hey sorry for any confusion with me and bobby. But him and i are good friends( since highschool), and i often follow him to fish stores to check out stuff, while hanging out with him. so i got a tank, and put pretty much everything in there that i saw was cool looking. i have to admit i did go the the "****" place as bobby calls it for fish and advice. being petco, i learned they just wanted to sell me stuff. then went to fish stores and bought other fish.i do want really cool stuff, but then again i want them to last. so i took some of the fish back to a store. now that i get on here and getting blasted by everyone, i do realize i went about the whole fish thing the wrong way as i was already being told by my friend, oh well. i think im gonna look for a big tank( around one hundred gallon) so i can get some of the fish i want.... thanks for the advice though...hope other newbies made some mistakes, so im not the only one