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wheezo Fish Addict Posts: 675 Kudos: 293 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jul-2003   | hey, i am planning on making a new planted tank either, 20-29 or 40 gallon tank. not sure yet, it depends on how many fishes i plan to put in it. currently thinking of the following species pygmy cory habrosus cory pygmy sunfish (elassoma evergladei) epiplatys annulatus cherry shrimps and bumblebee shrimp (if i can find any) and probably one other type... a mid swimmer, any ideas? feedback? |
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MegTheFish Banned Posts: 167 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2004   | Sounds great to me. Just make sure the cories are in schools (atleast 3). Maybe you could have 1 or 2 angels as a centerpeice, or a pair of gouramis? The dwarf ones are really colorful! |
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| wheezo Fish Addict Posts: 675 Kudos: 293 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jul-2003 | angels and gouramis are too big. everything listed are all probably 1" max and smaller. also looking for something that is not too common also. hmmm.... |
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stuquarium  Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004  | well look at some tetras red eye, black widow, neon, glolite. all tiny fish. i know you said you want uncommon, but thats hard to describe... |
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles  Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Least rasboras. |
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| nitro Big Fish Posts: 395 Kudos: 823 Votes: 50 Registered: 20-Nov-2003  | How about Ember tetras as mid level fish? If i remember correctly they grow upto 3/4 of an inch. |
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Theresa_M      Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004  | That sounds like I nice tank, I really like my pygmy cories. IME sparkling gouramis are just as active mid-tank as at the surface. Small rasboras are great! Arizona Aquatic Gardens sells emerald dwarf and pygmy rasobras. Locally I found exclamation points which only grow to 1" Theresa_M attached this image:  Last edited by Theresa_M at 16-Dec-2004 05:24[/font] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
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| wheezo Fish Addict Posts: 675 Kudos: 293 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jul-2003 | ember tetras are not bad. and sparkling gouramis would be fine if... they didn't attack my shrimps. i had some before, and they attacked one of my shrimps, as my shrimp was missing an eye, and then it died the next day. and i saw the gourami chasing other shrimps. hmm... yea i am looking for something uncommon. so probably wouldn't find any neons or cardinals in the tank. |
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