What kind of cool fish can I put into a 30 gallon aquarium?

Question

I know tetras, gouramis, mollies, angelfish, and catfish are good choices.

Answer 1

Rams, a Red Tailed Shark, Rasboras are nice too.


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Answer 2

A 30 gallon is big enough for a variety of cool fish.
Soft water - Try some Rams or Apistogrammas. The Blue Rams in particular are great parents and have all of the traits that larger egg laying cichlids have without the large size and aggression. In a 30 gallon you have enough room for a couple of males to set up territories and defend a brood. Very cool breeding behavior.
Hard water - Lake Tanganykan shell dwellers are fascinating. They are one of the few fish where the brothers and sisters help raise the young.
Native American fish - If you have a strong power head or canister filter you could put some Rainbow darters in the tank. Make sure there are some rocks on the bottom and a good strong current without a heater.
There are so many great fish take out a book at the library and join a local aquarium club for more information.
A great source for cichlid informaiton is the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association www.gcca.net

Answer 3

Koi choose one thousand+ gallon ponds and goldfish choose 20-50+ gallons reckoning on the form. 3 gallons is purely too small for ANY fish as there should not be sufficient swiming area or sufficient water to dilute the waste from the fish. In a 5 gallon you will have a single betta yet you may might desire to get a heater and a clear out. maximum different fish require a minimum of a 10 gallon aquarium. EDIT: puppy guy, fishman+ and others yahoo solutions isn't a place to unfold your recommendations of animal cruelty. I certainly have pronounced your comments because of this and desire others do an identical.

Answer 4

It depends on what fish catches your fancy. The tank is NOT big enough for an oscar, but you can get three gorgeous fancy goldfish, or a group of smaller cinchlids. What I do is I research what fish do well with each other, and what size aquarium is best for how many, then I looked around stores til I saw the kinds of fish I wanted that looked like they had the personality i liked. good luck! Take your time and have fun!

Answer 5

Do not add angelfish in with a tank with tetras in it. They will most likely eat the tetras and anything that'll fit into their mouths. A good tropical community tank for a 30 gallon tank would be:
2 cory cats
5-6 neon tetras
5 zebra danios
2 platies
4 guppies
2 dwarf gouramis

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Answer 6

Rams are the coolest looking fish you can put in a smaller tank. They require different conditions than most fish and you'd be limited to keeping mainly only different varieties of rams. They develop awesome, glowing, changing color especially when healthy and well fed like the larger Cichlids not recommended for smaller tanks. Some of the varieties are stunning to look at. People will think it's a saltwater tank.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/rams.htm

Better photos and ideas for possible communities... http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_German_Blue_Ram_Mikrogeophagus_ramirezi.php

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You may be able to keep some smaller Cichlids in a 30 gallon... Ask your pet store which ones if any... They are aggressive and should only be mixed with similar Cichlids... They love pieces of hamburger or lunch meat...


Otherwise... Livebearers like platies and swordtails are fun. They breed easily in captivity and you can sell the babies to pet stores. They are better community fish... Do well in "average" tank temps and conditions... Play well with others that aren't too small or passive...

Answer 7

It sounds as though you're looking for something a little more out of the ordinary. Consider an African butterflyfish, whiptail/farowella catfish, dojo loaches, dragon goby (needs some salt in the water), rainbowfish, upside down catfish, or orange chromide cichlids

Answer 8

Try some Micky Mouse Platties. You'll get lots of compliments! If you get agressive fish, don't get community! Get some guppies and breed them, thats always fun. Wait, a tetra with an angel fish?

Answer 9

If your feeling adventerous setup a brackish tank for mudskippers. Fun fish, but the tank setup is a bit troublesome.

Answer 10

get something really out tof the ordinary go to the pet shop and look fo rthe coolest fish u ever saw and make sure it can fitin ure tank thats how i ended up with my piranhas