Nano Fish

[Fishy friend2]

I have recently noticed that nano fish keeping have become a huge part of the hobby, and with all these small 15 gallon tanks out there, I have seen countless threads on the possibilities for Fishkeeping in there, so I thought I might as well an create this Thad with a large list of potential fish for smaller tanks 10-20 gallons

Small Schooling Fish
Diamond Head Neon tetras (Paracheirodon innesi Diamant)
Bloodfin Tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi
platinum tetra (Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri)
Hengals rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli)
Lamb chop rasbora (Trigonostigma espei)
Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha)
Boraras brigittae
Neon tetras (Paracheirodon innesi)
Vietnamese cardinal minnows (Tanichthys micagemmae)
Cardinal tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
X ray tetras (Pristella maxillaris)
Glo light tetras (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
Glowlight Danio (Danio choprai)
Ember tetras (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
Ruby tetras (Axelrodia riesei)
Jelly Bean Tetra ( Ladigesia roloffi)
Green Neon Tetras (Paracheirodon simulans)
Eyesot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata)
Aspidoras pauciradiatus
Panther Danio (Danio aesculapii)
Lamp eye tetras (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
Platinum barb (Horadandia atukorali)
Spotted rasbora (Boraras maculatus)
Boraras merah
Boraras nana
white cloud mountain minnows (Tanichthys albonubes)
celestial pearl danios (Celestichthys margaritatus)
Blue Neon Rasboras (Sundadanio axelrodi)
marbled hatchet fish (Carnegiella strigata)
Bumblebee Goby (Brachygobius nunus)
Microdevario nanus
burmese bumble bee gobie (Brachygobius xanthomelas)
dwarf emerald rasbora, or zebra Rasbora (Danio erythromicron)
Boraras micros
Burma Yellow Neon Rasboras (Microdevario kubotai)
Sparrow Rasbora (Boraras uropthalmoides)
Norman's lampeye killifish (Aplocheilichthys normani)

schooling catfish, and loaches. except for the 4th one
pygmy cories (Corydoras pygmaeus)
dwarf cories (corydoras hastatus)
dwarf caries (corydoras habrosus)
mini moth catfish (Hara Jerdoni)
Dwarf Loach (Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki)
otto catfish ( Otocinclus vestitus)

fish that can be kept in groups of 2-4
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
endlers (Poecilia wingei)
platies (Xiphophorus maculatus)
platies (Xiphophorus variatus)
golden teddies (Xenophallus umbratilis)
hetendaria formosa
Characodon lateralis
Clown killifish (Epiplatys annulatus)
Gardneri killifish (fundalopanchax gardneri)
Scheeli killifish (fundalopanchax scheeli)
Armoured stickleback (Indostomus paradoxus)

Fish that can be kept solitary
Scarlet Badis (Dario dario)
Dwarf Puffer (Tetraodon travancoricus)
Sparkling Gourami (Trichopsis pumila)
Honey Gourami (Trichogaster chuna)
Dwarf Gourami (Trichogaster lalius)
Betta Rutilans
Betta splendens
betta falx
betta simplex
betta imbellis
Liqorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri)
Spotted Blue Eyed Rainbow (pseudomugil gertrudae)
American Flagfish, or Florida Flagfish, (Jordanella floridae)
lamprologus multifasciatus

please read
when submitting new fish for this thread please add the proper name, common name, and the group size, as this will save me lots of stress from doing all that by myself

CREDITS
I got like 5-6 fish from this site, and the rest were from knowledge and suggestions
http/www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm

 

[mattyeatsmatts]

Good Topic. Its surprising how many new tank owners think overstocking isn't a problem.

 

[pablothebetta]

Just had a quick flick through. Excellent idea there. People often want stocking ideas for tanks 15 gallons and under and this will definitely make things easier!

 

[Fishy friend2]

thanks, i will be doing more work on it in the future though, like alphabetizing, etc. and i origanally made it for another forum that im on but i thought i might aswell and share it on here too, so you might also fond this same thread by me on another forum

 

[Fishy friend2]

Also. Feel free to recommend more fish

 

[wirralbull]

clown killi, liquorice gourami great post btw

armoured stickleback

 

[Fishy friend2]

Thanks, and I Just added those right now

 

[Flubberlump]

Glass bloodfin tetras, rummy nose tetras, silver tip tetras, Platinum tetra (hemigrammus Vorderwinkleri), lamprologus multifasciatus. Great thread!

 

[Fishy friend2]

IMO, rummy noses arent the best suited for small tanks
and this is to everyone. for further reference please list the common name, proper name, and group size for the fish as it will save me lots of stress and time

 

[Flubberlump]

I've got rummy noses in my 30ltr and they're great. That's just my opinion though.

 

[Fishy friend2]

yeah, i woudnt keep them in anything short of 2 1/2 feet as they are considered the larger tetras, and having a group of 6 of them might be a bit muhc on the bio load, and plus, it isnt very good to keep that many larger tetras in a 10-15 gallon

 

[Fishy friend2]

one quetion flubberlump. 30 liters is like 8 gallons. right? isnt 6 rumynoses a bit too much in there

 

[MBOU]

Silvertip Tetras get to a fair old size for that shaped tetra... a good 7cm... and if kept in small numbers/smaller tank they are really prone to harassing and nipping other fish. As lovely as they are... i wouldnt count them as a 'nano fish'.

**wonders off to find out what on earth 'golden teddies' are**

Can tell some of them come off a website as there are some weird names there lol

 

[Fishy friend2]

ill take silvertips off, and golden teddies are a type of smaller livebearer that ive heard oldman mention numerous times

 

[Fishy friend2]

any more suggestions