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I recently moved and had to give all my fish to the local fish store. Now in a new location I am thinking of how to set it up this time.
The main reason we got it in the first place was to calm my special needs daughter. This was a success at first but after awhile she seemed not to care anymore. When we go into the fish stores she seems most interested in the feeder tanks with their insane numbers. The old set up started as a mixed population that my wife picked out, after a large die off I took over and went to a brackish sailfin molly tank which slowly transitioned into a regular molly tank. Little one was most interested when the babies got big enough to come out of hiding and I had schools of up to 40 babies of varying size chasing food and coming to her hand on the glass.
My new location has moderately hard water and 7.4 pH, kH 6, and 5 ppm nitrate on average. My tank is a 55 gallon. I have a canister filter with spray bar so currents and flow are not an issue. I am open to any possibilities but an interactive population would be ideal to catch little one's interest. I was thinking a couple yellow labs, cause yellow is her favorite color, but I am concerned that they will turn sedate and hide too much as they get large, as most cichlids do. Another option is a glofish tank with a black light. They are not interactive but they are bright and I wouldn't have to deal with algae. The last option is a betta imbelious (not sure on spelling) tank, they area breed of betta that will not kill each other. Chase each other? Yes, but not kill. I am not interested in a marine tank but will consider up to high-end brackish.
I would consider the goldfish but the amount of maintenance to keep the smell down is prohibitive.
Comments are welcome any other suggestions will only helps
The main reason we got it in the first place was to calm my special needs daughter. This was a success at first but after awhile she seemed not to care anymore. When we go into the fish stores she seems most interested in the feeder tanks with their insane numbers. The old set up started as a mixed population that my wife picked out, after a large die off I took over and went to a brackish sailfin molly tank which slowly transitioned into a regular molly tank. Little one was most interested when the babies got big enough to come out of hiding and I had schools of up to 40 babies of varying size chasing food and coming to her hand on the glass.
My new location has moderately hard water and 7.4 pH, kH 6, and 5 ppm nitrate on average. My tank is a 55 gallon. I have a canister filter with spray bar so currents and flow are not an issue. I am open to any possibilities but an interactive population would be ideal to catch little one's interest. I was thinking a couple yellow labs, cause yellow is her favorite color, but I am concerned that they will turn sedate and hide too much as they get large, as most cichlids do. Another option is a glofish tank with a black light. They are not interactive but they are bright and I wouldn't have to deal with algae. The last option is a betta imbelious (not sure on spelling) tank, they area breed of betta that will not kill each other. Chase each other? Yes, but not kill. I am not interested in a marine tank but will consider up to high-end brackish.
I would consider the goldfish but the amount of maintenance to keep the smell down is prohibitive.
Comments are welcome any other suggestions will only helps