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I'm going to be setting up tanks these next two months that I'd like to keep as 2 species tanks - with otos and/or corys.
I have a 40b, two 55s, and two 29s.
I'd love to get opinions on some of the species I'm considering.
I prefer shooling fish - especially tighly shoaling fish. Right now I have 9 surviving celebes rainbows in QT (leftover from my columnaris outbreak). They are fast swimmers and I'm going to put them in one of the 55s since they run the length of it.
I'd like to put rummynosed tetras in one of the 29s - my lfs has about 12 right now, and they do a buy-1-get-1-free on Mondays. That would make them $2.00 each. That means I have to buy another QT tank - lol.
In the other 29 I'd like to feature harlequin rasboras. I thought about cardinals or neons with them for the color contrast, but I have bad luck with both of those. More so with cardinals than neons. So I was considering diamond tetras with the harlequins for contrast.
I wanted to get congos for a 55, but I don't know if my lfs can get them. Petsmart can't order fish, they only get what's shipped to them (so I found out today - they've had the same 2 congos for weeks, and I asked about ordering some). Since I crave a flashy silver school, I am thinking about six or so silver dollars by themselves and the corys. Do you think a 55 is too small for 6 silver dollars?
So, if a can't get congos, what would you pair with the celebes in a 55? What would you pair with the rummynose? (i though about cherry barbs, to tie in with the rummy's nose color, but I don't know how nippy/pesky cherry barbs are).
My 40b is going to keep the black tetras and tiger barbs that are in it now.
Other fish I'm looking at; praecox rainbows, eyespot rasboras, rosy barbs - I have 3 rosy barbs now - 2 females and 1 male. The male dogs the females 24/7. Is that typical, or will that change with a larger shool? It annoys me - it's like having guppies. But I love their color.
I'm even starting to like giant danios.
So what suggestions do you have for me?
LOL - I just realized that's way more than 3 different fish...
I have a 40b, two 55s, and two 29s.
I'd love to get opinions on some of the species I'm considering.
I prefer shooling fish - especially tighly shoaling fish. Right now I have 9 surviving celebes rainbows in QT (leftover from my columnaris outbreak). They are fast swimmers and I'm going to put them in one of the 55s since they run the length of it.
I'd like to put rummynosed tetras in one of the 29s - my lfs has about 12 right now, and they do a buy-1-get-1-free on Mondays. That would make them $2.00 each. That means I have to buy another QT tank - lol.
In the other 29 I'd like to feature harlequin rasboras. I thought about cardinals or neons with them for the color contrast, but I have bad luck with both of those. More so with cardinals than neons. So I was considering diamond tetras with the harlequins for contrast.
I wanted to get congos for a 55, but I don't know if my lfs can get them. Petsmart can't order fish, they only get what's shipped to them (so I found out today - they've had the same 2 congos for weeks, and I asked about ordering some). Since I crave a flashy silver school, I am thinking about six or so silver dollars by themselves and the corys. Do you think a 55 is too small for 6 silver dollars?
So, if a can't get congos, what would you pair with the celebes in a 55? What would you pair with the rummynose? (i though about cherry barbs, to tie in with the rummy's nose color, but I don't know how nippy/pesky cherry barbs are).
My 40b is going to keep the black tetras and tiger barbs that are in it now.
Other fish I'm looking at; praecox rainbows, eyespot rasboras, rosy barbs - I have 3 rosy barbs now - 2 females and 1 male. The male dogs the females 24/7. Is that typical, or will that change with a larger shool? It annoys me - it's like having guppies. But I love their color.
I'm even starting to like giant danios.
So what suggestions do you have for me?
LOL - I just realized that's way more than 3 different fish...