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Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
Hi All -
I have a 55g planted tank, 80w of 6500K light, no CO2 (not yet at least altho I keep drooling over the systems I see out there :-) It's a community tank with Otos (6), Angels (4), 4" gold gourami, 9 small neons, 3 serpae tetras, 1 white-skirt, 1 5" pl*co & 1 cory. I've seen some fish in the lfs that caught my fancy, and am wondering if folks here have had any experiences with these that they could share. I want to continue the community tank, and with fish that won't eat the plants. Here are the fish: Electric Yellow Labidochromus (grows to 4" I believe) Bumble Bee african cichlid (up to 4") Dwarf puffer Gold Mickey Mouse platy (and the red version too) Lemon tetra Gold Pristella Decta Sunrise Tequila Guppy (really neat looking fish - never seen one before the lfs visit. Any experiences/knowledge would be greatly appreciated! -- pete in colorado "It is unwise to insult a doughnut be refusing to eat it." |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
Pete in the Colorado Mtns wrote:
neons, 3 serpae tetras, 1 white-skirt, 1 5" pl*co & 1 cory. I've seen You should add more cories, they like to be in groups. Electric Yellow Labidochromus (grows to 4" I believe) Bumble Bee african cichlid (up to 4") Those two require hard, basic water IIRC. Dwarf puffer Brackish? Decta Sunrise Tequila Guppy (really neat looking fish - never seen one Guppies are nice. Rainbowfish make great community fish and they are very beautiful. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
Pete in the Colorado Mtns wrote:
neons, 3 serpae tetras, 1 white-skirt, 1 5" pl*co & 1 cory. I've seen You should add more cories, they like to be in groups. Electric Yellow Labidochromus (grows to 4" I believe) Bumble Bee african cichlid (up to 4") Those two require hard, basic water IIRC. Dwarf puffer Brackish? Decta Sunrise Tequila Guppy (really neat looking fish - never seen one Guppies are nice. Rainbowfish make great community fish and they are very beautiful. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
community tank with Otos (6), Angels (4), 4" gold gourami, 9 small
neons, 3 serpae tetras, 1 white-skirt, 1 5" pl*co & 1 cory. Your neons are likely to become snacks for the angels eventually. If the pleco is a common pleco, he will eventually outgrow that tank. If it's an ancistrus, you're ok. As mentioned already, cories like to be in groups- you should have 3-4 more. The same for any tetras, so your white skirt should have company, too. Electric Yellow Labidochromus (grows to 4" I believe) Bumble Bee african cichlid (up to 4") Cichlids -can- be too aggressive for a community tank. The yellow lab might be ok, as they can be less aggressive than some, but it probably isn't worth the risk. If you want cichlids, do a separate tank and set it up properly for them. Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. Gold Mickey Mouse platy (and the red version too) Lemon tetra Gold Pristella Decta Sunrise Tequila Guppy (really neat looking fish - never seen one before the lfs visit. These are all good community fish. The tetras and the pristella are schooling fish, so you should get them in groups if you want to keep them. Watch the sizes, tho- angels will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouths.... -Mak http://www.thirtytwopaws.com/mak Updates 1/30/03 You can't ask to start over just because you're losing the game. |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
community tank with Otos (6), Angels (4), 4" gold gourami, 9 small
neons, 3 serpae tetras, 1 white-skirt, 1 5" pl*co & 1 cory. Your neons are likely to become snacks for the angels eventually. If the pleco is a common pleco, he will eventually outgrow that tank. If it's an ancistrus, you're ok. As mentioned already, cories like to be in groups- you should have 3-4 more. The same for any tetras, so your white skirt should have company, too. Electric Yellow Labidochromus (grows to 4" I believe) Bumble Bee african cichlid (up to 4") Cichlids -can- be too aggressive for a community tank. The yellow lab might be ok, as they can be less aggressive than some, but it probably isn't worth the risk. If you want cichlids, do a separate tank and set it up properly for them. Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. Gold Mickey Mouse platy (and the red version too) Lemon tetra Gold Pristella Decta Sunrise Tequila Guppy (really neat looking fish - never seen one before the lfs visit. These are all good community fish. The tetras and the pristella are schooling fish, so you should get them in groups if you want to keep them. Watch the sizes, tho- angels will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouths.... -Mak http://www.thirtytwopaws.com/mak Updates 1/30/03 You can't ask to start over just because you're losing the game. |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
"Mary Alice Kropp" wrote:
Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. It's probably carinotetraodon travancoricus (which is commonly sold as a dwarf puffer). If that's the case, it's a true freshwater fish, not brackish. But yeah, it could be tough on the gentler tank mates. -- www.ericschreiber.com |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
"Mary Alice Kropp" wrote:
Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. It's probably carinotetraodon travancoricus (which is commonly sold as a dwarf puffer). If that's the case, it's a true freshwater fish, not brackish. But yeah, it could be tough on the gentler tank mates. -- www.ericschreiber.com |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
"Mary Alice Kropp" wrote in message news:iIS5a.13458 Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. LOL! As I have discovered, puffers will eat anything that will fit in thier mouth.bg |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
"Mary Alice Kropp" wrote in message news:iIS5a.13458 Dwarf puffer Yes, this is a brackish fish- likes the water with a bit more salt content than most community fish. They will also eat small fish in a tank with them. LOL! As I have discovered, puffers will eat anything that will fit in thier mouth.bg |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
As others have pointed out, corys should be kept in schools, and neons will
eventually be eaten by the angelfish. Lemon tetras get to be a little bigger than neons, so they might be okay, but if they're small, and the angelfish are big, look out! The platies and guppies are probably the most suitable fish on your list. Ordinarily, I'd worry that they'd reproduce so fast they'd take over the tank, but with angelfish in the mix, that's not a worry. The livebearers will provide live food for the angels. And platies will make short work of any hair algae that dares to grow in your tank. You might consider rainbowfish. They might not look like much in the pet store, but once they are well-cared for, in your own tank, they are stunning. And they are large enough that they can stand up to angelfish and gouramis. They are active, but not so hyper that they'd scare sedate fish like angelfish and gouramis. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
As others have pointed out, corys should be kept in schools, and neons will
eventually be eaten by the angelfish. Lemon tetras get to be a little bigger than neons, so they might be okay, but if they're small, and the angelfish are big, look out! The platies and guppies are probably the most suitable fish on your list. Ordinarily, I'd worry that they'd reproduce so fast they'd take over the tank, but with angelfish in the mix, that's not a worry. The livebearers will provide live food for the angels. And platies will make short work of any hair algae that dares to grow in your tank. You might consider rainbowfish. They might not look like much in the pet store, but once they are well-cared for, in your own tank, they are stunning. And they are large enough that they can stand up to angelfish and gouramis. They are active, but not so hyper that they'd scare sedate fish like angelfish and gouramis. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
It's probably carinotetraodon travancoricus (which is commonly sold as
a dwarf puffer). If that's the case, it's a true freshwater fish, not brackish. But yeah, it could be tough on the gentler tank mates. Puffers and angelfish are a bad combination. Puffers are especially tough on fish with long, thin, trailing fins, like angelfish and gouramis. They seem to think those skinny fins are worms or something. A 1" puffer can terrorize an 8" angelfish. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
It's probably carinotetraodon travancoricus (which is commonly sold as
a dwarf puffer). If that's the case, it's a true freshwater fish, not brackish. But yeah, it could be tough on the gentler tank mates. Puffers and angelfish are a bad combination. Puffers are especially tough on fish with long, thin, trailing fins, like angelfish and gouramis. They seem to think those skinny fins are worms or something. A 1" puffer can terrorize an 8" angelfish. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
Suitable fish for a planted community tank - looking for experiences
tose (LeighMo) wrote:
Puffers and angelfish are a bad combination. Puffers are especially tough on fish with long, thin, trailing fins, like angelfish and gouramis. They seem to think those skinny fins are worms or something. A 1" puffer can terrorize an 8" angelfish. Having an entire week's experience with puffers under my belt now, I'd hazard to say they're a bad combination with almost anything. Mine are less than a half inch in size, but were beating the crap out of my golf ball sized apple snails. They've got a tank all to themselves now. Gram per gram, puffers are about the meanest fish I've seen so far. Cute as the dickens, though. -- www.ericschreiber.com |
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