since they are very sensitive... besides, salt water aquariums require daily maintainance... i've even read in some books that they wont accept their new environment if it varies (even slightly) from their natural habitat. Its always better to start with a small tropical aquarium and slowly graduate to a marine aquarium.
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