15 Gallon Looking For Fish With Character

[tyyrlym]

I have platys and don't find too much character. Are there any intelligent fish??

You're not going to get an amazing amount of intelligence out of a fish that can fit in a 15 gallon tank.

 

[Hawkins]

i would make one betta VERY happy, 15G would be loadsssssssssssssss of room for one

they are quite clever too, they jump out of water for food (all 3 of mine do)

 

[Biulu]

I agree with invader: puffers are nice for that size of tank.

 

[Erised]

I must agree with what has been said before, the first species of fish I thought of was one of the puffers. In a 15G you'd be limited to the smaller species of puffer, your best bet probably being the dwarf puffer as it's more readily available and would fit a tank that size best.

As for how many you can keep, I personally wouldn't recommend more than 1 through bad experience myself. Others will tell you you can keep 3, one for every 5 gallons. If you do get 3 it's unlikely you'll get them old enough to sex, but if you can try and get all females or 2 females 1 male.

They can be sensitive little fish so a mature tank would be better for them. As we know this isn't the case I'd recommend cloning one of your other tanks rather than cycling from scratch. Also make sure there's plenty of stuff going on in the tank to break up their sight so they can get away from each other and hide. A more natural environment I'm sure would be preferred.

Like with all fish, please do read up on them first before you make up your mind and buy them =)

 

[jourdy288]

I have platys and don't find too much character. Are there any intelligent fish??

You're not going to get an amazing amount of intelligence out of a fish that can fit in a 15 gallon tank.

Yeah, not much brain-to-body ratio (which isn't the best way to judge intelligence...) but what about brain coral?