Clown Killies

[fishboytoo]

I am setting up a 10 gallon in which I would like to keep clown killies. I have read some articles about them in some fishkeeping journals where the authors were speaking about breeding them. They talked about bare tanks with spawning mops. I also received the same answer/advice on a previous post regarding breeding. However, the journal authors said that when they tired of actively breeding, they just kept them in a small planted tank and they continued to multiply at a slow rate. This sounds more like what I would like to have. I don't really want just a bare breeding tank, as I don't think that looks very nice, and I don't plan on trying to get rich off selling them.

Sorry for the long ramble, now the questions. Any ideas on what could go in there with them that wouldn't be a threat to them or actively hunt down any fry that might appear? I was thinking of corydoras habrosus. They are small, stay at the bottom, and aren't at all aggressive as far as I know.

Anybody think this idea is reasonable? Any other suggestions/comments are welcome. I just would like to know if this whole idea is really stupid.

Thanks

 

[diademhill]

Sorry for the long ramble, now the questions. Any ideas on what could go in there with them that wouldn't be a threat to them or actively hunt down any fry that might appear? I was thinking of corydoras habrosus. They are small, stay at the bottom, and aren't at all aggressive as far as I know.

Thanks

If you want fry just plant the tank thickly & keep just the killies. You can have a pretty tank with just these fish. C habrosus is not a bottom dweller & any cory will eat eggs or tiny fry.

 

[fishboytoo]

Thanks for your input diademhill.

I thought corys primarily stayed at the bottom, oh well. Is it just C. habrosus or all cories that aren't bottom dwellers?

Any suggestions on how I could control algae and any waste food that falls to the bottom, as P. annulatus wouldn't likely venture to the bottom too often. I mean, I would be careful not to overfeed, but some is bound to be missed. Would I be stuck cleaning the glass manually and vacuuming frequently?

Also, any suggestions for plants? Right now the tank has java fern, red ludwigia, rotala sp., echinodorus tenellus, liliaeopsis braziliensis, and some java moss just starting out. The tank is not well lit so that limits what will grow in it, also I read that P.annulatus likes subdued lighting and floating plants.