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Zincubus Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 4 Registered: 03-Apr-2008 | I have a tank full of odds and sods … basically fish that for whatever reason don’t fit into my other tanks … it consists of 10 platinum tetras , 3 botias , female nannacana cichlid, pair of borelli cichlids, pair of pandini cichlids , female checkerboard barb, a cardinal tetra , a glass catfish , a young paradise fish , a very small checkerboard cichlid., 3 rainbowfish and two small leopard plecs. Guess who is the boss of the tank !!?? |
 Posted 07-May-2008 15:44 |     |
wish-ga  Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001   | The cardinal tetra? No. That would be too ridiculous. Must be a big tank. The 'pairs' are not breeding pairs I hope. ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~ |
| Posted 08-May-2008 05:30 |  |
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003  | Checkerboard barb In my first tank, we used zebra danios to cycle it. One outlived the others by quite a bit. He would herd the school of tetras into a tight group. It was pretty amazing! If one wandered off, he'd swim around and get it to go back to the group. He never bit them or anything, just made sure they were in line. ><> |
| Posted 08-May-2008 06:20 |  |
| Zincubus Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 4 Registered: 03-Apr-2008 | It's medium sized and heavily planted BUT really peaceful ! No breeding pairs and ALL youngsters . Answer - The little 1" female checkerboard barb rules supreme !!! |
| Posted 08-May-2008 19:24 | |
Shinigami       Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001   | "Medium-sized" is relative. IMO a medium-sized tank might be 55 to 75 gallon, but to someone else it might be a 30 gallon. Preferably, schooling species should be kept in schools, which includes the barb, the cardinal tetra, the glass catfish, and the rainbows. The platinum tetra school is of a good size, though. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian. |
| Posted 09-May-2008 18:25 | |
| Zincubus Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 4 Registered: 03-Apr-2008 | I appreciate that they wouldbe better in shoals but it is my odds n sods tank. |
| Posted 10-May-2008 16:07 | |
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