I have a 50 gallon fish tank which I am revitalizing. I only ever kept tetras in this tank. I would like to expand to other species so that I may have better variety. Can you give me some names of fish that have worked well for you?
Also...how many fish can you have in a 50-gallon tank?
2007-01-07 05:46:26 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
Fresh water...since I have tetras.
2007-01-07 05:56:43 · update #1
www.myfishtank.net
and 1nch of fish per gallon
so 50 inches of fish
2007-01-07 12:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by brit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freshwater:
I suggest getting a few bottom feeders, however I don't like the red tailed shark. It is way too aggressive. Other fish are different varieties of tetras, female bettas, believe it or not, are great. You can have more than one female betta in a tank. I don't suggest male bettas because I had one with tetras and they chewed his rear fin off, however it grew back. I hope this helps!
2007-01-07 13:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish that are larger need more space. In general smaller fish like tetras you can go a fish per gallon or slightly over. The general rule is one inch of fish per gallon but if you want to go over slighly in a well established tank with lots of happy healthy fish its not a big problem. You should provide lots of plants to hide in and lots of objects to swim around -- like drifwood and stacked rocks and whatnot -- in a 50 gallon you can make a good figure 8 swim pattern with 2 separate clumps in the middle for them two swim around. With tetras its safe to keep rasboras, corys, mollys, swordtails, platys, angelfish, danios, bamboo shrimp, guppies, rainbows, there are lots of docile fish out there.
2007-01-07 14:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
guppies have a lot of babies and constantly add to your tank.. you can get a color variety too.. do you have fresh or salt water?
hope that helps :-)
good luck
2007-01-07 13:51:51 · answer #4 · answered by x3lilshorty1828 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a chart that will help you determine which fish get along and which do not.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm
You might also search for "tankmate compatibility chart" for more answers.
2007-01-07 14:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by fishbone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any community fish
2007-01-07 14:27:08 · answer #6 · answered by stacy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cory catfish, not exotic but i just love em to death. they've got real additude.
2007-01-07 13:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by Kitty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋