dithers for JD and GT

[TBergy]

Alright, I've got a JD and GT in a 55g (soon to be two seperate 55g's). Anywho, what are good dithers for these guys? I've heard danios, silverdollars, and barbs. Are any of these out of the question for these fish/tank size?

Thanks,
Travis

 

[Vitaliy]

I would go with a couple Silver Dollars. In my tanks I use Blue Gouramis, they are cheap and nothing can catch them!

 

[omotocycle1]

i tried danios and they worked for my jd, they are pretty fast and are okay to look at..

 

[Slim2634]

I would go with a couple Silver Dollars. In my tanks I use Blue Gouramis, they are cheap and nothing can catch them!

do you think blue gouramis would work with firemouths, convicts, severums, and festivums?

 

[PeteFromTassie]

I'd go a Pleco and some Loaches for starters, then maybe some Congo Tetras!

Cheers,
Pete.

 

[Vitaliy]

do you think blue gouramis would work with firemouths, convicts, severums, and festivums?

All fish are different, one way to find out.. try it.

 

[lovespunaround]

I just got dithers for my Jack last week...a pair of little convicts. They've helped a lot and haven't been beaten up at all

 

[JustinC]

Hold on you got convicts as "DITHERS" for a Jack. Give the cons a few months and they will own that Jack.
Especially if you have a male and a female and they spawn. Dithers are supposed to be a non-cichlid species. The only cichlid i have heard as dithers are rainbows.
I would get some real dithers soon to spread agression.

 

[turbogoon]

I like using platy's and mollies for dither fish. We have a bunch because of a few births.

 

[rust9000]

id say for that size tank giant danios as TF barbs get to big and SDs like to be in shoals of 5 or more and your tank is to small for that.