I would like to get some attractive bright blue fish and I have a 40 gallon tank salt water or fresh water any

Question

Ideas? Id like fish I could keep a few at a time of at least more than 3

I have everything to start up either I got an amazing deal at the store on an awsome set and bought it I also got the testing kits, filter, heater all the stuff to cycle the tank ect. I also have chemistry experiance so maintanence shouldnt be a problem. I only have yet to buy the fish and the items necessary to make a suitable habitat for whichever specie(s) I choose

Answer 1

Some freshwater fish would be blue rams, electric blue jack dempsy, blue diamond discus, blue african cichilds, guppies, jewel cichilds, cardinal tetra, neon tetras, blue gourami, opaline gourami, dwarf gourami, not a fish but a blue lobster etc...

Saltwater, gobies, damsels, surgeons, blue tangs, etc..

Answer 2

Hmm.... There are alot of things to differ between Freshwater and saltwater. Freshwater has fewer difficulties and Saltwater has alot. Atleast in my Experience. Saltwater requires alot of things actually. Live Sand. Live Rock. Skimmer. 3 Stage filtration system. And not to mention the endless cycling part. Freshwater I like better. Even though the fish are plain, you can make the tank look pretty reflecting the fish's appearance. Now on to Fish.

Salt Water.
a 40 Gallon tank is good.. Damsels, Tangs, I would say Triggerfish but they need 70 Gallons. Angelfish. Some Angelfish are blue.

Fresh Water

Neon Tetras. They would look good in School in a 40gallon tank xD
Maybe ONE Male Betta.
And Maybe Corys. Or guppies.

Guppies Spawn fast. And even though they're small fish, Corys and The tetras are schooling Fish. in a 40 Gallon tank imagine 10 Blue 1 inch fishes swimming alltogether! Tobad I can't get one xD

Answer 3

Your only real option for saltwater are reef chromis - there are other blue fish, especially in the damsel family, but they would be territorial, not schooling. There's a blue: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=113 and a blue-green: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=115 which stays smaller.

Any of the tangs would need a much larger tank.

In freshwater there are several fish that are blue and most fall into the cichlids/discus. These would mostly need larger tanks than a 40 gallon.

A good schooler would be neon tetras (which just have a blue stripe) or rainbowfish (which should be kept in groups with more males than females for best color - the males display for the females and have the best color whan they have to compete with other males). Some of the blue rainbows:
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Lacust.htm
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/caerulea.htm
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/batanta.htm
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Rhadino.htm

Some not-quite schooling-fish you might want to consider are female bettas. They can be kept together in a group of 5 or more, and you can get these in a variety of blues, from a steel blue, through turquoise, and dark blue. Also, you could keep blue/turquoise guppies (just males if you don't want them to reproduce).

Other blue fish would include dwarf gourami (only males are colorful) and male bettas - both of these should be kept as an individual fish unless you can get a female gourami - male and female bettas shouldn't be housed together. There are also blues in the killifish, but you;d need to do some researching about keeping these and their lifecycle. Some only live for a year, but lay eggs which can be hatched following some preparation. Other types live for several years.

Here's some of the blue (and blue with mixed colors) killis:

http://www.grandaquatic.com/images/killifish/Blue-Panchax.gif
http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Killifish/Killifish%20Website/Photos/Plat.cf.cabindae_Purzl.jpg
http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Killifish/Killifish%20Website/Photos/E.lamottei_BKA.jpg
http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Killifish/Killifish%20Website/Photos/S.liberiense_Firestone_BKA.jpg

Answer 4

a 40 gallon is about half the size you need for a mandarine.

Answer 5

5-6 electric blue african cichlids. i think they only get to about 6 inches or so. if they get any bigger than that i wouldnt do any tho.

Answer 6

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