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Just wondering if you can keep a pair of paradise fish together, as in a male and a female, or are they like bettas where you cant kept them together?
I am considering breeding my female, she is plump and mature and seems to be of the right age.
I have seen some very nice males recently, and have been considering breeding them/keeping them in my 10g with some cory hasbrosus.
Thoughts?
The female and 4 c. hasbrosus are already in the tank,
plus I have 3-6 more hasbrosus corys on hold in QT at the pet store waiting for pickup.


I was thinking:
2 Paradise fish
7 C. Hasbrosus
Biweekly water changes of 25%
Or:
2 Paradise fish
and moving the C.Hasbrosus to my 75g tank and going with 10 altogether. Would they be able to compete with large corys/loaches?
Or:
Swapping the 9 C. Aeneus out of my 25g tank,
and putting the 10 C. hasbrosus in the 25g with some
neons and glowlights?
OR:
Just trying to breed C. Hasbrosus in the 10g,
and going with 10 of them in there combined with
2x weekly water changes.

Thoughts?

Thanks.
Attaching a pic of the tank as well to give some ideas.



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i dont want to say about stocking, but with the paradice fish question, i personally have had a reverse trio in a 20 long. with min. agression.

I've always read/heard not to keep them together but I personally think it depends on size of the tank, hiding places for the female, and individual personalities of the fish.

Way back with my first tank (29g) I kept a M/F pair, not knowing any of the above. I was lucky, no problems between the two and they were the first fish I saw spawn!

Your tank has lots of hiding places, and if you have a backup plan (somewhere to put the F if things go bad) I'd say give it a try.



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I've kept males and females together for years and have not had any aggresion problems. They spawned numerous times but none of the fry made it. I had 2 males and 2 females together. But, I have a 55 gal. with lots of places for the females to hide if they don't feel like mating. All my males ever did was build bubble nests at the opposite ends of the tank and occasionally flair at eachother. They never fought.

in my tank they never fought, i think it should be ok to add them.

but unfort. one of my males died, and the others are looking in poor shape, dieing for old age i guest.

Ok, so say I get a male
Paradise fish.
Would this be too much:
2 Paradise fish
7 C. Hasbrosus
???

Or should I move the C. Hasbrosus Out to my 25g,
and go with a trio of ADF or a pair
of Wood Shrimp?


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Im really surprised not many people have
any thoughts on this?
Paradise fish are one of the first fish
that were available in the aquarium trade -
you would figure many more people know
more about them.
Hmmmmm.


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they are often over looked in lfs. while they were one of the first fishes to be imported, not alot of it has been altered, and is often over looked when compared to a betta.

for example compare a paradice fish, either red, or blue, albino, or other types: round tail, days, black. often the only ones that are common are the albinos or blue, or red. again these fishes would make great for beginners but are often overlooked by other fish.

I loved my paradise fish, but sadly I lost them to an ick outbreak in my tank about a year ago.

I've kept a harem of paradise in a community tank, no spawning, and no aggression. 2 males is bad news, and i'd say a pair could be a bit dicey too, but having more females to take the attention seems to work ok.

Not much info on paradisefish, and not many willing to take a risk either.

If you have the tank densely planted with plenty of escapable hideyholes (so they cannot corner one another) it should be doable, but it'll depend on the fish. Try to get siblings



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Im really surprised not many people have
any thoughts on this?

I think Paradise fish are fantastic and while hardy & such I believe bettas replaced them, since they are available in such a huge variety of colors, fin types, etc.

But back to your post...

Would this be too much: 2 Paradise fish 7 C. hasbrosus

I don't think it would be too much, and if you're trying to breed them I'd keep the stocking at that, nothing else.

Good luck & let us know what you decide and how it works out

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