fish for a rocky aquascape

ajt · 08-24-2009, 04:32 PM

hi could any body tell me what fish I could put in a 30l tank with a rocky setup more like a mini cichlid tank with no plants or bogwood etc but have been told this is too small for cichlids so any ideas please???

hbosman · 08-24-2009, 06:01 PM

If I remember correctly, live bearers from Central America and the West Indies come from areas with harder water. If they need harder water, there must be rocks. Examples of fish from these areas would be, Swordtails, Endlers,Guppys and Platys.

**Coltonorr** · 08-24-2009, 06:23 PM

Perfect tank for some Tanganyikan shell dwellers...
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=2269
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1758
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1781
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=2274
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1760

rocks and lots of shells...

crimsonbull57 · 08-24-2009, 08:50 PM

Tanganyikan shell dwellers like Coltonorr said
or maybe check out Paridise Fish

08-24-2009, 04:32 PM	#1
ajt Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: united kingdom Posts: 51	fish for a rocky aquascape hi could any body tell me what fish I could put in a 30l tank with a rocky setup more like a mini cichlid tank with no plants or bogwood etc but have been told this is too small for cichlids so any ideas please??? __________________

08-24-2009, 06:23 PM	#3
Coltonorr Many plants...little time (View User Tanks) PTrader: (56/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 1,628	Perfect tank for some Tanganyikan shell dwellers... http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=2269 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1758 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1781 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=2274 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...es.php?id=1760 rocks and lots of shells... __________________ <<<54G Bowfront Journal...A New Beginning>>> The Crypt 100G MS Journal

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crimsonbull57 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana (brownsburg) Posts: 233	Tanganyikan shell dwellers like Coltonorr said or maybe check out Paridise Fish __________________ 2.5 Planted Nano Puffer Tank Crims 5.5 Planted Nano 20 Long Community

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08-24-2009, 06:01 PM	#2
hbosman Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leesburg Virginia Posts: 1,584	If I remember correctly, live bearers from Central America and the West Indies come from areas with harder water. If they need harder water, there must be rocks. Examples of fish from these areas would be, Swordtails, Endlers,Guppys and Platys.