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Post by mickey85 on Nov 7, 2003 14:40:36 GMT -5
Alright, eventually, I'd like to get less into bettas (Blasphemy, I know) and maybe keep 1 or 2 and use a 10 gallon or two for tropical community tanks. What would be a good fish selection for them? So far, I've found a couple lists of fish that will work well together (thanks to aquariumfish.com):
Platies
Mollies
Swordtails
Angels
Cory cats
Plecostamus (sp?)
Black Skirt
Red Serape
Silver Tip
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White Clouds
Fancy Guppies
Glass Fish
small tetras (I.e. neons)
cory cats
Granted, I'm not going to have ALL these species in one tank as they're mostly schooling species and I'd need a bigger tank (like maybe my 20 gal...) but does anyone else have any good ideas? I might just step up to the 20 gal, since I'll have fewer bettas. This will all be for down the road when a few of my bettas die (like 2 or 3 years from now).
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Post by mickey85 on Nov 13, 2003 16:35:20 GMT -5
I didn't mean to stick ALL of those fish in together, just a few species. Thanks for the advice, though!
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Post by mickey85 on Nov 13, 2003 18:00:52 GMT -5
Yeah, that's understandable. Maybe I'll just stick to guppies...
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Post by Betta MVP on Nov 14, 2003 12:23:55 GMT -5
I had livebearers in my community tank and never had a problem with babies because the adult fish would just eat them.
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Post by BettaBGood on Nov 14, 2003 14:46:31 GMT -5
"Less into bettas!?"  (Mickey85, bite your tongue!  ) |
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Post by mickey85 on Nov 14, 2003 18:01:19 GMT -5
I WILL bite my tongue. If it makes you feel any better, I got a new female today. She'll go into a separate tank for a week or two just to make sure that the Ick is out of the regular tank.
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Post by Rover on Dec 8, 2003 22:10:40 GMT -5
We are doing the same thing over here - less bettas over time. We used to have so many, it was a real chore with all the water changes because alot of them in smaller tanks were getting daily changes. We just couldn't keep up with that and our big tanks too. So have decided to keep maybe 3 or 4 bettas and just stick to the big tanks.
Re: keeping livebearers. Guppies and mollies don't really eat much of their own fry. You will be able to start with 3 or 4 and soon your tank will have hundreds. Trust me. We regularly take bags of small fish to the pet store :-). A tank can get overcrowded quite fast if you're not removing fish periodically. Best to just stick to the males if you don't want babies. With guppies, the males are the prettiest anyhow and will look nicest in a community tank. Even if you buy females only, they will often come pregnant and you'll get babies regardless of whether or not males are in the tank with them. And females can store sperm for up to 6 months, I've heard, so you could get babies for many months to come even if you keep the females separate!
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Post by Doofusmom on Dec 9, 2003 19:37:51 GMT -5
For a 10 gallon I like 6 harlequin raspbora and 3 otos. I have this combo and it is interesting to watch and the Harlequin Raspora are pretty and easy to care for. The otos help keep the algae at bay. I am thinking of adding something to this tank...Not sure what yet though...LOL ;D
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Post by JulietV on Dec 11, 2003 12:09:21 GMT -5
I'm trying to work out a better tank for my goldfish and three bottom feeders. I'm thinking that for two egg-shaped goldfish, one pleco, and two corys, a 29-gallon will be good. That'll leave me with a ten-gallon free, and I have a similar question to Mickey's--how many? In my case, I'm thinking tetras, plus one small cory to do clean-up (oddly, I have a lot of luck with albinos.) How many tetras in a ten-gallon, and any suggestions on varieties? The other option was guppies--is it possible to mix the two? Or better to do one or the other?
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