Need ideas for fish combinations

[RoperDoper]

It's not my first time with fish and it's not a new tank or anything, but I am restocking my tank. For the past year I have had only a cory fish, a striped raphael, and an upside down catfish in my ten gallon tank. So latley I got a female betta from wal-mart and really liked how she interacts with things outside the tank. THen about 3 days ago I got 2 more female bettas and 2 female? mollies, really fat almost pg looking ones. I am wondering what else I couls get to add more color and maybe variety to my tank. I have a smaller 5 gallon tank I was gonna put my striped raphael and a male betta in so my striped raphael won't eat my mollies fry. Should I get more female bettas and more mollies in my tank or would guppies get along with them? I am getting another 10 gallon tank for christmas what type of fish would do good together for that tank? THanks!

 

[aquarius]

i don't recommend getting more female bettas because they might fight. make sure there are a lot of plants and hiding spots in you tank for the bettas. i don't know if you should be adding any more fish to that tank cause it looks pretty full. the only thing, you might want to add 1 or 2 more cories since these fish don't like to be alone.

for your other 10 gallon, you have a lot of choices. you can get livebearers, like platies, guppies, swords. you can also get a nice school of tetras like neons, they'll look beautiful or maybe a small gourami, just see what you like best

 

[lizard]

I don't know how big the Upside-Down Catfish gets, but you're getting close to your limit in the 10 gallon. If you get anything else though, I'd recommend a few Cory Cats. The like to be in groups My personal favorites are Panda Corys

Pamela
aka Lizard

 

[RoperDoper]

Well I was reading that the more female bettas you have the less likely there will be for fights. THey will establish a pecking order and if theres ten of them the pecking is spread out more rather than having only 3. There is a gouramis I liked I think it was a kissing gouramis, not for sure. I was told it had been injected or something with dye? and that's why it was a light silver color with a pink stripe on top. THere was no denying it was a gouamis though.

 

[RoperDoper]

The upside down catfish don't get very big I think. Mine is only an inch and a half long and hasn't grown much since I've had him (almost 3 year I think). I do want to get another cory cat, I was told mine was a cosmis (sp?) but I can't find any info on the kind of fish.

 

[RoperDoper]

Has anyone ever heard of a blind cave fish? I was wondering about those and what they get along with.

 

[aquarius]

kissing gouramis get very big so you shouldn't get them for your 10 gallon, especially if it was injected with dye which is just cruel. blind cave are a type of tetras and they get pretty big, 3.5 inches or so but they are good community fish

 

[AndrewRenard]

a great 10 gallon combo:
2-3 scavengers- cory cats, julii, adophi, or pandas
1 algae eater- bristly nose plec or like 3 otto cats
5-7 colorful community fish like platies, gupps, and swords (remember, 1 male to 2 female ratio for all livebearers) i wouldnt suggest mollie showever, as they like slightly salted water, witch you can't do with cories. tetras are good, neons suck, although they're pretty, go with buenos aeres tetras, mabye 2-3 dwarf gouramis, flames are my favorite, maybe a school of tiger barbs. try rams, they're hard to keep though.

 

[RoperDoper]

How big do kissing gouramis get? this one was around 2 inches long. What type of gouramis are silver with a pink stripe on top?

 

[RoperDoper]

oooohhhh,a nd what about those glass fish?

 

[RoperDoper]

do cat fish eat fish that are smaller, like fry? and what about electric yellow cichlid? are they too agrressive forwhat I want to keep?

 

[RoperDoper]

ok, sorry about the multiple posts, should I just get a 50 gallon tank? REsponibility for cleaning and that sort aren't problems. How many fish would be the limit? and what are some good tips for owning that big of a tank?

 

[krazitrain]

if you get a 50 gallon tank.. you can get 50 inches of fish.

 

[RoperDoper]

do those giant algae eaters eat small fish and do those giant gatfish eat smaller fish too? Those ones that are like a foot long?

 

[pmoyniha]

I heard a couple people mention getting dyed fish. In my personal opinion this is not a practise I would support. I heard a good analogy on here about it. It would be like me giving you a tattoo you don't want with two of my friends holding you down. Not a very nice thing to do..

Just my opinion though..
Pat