I have a 30 gallon aquarium that recently cycled. In it I have 8 young harlequin rasboras and 5 young neon tetras. They look great shoaling together.
Now I'm looking for a few bigger fish that would make good tank mates.
Anyone have a similar set up? Or advice?
I don't want agressive fish, or fish that eat feeder fish. I'm also not a big fan of angelfish, which my pet store suggested.
How would a discus be? Are they hard to care for? And about how much am I looking to spend?
Thanks for your imput.
//Angelika
2007-07-07 07:38:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
If I had more than one discus, would only the dominant one stay a vibrant colour?
2007-07-07 07:46:25 · update #1
You would need a significantly larger tank to house even a single Discus comfortably at adult size. And yes, Discus are notoriously hard to care for well. The single biggest problem you will encounter is the simple fact that most fish will eat anything that will fit in their mouths, including your neons. So considerably larger fish are probably out of the question
There are however many other fish that will fit the bill. Congo tetras are awesome in color and get a reasonable size, bleeding hearts are good as well. Many types of Rainbow fish would work well in your set up, as would gold barbs or checkerboard barbs. Those along with cory catfish would be among my top choices for a tank like ours.
Most any Danio species would be a good addition to the tank, but of course they aren't very large except the giant Danio.
If you decide to use several species of smaller fish, you might look into some killifish as a good top water addition to the tank.
Hope that helps
MM
2007-07-07 08:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peaceful tankmates for Neon Tetras and your type Rasboras can be any of the following.
Black Neons, Glolite Tetras, Scissortail Tetras
A group of any Corydoras-(except Emerald Green)
Any Moons/Platys, Red eye Tetras , Banjo Catfish
Kuhli Loaches , Spotted or Striped Raphael Catfish
Pit Bull, Albino Chocolate, Bristlenose(Ancistrus)Pleco
Fancy Guppies, Headtaillight Tetras
This is what we recommend to customers.
Purchase groups that swim, top-mid-bottom of tank.
No more than 30" total full grown.
Add live plants for hiding/eating.
Aquarium salt 1/2 tsp. per gallon for fish and Anacharis Plant.
Temp 80, PH 7.2 and feed sparingly once a day, consumed in 3-5 minutes.
2007-07-07 08:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many great fish that would do well in your setup.
I would recommend any of the following:
white clouds
zebra danios
sparkling gouramis
pygmy cory cats
ottos
lemon tetra's
head and tail light tetras
glo light tetras
I would stay away from discus as they are a bit harder to keep and realy aren't a beginner fish.
Make sure to only add a couple fish at a time to allow your tank to adjust to the increased fish load.
Good luck!
2007-07-07 10:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
permit me in basic terms say that the 1st answer is carefully incorrect!!! I also have a helpful 20 gallon tank with a male betta, 5 julii cory catfish, and 6 neon tetras. you additionally can try oto catfish or maby an apple snail. I hate whilst human beings mislabel bettas like that.... they're non violent as long as you dont placed 2 adult males at the same time.
2016-10-20 04:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by kuhns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay away from discus until you are ready to get a 75 gallon or larger tank, and then devote it to just discus until you really know what you are doing. Cherry and gold barbs are peaceful enough, gouramis, livebearers, corydoras, loaches, rams, smaller rainbow species like the threadfin, just to name a few. Rams would be good practice for discus. Get them to breed and sucessfully raise their fry. If you can accomplish that, then you are ready for discus.
2007-07-07 07:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by fivespeed302 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glad to hear that you let your tank cycle first. That's a good start. You're right to want to avoid anything too aggressive with the tetras and rasporas.
Discus can be harder to care for (they are carnivores), and for 'nice' ones can be very expensive...
A few favorites that I would recommend would be Rainbow Tetras (much larger than the neons), Tiger Barbs, or some kind of loach (Clown Loaches or Kuhli loaches are my favorites).
A great page with species profiles is:
http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/freshindex.html
And add some live plants, if possible, they make a tank look even more alive and healthy!
2007-07-07 07:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by sf_nate 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would go for a guppie, They have litle babies! And discus need a large tank and they are not for biggners and they are hard to care for, They are delicate, Stick to hardy fish just now.
2007-07-07 08:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
guppies are great get a few coryadora catfish for a clean tank maybe a cooli loach mollies would be great. other tetras such as bleeding heart, congo, fruit tetras and cardinal teras. also some shrimp(avoid shrimp such as bamboo shrimp and singapoore wood shrimp. avoid shrimp any shrimp that grow larger than 3 inches if you dont than they will eat all your fish) hope i helped
2007-07-07 08:30:44 · answer #8 · answered by pie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that Guppies, Platties and Mollies are pretty peaceful fish that do well in community tank.
They're also live bearers which is very entertaining IMO, and come in beautiful colors.
2007-07-07 07:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to www.liveaquaria.com they will tell you.
2007-07-07 07:43:06 · answer #10 · answered by glitched74 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋