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ok once my tank is ready for fish which one out of the following is the hardiest?
Glowlights
Blind caves
Bleeding Hearts
Im thinking the Glowlights? although i had Bleeding hearts yrs ago and they seems really hardy.

I think that the Bleeding Heart Tetra's are hardier than Glowlight Tetra's, but i don't know anything about Blind cave fish.


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I'd say that the bleeding hearts and blind cave tetras are about equally hardy, and both are tougher than glowlight tetras. Just keep in mind that both the bleeding hearts and blind cave tetras are definitely large for tetras. In addition, blind cave fish are very active. Make sure you have the space to keep these species.

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ok thanks. my tanks a 230litre planted tank, with nice hollow bogwood for Caves to hide in. My tanks lit like a christmas tree for the plants sake. caves prefer dimmer tanks to thought they would appreciate hiding spot?
the other fish intented are
Glass catfish
Rummynose tetras
Ottos
Cardinal Tetras
and the Blind caves
Bleeding Hearts
and the Glowlights.
maybe it seems if chosen sensitive fish but these are fish i have wanted to keep for soo long but never dared (eccept the Bleeding hearts which i dared and they did really well) but ive been through the brackish fish and prefer the smaller schooling fish.

Yeah, the blind cave fish would appreciate some shady spots. Though they can't actually see, I'm fairly sure that they can sense light levels.

Some of the fish on your list are considered by many to be sensitive, so definitely take good care of them. All of the fish on your list are schooling or at least social, so make sure that you keep them all in groups. About six of each is a good number, though six of each species of fish will take up a lot of your tank. Again, make sure you take good care of these fish, and take your time stocking the tank.

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thanks sirbooks
thats my next thing to work out is stocking numbers? 250ltr tank, how many gallons is this? I ghess people on here are mostly using US gallons not UK gallons? I think i worled it out to be 66 uk gallons but dont know how many US gallons this works out at?? yikes i have a headache

Is your tank 230 liters or 250 liters? The first post and your last one give different numbers. A 230 liter tank is about 60 U.S. gallons, while a 250 liter tank is 66 gallons. You can use this site's calculator here to figure out the tank's volume.

Last edited by sirbooks at 07-Nov-2005 12:46

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its 230litres, the reason ive got 250 stuck in my head is because LFS said if i needed to treat tank with meds at any stage to treat it for 250 not 230. not that i would as this would be overdosing.