Aggresive Small Fish ?

[boabmac63]

I have 64 litre tank what small aggresive fish could fit in it and is not difficult to get a hold of

 

[thereverendturtle]

A single convict.

 

[boabmac63]

A single convict.

Not that aggresive already have 3

 

[thereverendturtle]

What type of fish are you looking for then? Predatory, no fear....

 

[boabmac63]

What type of fish are you looking for then? Predatory, no fear....

Predatory

 

[Wills]

A single convict.

Too small for a Convict

Not really many options for what your after, as most fish for this size tanks would be micro predators but thats only against stuff like bugs etc. Maybe look at some of the dwarf Cichlids like Laetacara, Nannacara etc wouldnt exactly call them aggressive but sometimes mildly territorial.

Wills

 

[onidrase]

A single convict.

Not that aggresive already have 3

My female convict tried to bite the eyes out of my upside down catfishes, it almost killed 3 tiger barbs, it forced my firemouth into cowering under the filter for weeks, and even almost killed the male I was trying to get it to breed with. when I tried to keep live plants with her, she ripped all the leaves off of them out of boredom. The only thing I can keep in her tank at this moment which she doesn't rip up, uproot, or knock over is a flower pot.

What kind of fish are you looking for if that's not aggressive enough?

63 litres doesn't give you a lot of room in terms of aggressive fish. IMO, it's too small a single convict. Dwarf puffer fish can be mini monsters, but they are pretty costly to maintain, since they need a steady diet of live shelled foods like shrimp and snails to keep their beaks from overgrowing, and are messy fish, so over-filtration is encouraged. They tend to get bored easily, so it's good to add new decorations now and then to

I think you can keep 2 or three in a 63l tank, but I'd check with somebody who knows more about them. All I know is they're small, predatory, and can't be kept with other species of fish.

 

[Liam2368]

The only thing I can think of is exodon paradoxus but you would. need a tank double the size for a decent shoal if you only had a few they would fight till there was only one left.

 

[thereverendturtle]

I hate to disagree, but I think 18 gallons is plenty for a fish that on average hits 4" SL. I had a breeding pair in a twenty for years, the male was around five inches sl and the female was four.

 

[minnnt]

Blimey... they must have been like Sardines in a tin.

 

[thereverendturtle]

Blimey... they must have been like Sardines in a tin.

2 cons in a 24x12 LxW, I don't get the concern. I've been keeping fish and researching them for 30 years or so. When I kept them that way, that's how it was done and there is no reason I see now why it wouldn't work, unless you're breeding foot longs in the UK.

 

[minnnt]

Lol... Not quite.