I am currently setting up a 6'x2'x2' tank with my house mate and as the tank is going in the lounge room we decided that both of us should have an input in what goes into it. Unfortunately they have limited experience with fish and are red-green colourblind (specifically manifesting as all greens look very similar and very dull while blue-greens and yellowy-greens all look just blue and yellow.)
The only confirmed fish in the tank is an Oscar, and excluding maybe a pleco it should be the largest fish in the tank.
This brings us to genus Dawkinsia. A few times over the years alternative schooling fish for Oscars to silver dollars have been brought up on monster fish keeper and Dawkinsia filamentosa, the Filament Barb has been thrown around as probably safe.
But is this a long term safe, or will a large Oscar eventually be able to eat them? And will it be easy to replenish this school once they start passing away from old age? How long do they take to grow out to a decent size?
Meanwhile Dawkinsia denisonii, the Roseline shark is usually seen as to skinny and will become lunch.
That also leaves Dawkinsia tambraparniei and Dawkinsia assimilis as large barbs in the same genus that can be brought in Australia. They both are shorter then Roseline sharks but they have a body shape similar to Filament Barb. My assumption is they would be to small, and would likely end up lunch?
The only confirmed fish in the tank is an Oscar, and excluding maybe a pleco it should be the largest fish in the tank.
This brings us to genus Dawkinsia. A few times over the years alternative schooling fish for Oscars to silver dollars have been brought up on monster fish keeper and Dawkinsia filamentosa, the Filament Barb has been thrown around as probably safe.
But is this a long term safe, or will a large Oscar eventually be able to eat them? And will it be easy to replenish this school once they start passing away from old age? How long do they take to grow out to a decent size?
Meanwhile Dawkinsia denisonii, the Roseline shark is usually seen as to skinny and will become lunch.
That also leaves Dawkinsia tambraparniei and Dawkinsia assimilis as large barbs in the same genus that can be brought in Australia. They both are shorter then Roseline sharks but they have a body shape similar to Filament Barb. My assumption is they would be to small, and would likely end up lunch?
