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My friend gave me an aquarium... had one when I was younger but only had a betta and an algae eater in there...li'l 10 gallon thing anyhow, a friend of mine had one of those gigantic piranahs in there that died and he was moving blah blah blah anyhow I ended up with the tank and I am thinking about starting a freshwater aquariums with live plants and whatnot (haha, yeah, I've been doing a lot of research and I still don't know what I'm talking about lol) but the compatability lists I have found are quite complicated it's 55gal btw anyhow, I wanted to buy some zebra fish and I was wondering if anyone has any advice on what other varieties of fish would be the most compatible with zebra fish (one of the websites I read said that I need some that swim around near the surface, some that hang out around the bottom, and some that chill in the middle) so...umm...yeah... advice? please? |
oh...and umm... are bettas compatable with zebra fish because I was very attached to Bob (he lived for three years :D) and I would like to be able to have another to put in the tank just one little guy :) |
Welcome to Fishforum.com, Kitty.:wave: I'd suggest cycling the tank first before you add anything. This thread is very detailed and should hopefully help you. http://fishforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3738 I'd suggest looking into Cyprinids and Atherinids section as you get plenty of choices. Here are a few I can suggest: Bottom: Bumblebee gobies (not all are brackish water species), Garra, Siamese algae eater, hara hara catfish, corydoras Middle: Rasboras, barbs (research further on this one), tetras Surface: Bettas, gouramis, danios, some rasboras such as Rasbora wilpita. A list of what you like will be nice so we can trim them down to erase any discrepancies.:) As for bettas and danios kept together, it's basically luck. The danios may not nip him but there is always the chance they will. Besides, these are boisterous eaters and can outcompete the betta for food. |
http://www.glofish.com/ I was looking into getting two or three of those, has anyone heard of them or any experience with them? and I want a pretty brightly colored aquarium :) but I'm still looking into various possibilities I was planning on getting the tank setup and the plants in it for a week or two before I actually get any fish to put into it just to be sure there aren't any impurities in the water, and to see how the plants react. The aquarium I had when I was younger I just had cheapy plastic wal mart plants in it what about live rock? My husband swears it's only possible with a salt water setup but I don't want to use plain old gravel |
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okay, I'm thinking so far a couple of danios and a couple kissing gourami but I read a few things that said gouramis beat up danios...and then a couple of other things that said gouramis get along fine with danios...and different compatability charts have said different things so umm...which one is true? |
hahaha :lol: Ok.... #1!!!! Cycle the tank !! otherwise u'll be left with no fish. ALL WILL DIE!!! #2 Zebras and gouramis are totally fine together. |
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I agree that the zebras will nip at your betta. Sometimes things work out though, as fish have different personalities. If you *must* have a betta, I'd recommend getting all the other fish that may be aggressive towards it when they are very young and small, and after you know your betta is happy and healthy. I've got an aggressive Chinese Algae Eater who is fine with the guys he grew up with, but is mean to the newer additions. Also, don't get any fancy guppies if you have a betta, even a female betta! The fancy fins of the guppy are just too tempting, your guppy will not survive. |
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