Carolina Guy

In the past couple of years, I lost 2 male swordtails. One jumped out through a one-inch open slot at the back of my aquarium cover (which I corrected after this unfortunate event). The other one jumped out when I had the lid up doing a water change and my back was turned. I didn't notice until after I found him dried up and dead on the floor. It was probably from some unreliable source online, but I once read that swordtails aren't jumpers. Because of experience, though, I know better. They certainly can be. And way back when I was a young teen, I happened to witness a male marble molly jump out of a tank. I remember it vividly. He soared about two feet into the air. That time, fortunately, I was able to save him and get him back into the tank. I don't know if the lyretail mollies would be jumpers or not, but I don't think I would take the chance.

That's an incredible result for a "first time fishkeeper and hobbyist." Beautiful. And I'm sure that betta is happy.

Nice tank and nice photo of your fish too. I'm curious about the supports for that light over your aquarium. Is that something manufactured specifically for that purpose, or did you rig that yourself someway? Oh, and by the way, I think that's an interesting piece of artwork behind that tank.

That looks like a great environment for tetras. I'm sure they're happy, just like you said.

I love the colors and color pattern of that fish. That's quite striking. Oh, and that's really good name for him.