Hello, I have been looking for a forum because I have some fishy questions.
We set up our community tank about 2 years ago. We had Neons, Danios, Platies, hatchet fish, corydoras and... a striped Raphael. Well some of the more experienced fishkeepers will probably see where I am going with this already. We had a couple of deaths of natural causes through time, a platy here or a neon there. But then I noticed that the numbers were dwindling, I looked for any floaters or remains...nothing! I don't very often see the Raphael as he is noctural...but my how he has grown! It wasn't until I witnessed him come out of his hidey hole and virtually suck in a hatchet fish before spitting him back out that I did a search on the little imp. I am positive that i was told he was a peaceful community fish! Anyway, I have subsequently discovered that anything small will be eaten, and that is what has happened. i even lost my baby platy which I nurtured. I whipped out my remaining 2 neons and the hatchet and sent it to my dads community tank pronto. At the moment i have the Raphael, a plec (small) and three spotted danios. Can anyone advise what fish to put with the raff? I know that small community fish are out now, but what about some of the smaller chiclids? I would like something fairly colourful, not too big, not too small. my tank is 3ft long. Can anyone give me some ideas?
Thanks...and hello all by the way.
We set up our community tank about 2 years ago. We had Neons, Danios, Platies, hatchet fish, corydoras and... a striped Raphael. Well some of the more experienced fishkeepers will probably see where I am going with this already. We had a couple of deaths of natural causes through time, a platy here or a neon there. But then I noticed that the numbers were dwindling, I looked for any floaters or remains...nothing! I don't very often see the Raphael as he is noctural...but my how he has grown! It wasn't until I witnessed him come out of his hidey hole and virtually suck in a hatchet fish before spitting him back out that I did a search on the little imp. I am positive that i was told he was a peaceful community fish! Anyway, I have subsequently discovered that anything small will be eaten, and that is what has happened. i even lost my baby platy which I nurtured. I whipped out my remaining 2 neons and the hatchet and sent it to my dads community tank pronto. At the moment i have the Raphael, a plec (small) and three spotted danios. Can anyone advise what fish to put with the raff? I know that small community fish are out now, but what about some of the smaller chiclids? I would like something fairly colourful, not too big, not too small. my tank is 3ft long. Can anyone give me some ideas?
Thanks...and hello all by the way.