and DONT tell me the inch/gal rule
2007-04-18 02:41:46 · 5 answers · asked by Skittles 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
with no other fish
2007-04-18 02:50:40 · update #1
One gender only
and what about in a 20g standard?
2007-04-18 03:12:23 · update #2
oh and actually these I believe are a swordtail platy cross, becaus eI have had them 4 months and they are still slightly smaller then 3 in, the same size I got them.
2007-04-18 03:17:19 · update #3
A 40 corner is kinda tall and narrow isn't it? If it's the one I think it is I would say no more than 3-4 swordtails as they need a bit of swimming room. That does leave plenty of room for a few bottom fish and a top fish or two though. If swords were the only thing in the tank, I might go 5.
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2007-04-18 02:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I extremely have a 36 nook. For the longest time I saved 5 fish in it plus some topswimmers. I cut up it down the middle with slabs of slate became upright, approximately 4-5 inches tall, and on the two aspects, I positioned a 4" terra cotta pot became on its section. Inhabiting the terra cotta pots have been 2 breeding pairs of convict cichlids. I additionally had a L-056 obese orange pleco interior the tank, and a college of 10 glass catfish on the precise layer. i attempted hatchetfish formerly, yet all of them dedicated suicide by skill of leaping out. The convicts could combat over the middle line day & evening and that they have got been a relentless source of action. they could in no way harm one yet another for real, yet they could drag java fern lower back & forth over the line enjoying tug of conflict, attempting to mark off territory. additionally they dug a super form of pits. you ought to point the gravel & that they had re-stack it in 2 days time how they observed extra healthful.
2016-12-10 05:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by mento 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all honesty,it IS true,though.
A fourty gallon corner,though? I'd say throw in about eight swordtails (two males and six females) and some corydoras catfish as bottom feeders.
2007-04-18 02:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If it's heavily planted, you can throw in even 4-5 pairs. But once they start breeding, make sure you don't keep too many babies there.
2007-04-18 03:11:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say get 1 male and 2 females and when they give birth you can keep more babies other wise you will have loads of pregnant females if you get 6 and loads of fry
2007-04-18 05:18:09 · answer #5 · answered by Orhan K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋