Whats The Hardiest Fish From The Following?

[aly_starh]

I'm doing a fish-in cycling for my planted aquarium (65 litres). What fish would be best for this. The choices are of what i'm hoping to keep after its fully cycled. I currently have 1 Zebra Danio. But need more for the tank size i have, I've been told.

My current readings are
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0.2

 

[aly_starh]

BUMP

 

[tropic_john]

cories tbh, especially wild-caught ones

 

[aly_starh]

bump

 

[Inchworm]

cories tbh, especially wild-caught ones

You're kidding, I hope.

If I was going to do a fish in cycle I would probably get a few blind cave tetras. They are very tough little fish and interesting to watch too. Of course, no matter how hardy a fish is, be sure to do the required water changes to keep it safe. Slowly but surely is the way to go with a fish in cycle.

 

[tropic_john]

I didn't see it was for a fish-in sorry
blind cave tetras are good, as are plecs [to a small extent]

 

[OldMan47]

I marked guppies because I know they can be really tough but I would much rather see you in a fishless cycle.

 

[indigoj]

plecs are no good for fish in cycles.

 

[catfish00]

panda corys

 

[dthoffsett]

panda corys

I'd have to disagree, pandas are well known for suddenly dieing upon introduction to a mature tank much less a cycling one.

 

[bitteraspects]

baby oscars. theyre hardy and messy. they will provide ahe neccesary ammonia for your cycle, and then you can flush them or freeze them when youre done.

 

[dthoffsett]

baby oscars. theyre hardy and messy. they will provide ahe neccesary ammonia for your cycle, and then you can flush them or freeze them when youre done.

I do hope you were joking, there's absolutely no reason to use fish for a cycle just to kill them when it's done.

 

[Harlequins]

baby oscars. theyre hardy and messy. they will provide ahe neccesary ammonia for your cycle, and then you can flush them or freeze them when youre done.

Thats cruel,its bad enough having them in fish in cycle let alone flushing or freezing them to get rid of them!!

 

[waterdrop]

I voted "other" because even though you stated you didn't really want zebras, you've already got one and that lone zebra will be pretty unhappy not having any other zebras to chase. If it were me I'd probably give a sigh and get two more zebras and just chalk it up to them being much more interesting as a small group of 3 than as a lone, lonely fish. Besides, a group of 3 zebras should bring your bioload up to just about right for a more visible and understandable fish-in cycle, the thread of which I was just reading over in the beginners section. (of course by now you've probably already got some other fish, lol)

~~waterdrop~~

 

[aly_starh]

I voted "other" because even though you stated you didn't really want zebras, you've already got one and that lone zebra will be pretty unhappy not having any other zebras to chase. If it were me I'd probably give a sigh and get two more zebras and just chalk it up to them being much more interesting as a small group of 3 than as a lone, lonely fish. Besides, a group of 3 zebras should bring your bioload up to just about right for a more visible and understandable fish-in cycle, the thread of which I was just reading over in the beginners section. (of course by now you've probably already got some other fish, lol)

~~waterdrop~~

Hi waterdrop, I was thinking of giving "Zebra" back as i didnt want him to feel lonely, but havent got round to it yet. Most pobarbly tommorrow and get around 3 new fish. (Ones that i'm actually going to keep!)