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hi guys,

i have a 35G tank, freshwater. and i'm looking at getting a "centre-peice" fish for it.

currently i have 2 Angels that are the biggest fish in the tank. and i have 2 small/medium silver dollars.

i'm looking at a nice peaceful fish. preferably solitary as i'm low on room.

any suggestions? or should i just increase my school of silver dollars to 4-5?

Silver dollars get too big for your tank. They get about 7 inches in length, and they're very active, as I'm sure you know . Because they also love to school, they need a pretty big tank.

I would think that your angels ARE your centerpiece fish. They're large, rather slow-moving, and out during the day. After you find the silver dollars a bigger home somewhere, perhaps you'd want to add a couple schools of something nice? Like 6-8 small cories and 6-8 rummynose tetras/ harly rasboras/ pretty much any other tetra.

Last edited by Janna at 19-Jan-2005 00:05

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thanks for your input Janna, i'll take it in, and have a think about it

cheers

Janna's right, your silver dollars will quickly outgrow your tank. They're also schooling fish.

And yes, your 2 angels should be your centerpiece Find the silver dollars a good, larger home, then fill out you tank with a pair of dwarf cichlids (rams, kribs, apistogrammas...) a dwarf gourami, a school of tetras, a school of rasboras, corys, a small pleco (bristle nose, rubber nose, clown...), small loaches (yoyos, skunk, red tail...), a school of small rainbow fish (dwarf neons, celebese...), non nippy barbs (gold, cherry...), the list goes on. What do YOU like? Of course all the abovce listed fish cannot fit in your tank, you'll have to pick and choose. Let us know what strikes your fancy and report back.

HTH

><>Dani<><

I've had both a Lace and Opaline Gourami in with an Angel and they got along quite well. They could share the title of Co-centerpiece fish.