Fish enthusiasts' chat!

[BirdNut]

Any other fish enthusiasts on here?

I have a 26 gallon bowfront freshwater tank that currently contains two Platys, one male Dwarf Gourami, one male Red Velvet Swordtail, four Lemon Tetras, and three Rosy Barbs. It's a crazy, colorful tank that's so much fun to watch. In another room, I have a 46 gallon bowfront for my freshwater cichlids. It contains a Jewel Cichlid, a Yellow Lab/Electric Yellow, an Acei cichlid, and a Golden Gourami. It also has a Spotted Climbing perch that I am considering mmoving to a seperate tank, as I've seen too much conflicting information as to whether or not he'll get along well with my cichlids. Next, I'm getting a twenty-gallon marine hex tank that I plan to house a Green Mandarin in with a pair of clownfish, or if I can't find the Mandarin, it'll be three blue damsels and two clownfish.

Feel free to chat about your fish, post pictures of your tanks and their inhabitants, or to ask questions!

 

[BirdNut]

Okay, bringing this thread back from the dead...

Since this thread was started, a lot of fish have been moved around and added. The Golden Gourami, and the Spotted Climbing Perch were placed in a 55 gallon Rectangular tank. I also moved my Red-Tailed Black Shark to the new tank, and my Rosy Barbs.

I got some lovely new fish today; some fancy Spotted Guppies for my 27 gallon tank and a Otocinclus Catfish to keep it clean. The Oto has been doing a lovely job, he transformed that dirty tank in a matter of minutes!

 

[duckluv]

I have a 75 gallon tank with five mixed Platys, eight guppy mutts, two black mollies, a golden mystery snail, and more zebra danios than I can count. I have a 25 gallon tank for various fancy guppies, and two ten gallons for fry rearing. Oh, and a 15 gallon tank for Bloodfin tetras and Pearl danios.

 

[BirdNut]

Lovely! Is raising frys terribly difficult?

 

[EmtheFishLady]

Mandarins are a high maintenance fish. I've heard of some people weaning them onto pellet food, but they are generally pretty picky eaters.

 

[duckluv]

Depends on the fish. Guppies and Zebra danios are fairly simple, but things like Halfbeak liverbearers and Discuses are different.

 

[BirdNut]

Em, thanks! Yeah, I've already been thinking that I shouldn't get a Mandarin. They eat mostly live food, and I worry whether or not I can very well meet their requirements. The blue Damsels seem to be the better option; hardier and not as difficult to feed, they're like the Lemon tetras of the Saltwater world.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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Blue Damsels are aggressive, but with a couple of maroon clowns or a false percula pair they should be fine. Mandarin's are a lot of work, and not really for a beginner. Damsels are easy, and clowns being in the damselfish family are also really hardy. I'd say go with those. a cool thing about blue devil damsels is that they can turn from bright blue to almost black depending on their mood.

 

[FarmGirl01]

I got a nice group of Guppies and Neon Tetras. Lots of nice colors and tails.

 

[Lunachick]

I always loved having fish. Since I have a lot of animals that I take care of myself and still wanted fish, I went the easy way and got a 5 gal tank to start off with. It currently has 2 fancy guppies (they LOVE each other!) 1 algae eater (forgot what he's called, we call him Mr. Suckface)

and 2 small neons.

They are happy and so am I - I went to take a pic but I scared everybody and Mr. Suckface was darting all over the place and I felt bad, so I'll take that pic another day.