im looking at these fish

[kissez_61]

hey iv done some research and my fav fishes are the neons,cherry barbs, platies,albino catfish,dwarf gourami,guppies,bettas,

im new to tropical fish but have a goldfish tank.. ...so if you guys have any info on thees fish or if they will not be good together(not saying i plan to get all of thees fish) and if they like groups and tank size ect it would be realy nice thank guys im going to keep looking but some of the info is contridicting another so its hard to pick wuts best.

 

[gixer]

what size tank etc?

but no to bettas and gouramis

 

[kissez_61]

im not shur on the size tank yet it depends on the fish / how many i want. i dont want to over croud. no to gouramis in general or just with bettas?

 

[gixer]

im not shur on the size tank yet it depends on the fish / how many i want. i dont want to over croud. no to gouramis in general or just with bettas?

not with bettas...

have you not got the tank yet then? if not i understand.


always get the biggest tank you can
1. afford
2. have room for

better in the longrun

 

[pendragon]

Bettas and gouramis generally do not get along - both being Anabantids (labyrinth fish), they are sort of like cousins. It's a very bad idea to put them together. In fact, having a betta will force you to be much choosier about tankmates. They can't be put with anything that will attack them, or they'll attack, or that will nip their long, flowing fins.

This is one of the reasons most folks choose to keep bettas in a tank either by themselves, or with very few, selective tankmates.

pendragon!

 

[kissez_61]

ok i wont put them together then. i have 3 betta tanks (5 gallons each) and a goldie tank but no i dont have a tropical tank yet.

do the catfish and gourami need to be with more than one?

 

[Auratus]

It all depends on what type you want. Try to look online and find some different species of catfish and gourami you like.

 

[kissez_61]

i liked the albino catfish and the Dwarf gourami

 

[rsz]

I've gone through your list of fish that you like. Here's what I think.

neons - I'm assuming you mean neon tetras... am I right that that is what you mean? If it is, they should be kept in a group of at least 5. Some people say they aren't very hardy, I've never kept them so I can't comment. There are lots of other nice tetras... like glowlight tetras. I personally like glowlights best, because I have some.

cherry barbs - I don't know much about cherry barbs, but most barbs nip alot, so you couldn't keep them with guppies (but maybe I'm wrong and cherry barbs are actually very good for community tanks )

platies - these are very friendly. If you wanted male and females, you would have to have 2 females to every 1 male. If you did that, you'd almost certainly get babies.

albino catfish - I don't know what sort of catfish you mean. But, since you have mentioned any particular sort, I'll take this moment to tell you how good cories are!! They're really sweet, and suprisingly active. You get lots of different patterned ones (albino ones are quite common too). They don't eat algae really, or suck onto the glass in that nasty way like some catfish, but they do scavenge and root around in your substrate.

dwarf gourami - these are fairly easy to care for, IMO. They also look very nice. They would go well with alot of the fish in your list (except for bettas and possibly cherry barbs). You could keep 1 male, 1 female, or a male and a female. I wouldn't advise a same-sex pair though.

guppies - guppies should be kept in the 2:1 ratio, like platies. They breed like crazy too!! They are pretty though. Just make sure their tank mates don't nip at fins, because fancy guppies have such long tails, especially the males.

HTH,

rsz

 

[Cheese Specialist]

They don't eat algae really, or suck onto the glass in that nasty way like some catfish,

Suckermouth catfis are my favs!!!

You wanna take this outside?!

 

[rsz]

They don't eat algae really, or suck onto the glass in that nasty way like some catfish,

Suckermouth catfis are my favs!!!

You wanna take this outside?!

Bring it on!!




*runs away as fast as she can cos she knows she cant fight*

 

[Lateral Line]

Cherry Barbs are very inoffensive with other fish, however, they are not schooling/shoaling fish. They are best kept as a pair, or trio 1 male 2 females. Two males together may fight.

Neons are generally pretty hardy, however, they do not tolerate nitrogen pollution well, and it is frequently advised that they are not added to a newly cycled tank. New tanks may appear cycled but are often unstable and can throw the odd spike.

 

[kissez_61]

hey guys thanx again for the info (i hate the net for the mixed up info ) any ways here is the cat fish i want i think they can also be called cory's just by looking at the name this one " Cherry Barbs are very inoffensive with other fish, however, they are not schooling/shoaling fish. They are best kept as a pair, or trio 1 male 2 females. Two males together may fight"
good to know some sites hinted they wernt the best together(males) but never realy said it.
the noens are the tetras im looking at.

and i dont plan to get any fish intill i know my tank is cycled only the plants
and i dont think itll be to long befor my tank will cycl im going to put the sponge in my alredy cycled tank and put the cycled sponge in the other filter.


but so far this is wut im thinking. a 20 gallon tank with 2 dawrf gourami (male and a female)
3 albino coys, and eather 4 cherry barbs or 4 guppies or a school of neons.
and for plants some java moss,java fern, and some sort of floating plant possibly duck weed(but it grows like mad).

 

[modernhamlet]

but so far this is wut im thinking. a 20 gallon tank with 2 dawrf gourami (male and a female)
3 albino coys, and eather 4 cherry barbs or 4 guppies or a school of neons.
and for plants some java moss,java fern, and some sort of floating plant possibly duck weed(but it grows like mad).

Sounds like a pretty good little community!

A couple of suggestions...

You might do a little better to have 4... or 5... (more is better) corys together. 3 will do ok though, if you really don't have the room. I don't think that will be a problem though.

As far as total inhabitants go, assuming it's a 20g long tank (30" long x 12" wide x 12" tall), you can probably have the 2 dwarf gourami, 4-5 dwarf corys, 3-4 cherry barbs, AND a school of 6 neons. It's not that the guppies would definitely not work with the gourami, but "you never know" and since you had other options, I went with those. BTW, what filter are you using?

I've had good luck so far with the java fern and java moss. If you want a nice background plant that will do ok in standard lighting, try Dwarf Hygrophila. Fills out the tank nicely. For a floating plant, I would strongly endorse Riccia over duckweed. It looks better and is much easier to control in the aquarium than duckweed.

Hope all this helps. Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

 

[kissez_61]

i was contiplating on going with more corys. and with the guppies and platies i dont want any fighting going on in the tank. y do you say no to the guppies? do they not go well with the gourami?

and as for the filter im not to shur yet. i like my bio well on my goldie thank but the dwarf gourami s need a calm water pref so im looking at other filters. how many times an houre dose a tropical tanks water need to go though the filter? goldies need ten times an houre is it the same?