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I was thinking for my 20 gallon i would go with
-4-6 flordia flag fish
-10 WCMM
-4-5cories
Is this anygood?

That should be ok, I think...but I'd try to go with 6 corries....then again I'm tired so i might be off

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I'd drop the cories altogehter. They are tropicals while the other fish are coldwater. Also, I wouldn't want to mix North American and Asian fish (I think WCMMs are Asian). Call me a purist, but I wouldn't do it. I would especially avoid doing this if the flag fish are going to be collected from the wild. i've personally never seen them in a store.

I would just do a native North American tank. You could do just flag fish and have about 7 all togehter. Or maybe you could find some other native fish that gets small and mix them. Just remember that florida flag fish aren't tiny, they're like 3-4 inches each.

Last edited by djtj at 30-Jul-2005 22:54

You can do a Flag Fish only tank.


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Why not keep it tropical?

6 Cardinal Tetras
6 Cory's
1 Blue Ram


That's just what I would do though.

Or...

4 Flagfish
6 WCMM



Last edited by Nameless at 31-Jul-2005 14:32

Well i already have the flag fish in a 20 gallon in the process of breeding them, so when they are done i was going to make a community tank with them. Also i live in newfoundland so i did'nt catch them from the wild lol.

Interesting, what temp. are you keeping the flagfish at? I assumed they were coldwater, being in North America, but then again, Florida isn't that cold.

Most sites list flagfish as preferring high 60 to low 70F water but I know lots of people keep or breed them in much warmer water. [link=http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Huntley_The%20American%20Flag%20Fish.html]http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Huntley_The%20American%20Flag%20Fish.html" style="COLOR: #C00000[/link] This is a good article where they spawn in 81F soft water. They are extremely hardy fish.