Help With Choosing Fish (The Real Thread)

[Toady]

I thought I'd make another thread as the last four were wrong...

So how does this sound for a 200l tank 100x40x50cm

Scarlet badis x2male x6female
Pygmy cory x10
Panda cory x6
Honey gourami x2male x6female
Harlequin rasbora x16
Red-tailed rasbora x16

Cherry shrimp x2
Maybe in the future ADF x2

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Is a group of Scarlet Badis your "must have fish" for this tank? If so, you are looking for tankmates that will be fine at 18-20C for most of the year, in a tank with not much current.... Which means you need to rethink all the fish tankmates at least and I suspect an African Dwarf Frog would be unsuitable too (without looking up their needs).

 

[nurglespuss]

Is a group of Scarlet Badis your "must have fish" for this tank? If so, you are looking for tankmates that will be fine at 18-20C for most of the year, in a tank with not much current.... Which means you need to rethink all the fish tankmates at least and I suspect an African Dwarf Frog would be unsuitable too (without looking up their needs).

+1

Also, those shrimp aren't going to last long with the honeys/barbs etc.

 

[Toady]

Sorry, I don't understand...

 

[soybean]

Which bit don't you understand?

 

[Toady]

The 18-20c bit all fish up there will live at 24-25 which I intend to have as the average temperature

 

[soybean]

Nobody of the Goat is saying that the badis aree best at a lower temperature and that if you want these to be your main fish you should stock around them, with other fish preferring lower temps.

This is just one opinion though. I want scarlet badis myself and all research online is telling me they live across a wide range of temps, even down to 16, up to 28.

24 is a good average temperature for most fish. But it is always best to check this and stock accordingly, if you can. So while the badis will be ok at 24, I do agree that they will do better on the lower end of the scale.

 

[Toady]

Well, from everything I've read they do best at 24c...

 

[soybean]

If you're happy with the research you've done and want to keep them at 24, you can! It's your tank after all. This is somewhere to discuss opinions, not a rule book

 

[Toady]

Okay so how's my stocking?

 

[soybean]

You need more corys. The pandas should be in groups of 6+, the pygmys will do better in a larger group than 8 as well.

Also I like your optimism of 'cherry shrimp x 2' - they do breed!

And I would also say no the the ADF.

 

[Toady]

Okay it won't be overstocked after getting more?

That's why I'm only getting two

K

 

[soybean]

Okay it won't be overstocked after getting more?

That's why I'm only getting two

No I think you have enough space for more corys.

The priority should be to make sure the groups of fish you have are in sufficient numbers rather than how many TYPES of fish you have. If you're worried, you could knock off a few numbers from each rasbora - the tank will still look a hive of activity with all those little fish, you wouldn't miss a few of each of them.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

The 18-20c bit all fish up there will live at 24-25 which I intend to have as the average temperature

These fish are temperate, coming from areas of the world that experience seasons because they are not at the equator, albeit not quite as extreme as ours in the UK. They have evolved to cope with a winter low of 18C and a peak summer temp of 26C, allowing their tank water to seasonally go through that range will maximise their lifespan and keep them healthier. Keeping them at 24/25C permanently will keep their metabolism in hyper mode all year round, which will ultimately shave years of their expected lives. Something else that may appeal to you in that breeding can be seen to link with a flucuation in temperature eg. my Persian Killifish are spending the winter at ~15C in a heaterless tank, come spring the males will put on their beautiful purple breeding colours for the females as the temperature increases into the 20s .
http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Dario&species=dario&id=41

 

[Toady]

okay, is there another beautiful fish to replace the badis?