Which Tropical Fish? Can Filter+Air Be Turned Off?

[Lunar Jetman]

Cool, thanks Jetman

 
I have an idea by the way. Fishless cycling is to create the bacteria in the filter correct? I have a cannister filter, as does my brother for his 300~ litre tank. Is it possible I can give him a handful of my new biological filter media (which is the cylinder things right?) and take a handful of his old? Will that damage his tank? Will my tank then have a much faster cycle?

Pleasure to help!

This is an excellent idea, getting filter media from your brother will certainly help speed up the process. As long as he doesn't give you too much his tank will be fine.

 

[lukyjay]

Post up the brand and then some people ( not me I know nothing ) could help. Taking some from your bros is an awesome idea. There's always the fish food method. This involves making the fish food rot and make ammonia to cycle. Never tried it but in theory it should work.

 
http/www.apifishcare.com/Products/Product.aspx?ProductID=642
 
I've personally used this as a child many moons ago to have some pet goldfish and neons. I know goldfish are very hardy, but I'm not sure about neons. It worked fine each time we used this stuff, as long as your pH levels were fine and you had used something to de-chlorinate your water. I might see what the fish shop can give me. They have several hundred fish there in massive tanks, some are breeding tanks. They must be doing something right.

 

[TallTree01]

If ammonia and fish food method is out you may be forced to use fishin cycle

 

[sadguppy]

No cories are aggressive but they are fun. Choose your favourite type and get six, you should be fine. Pygmies are very small, I had 8 in a 65l but I never saw them so they are in a smaller tank now. I have peppered cories in my 240l and albinos in my 200l, all active little chaps!

Blue fish wise, platies are a good community fish and come in all sorts of colours, or you could get a dwarf gourami or a betta, and a shoal of small tetra to finish it off nicely.

 

[Lunar Jetman]

No cories are aggressive but they are fun.

Corys are agressive???!?

Which ones have you kept then? I've had them on an off for over 25 years and I've never ever experienced aggression in them. In fact they are one of the most unassuming fish you can keep!

 

[the_lock_man]

No cories are aggressive but they are fun.

Corys are agressive???!?

Which ones have you kept then? I've had them on an off for over 25 years and I've never ever experienced aggression in them. In fact they are one of the most unassuming fish you can keep!

 
You're reading that wrong.
 
It doesn't say "No comma cories are aggressive", it says "no cories are aggressive" in other words there aren't any aggressive cories.

 

[Lunar Jetman]

No cories are aggressive but they are fun.

Corys are agressive???!?

Which ones have you kept then? I've had them on an off for over 25 years and I've never ever experienced aggression in them. In fact they are one of the most unassuming fish you can keep!

 
You're reading that wrong.
 
It doesn't say "No comma cories are aggressive", it says "no cories are aggressive" in other words there aren't any aggressive cories.
It was the "but" that threw me!

 

[the_lock_man]

 

 

No cories are aggressive but they are fun.

Corys are agressive???!?

Which ones have you kept then? I've had them on an off for over 25 years and I've never ever experienced aggression in them. In fact they are one of the most unassuming fish you can keep!
 

 
You're reading that wrong.
 
It doesn't say "No comma cories are aggressive", it says "no cories are aggressive" in other words there aren't any aggressive cories.
 

It was the "but" that threw me!
 
So many jokes, such little time......

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Give us one.
 
Cories are NEVER aggressive.  Pandas are my personal favorite cories and mine grew to about 1.25 inches (males) and 1.5 inches (females).  A group of 6 of them would be fine in a 60L tank.
 
Blue fish - Look into emperor tetra if you can.  6 of these would go nicely as well.  They grow to about 1.25-1.5 inches.
 
 
You could finish it off with either a dwarf neon gourami - blue... or even two honey gouramis (reddish orange).
 
 
Also, a sand substrate would be preferred by the cories.

 

[TallTree01]

There are few tetras I would keep in less than a. 15 gallon which I believ is the size of this tank. Emperors would be an interesting add?

 

[fluttermoth]

I think emperors might be a bit big. I used to have some, and they were a good 2.5/3".
 
Green/false neons are really blue. They'd go lovely with the panda cories. You would need your tank to mature for a few months before you added them though; like the normal neons, they don't seem to do well in new tanks, even if they're fully cycled, IME.