Small Colourful Fish

[Lizzie71]

Can anyone recommend a small colourful group of fish that will look good in a planted tank? Neon tetras are an obvious choice but I would like something a bit less common

I saw some neon gold barbs in the lfs yesterday which were cute and White cloud mountain minnows. What else might look good?

 

[nosoup4you]

Harlequin Rasboras would be really nice...what size is the tank?

 

[Lizzie71]

Tank is 20g. See sig for current stocking.

I wanted to add another shoal of small fish. The x ray tetras are cute but I wanted to add a bit more colour.

 

[Colin_T]

cherry, checkered & ruby barbs
ember tetras

 

[drobbyb]

cherry, checkered & ruby barbs
ember tetras

Ruby barbs are fantastic fish. Here's a pic of 2 males and 1 female: http/www.flickr.com/photos/18462968@N02/2336423533/

 

[Lizzie71]

I am tempted with the ember tetras. Do they stay small?

 

[Ficious]

white clouds are very very hardy. and its said they look most stunning in a planted aquarium with black background. i love WCMMs and theyre very affordable

 

[Colin_T]

I am tempted with the ember tetras. Do they stay small?

yes

 

[OldMan47]

While the gold barbs may be tempting, my gold barbs are over 2 inches long now that they have had a chance to grow up. That is not too big for a 20 but the ultimate size is worth keeping in mind.

 

[kubora666]

platys or swordtails, they are easy to breed and come in a variety of colours

 

[three-fingers]

Celestial pearl danio?

 

[Mikaila31]

Rummy nosed tetra

V- in sig

 

[paul123]

Harlequin Rasboras, and also rummy nose tetras....

 

[fifefish]

How About an assortment of guppies?

 

[pippoodle]

you could also try
longfin white cloud minnow

golden white cloud minnows

or if you can get hold of them
Boraras brigittae IE-Brigitte Rasbora, micro rasbora Brigitte, dwarf redfin rasbora these grow to 3.5cm maximum