Best fish for a small display tank?

[TheReefer]

Maybe pea puffers, not really a schooler but they’re cure and interactive

 

[Fishnerd360]

Maybe you could get a single regani dwarf pike cichlid with plants and hiding spaces. But they don't go great with small schooling fish.

 

[burntrubber]

Rocks, a bunch of bumblebee goby and a big anubias coffeefolia.

 

[Hendre]

Personally I have found blue eye rainbows ( I have gertrudes) to be stunning and fun to watch

 

[mattybecks]

I am envisioning soft white sand substrate, varying sizes of rougher rocks stacked with Anubis plants growing out from between the rocks.
With this I am thinking a little group of neon/cardinal tetras, and some Amano shrimp. Active and personable.

 

[Gourami Swami]

I would suggest a nice male betta. Not a schooling fish but they can't be beat for tiny showy fish. I used to keep one with cherry barbs as well, and it never ate or bothered them, so could probably have both. I have heard of bettas eating neons and the like, but I think cherry barbs are too big to eat.

 

[Hybridfish7]

I would suggest a nice male betta

I forgot to mention mom's kinda tired of all the bettas I have and have had, plus she was keen on getting multiple of the things so I'll stick with that

 

[Hybridfish7]

How about this, a couple aphyosemion striatum, and then a single ram? maybe an electric blue or gold to go with the striatum?

 

[Hendre]

Aphyosemion and Rams need vastly different temperatures, most killis (Aphy's included) enjoy temperatures of 77f or lower to really thrive

 

[Hybridfish7]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that, I'll save the rams for later then
Apistogramma live in lower temps, right? how about a single agassizii or cacatuoides? or would they be too aggressive for the aphyosemion