Geo & Gymno tankmate ideas.........and or suggestions please.

[we4wieners]

As some of you may know I have my new Balzani's ina 90g, a trio of 'em. I'd like to add some dithers. Possibly angels, tetra's, etc. I am not interested in making any additions until they are very settled, a month or so from now. Ive seen a load of neons, several roselines, to angels. BTW, I am not a huge angel fan. However, I could be convinced with some advice.
Any ideas or pictures of your set ups?

 

[duanes]

Some easily available, and colorful dithers, although not geographically correct, might be rosey barbs, or even white cloud mountain minnows, they can take temps down into the low 60s.
Also some of the high elevation live bearers such as Xenotoca eiseni (which I have)

and Zoogoneticus tequilla, which I've used in the past, are good.

As would be Buenos Aires tetras.
Some of our own US natives would also work, as long as not to aggressive, the Jordinella floridae, AKA American (Florida) Flag fish comes to mind.
There are also Urugauyan corys and tetras which would be very apropos.
I keep ancistrus bristlenose plecos with mine and they easily handle the 60s winter temps I use, my tanks drop into the 60s during winter without a heater.

I wouldn't think angels would work, because the higher temps they need. Those constant temps might make your balzani prone to disease, make their colors become dull, and perhaps shorten their lifespan.
The difference in providing temps tolerable, as opposed to optimum can make a world of difference in appearance.

 

[abarilot]

+1^

These are gentle fish so other tanks mates should be mellow and be able to handle cooler temps. I keep mine with WC BA type tetras and WC ancistrus sp.

 

[we4wieners]

Any other suggestions on cool down fish, so to speak?

 

[duanes]

Paradise gouramis can take the cool, or if you want cichlids.
I keep my Gymnos with Red Ceibals, they are from the same part of the world

And when I pull them from the pond in late fall, I plan to add adult Gymnos and the ceibals to my Uruguayan pike tank
but this may or may not work, we shall see.

 

[we4wieners]

The ceibals are very cool. Im not familiar with them tho. Gonna check em out.

 

[duanes]

Ceibals are Australoheros sp red ceibal, and also known as Chanchitos.
They also need a cool down. Feisty but not too bad, I have 3 or for pairs breeding in the pond with 3 or 4 pairs of Gymnos.
The parrots might be a problem with them though.

 

[Kalen]

I love those Ceibals. I'm thinking about picking some up myself since I haven't had any luck finding Oblongum.

 

[abarilot]

Duanes when I had my sax type pikes they got along with my larger Uruguayan fishes. As long as the size difference isn't too much you should be fine. What do you do with all your fry? If I wasn't going back to Uruguay this winter I'd beg for you to send me out a small group!

OP what kind of fishes are you looking for? Do you want small to medium cichlids, tetrasish fishes, bottom dwellers, or something else? Just trying to figure out how you want to fill out the rest of your tank.

 

[arow08]

Some easily available, and colorful dithers, although not geographically correct, might be rosey barbs, or even white cloud mountain minnows, they can take temps down into the low 60s.
Also some of the high elevation live bearers such as Xenotoca eiseni (which I have)

and Zoogoneticus tequilla, which I've used in the past, are good.

As would be Buenos Aires tetras.
Some of our own US natives would also work, as long as not to aggressive, the Jordinella floridae, AKA American (Florida) Flag fish comes to mind.
There are also Urugauyan corys and tetras which would be very apropos.
I keep ancistrus bristlenose plecos with mine and they easily handle the 60s winter temps I use, my tanks drop into the 60s during winter without a heater.

I wouldn't think angels would work, because the higher temps they need. Those constant temps might make your balzani prone to disease, make their colors become dull, and perhaps shorten their lifespan.
The difference in providing temps tolerable, as opposed to optimum can make a world of difference in appearance.

I have a balzani with 2 Angela and they both do jus fine in my 100 gal


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