what kind can i put in my tank and how many i what to have two or three diffrent kinds of fish schools
i have a 30gallon tank and i want some scooling fish
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What size fish do you want to keep?morrow5150 said:
ya man, u want big, small or middl size fish?
try the usual neon tetras with the others from the tetra family like black tetra?
red nose tetra?
then get some corydos for bottom level? they also help to eat up food that drops to the bottom which the tetras might missed out..
zhuangsw is right u cant put much other than that with such a small tank if u wentr bigger u could get red bellies
morrow5150 said:
Tetras
Barbs
Silver Dollers
Clown loachs
Silver hatches
Scissortails
Sailfin mollies
Knife Livebearer
Swordtails
Guppys
Red rasbora
Hope these are good enough for you you did say you had a 30gal Yeah .
I hope your kidding dandan about some of those species. Silverdollers and clown loaches grow way to large to live long term in a 30g.
Personally, here are species I like...
Blind cave fish
native minnows
Killifish
black neons
Congo tetras
WCMM
Phantom tetras
Leopard danios
Personally, here are species I like...
Blind cave fish
native minnows
Killifish
black neons
Congo tetras
WCMM
Phantom tetras
Leopard danios
and im going to bye 12 more. could i put 6 to 12 glass shrimp in the tank would they make a conloy. Are red crystel shrimp fresh water and how much are they
I would avoid the clowns in a 30g if you want enough variety of fish to form several schools, although they grow fairly slowly they will get a foot long. A combo that I have used and enjoyed was 5 each of Scissortails and giant dianos, six each of silver hatchetfish, zebra dianos, cardinals, and head+taillights, and 8 each of pygmy panda cory cats, glowlight tetras, and lemon tetras, plus a dozen neons. Give your 30g a dark background and dark fine grain gravel with a couple clumps of elodea and maybe a stand or two of corkscew val with good lighting and I think you will like the effect. All of these fish will school by species and they offer enough diversification that they will use all the parts of the tank. Even the cories move around as a squadron. Your tank will always offer motion and interactions to watch and for relatively little money to set up and maintain you will end up with a tank full of living jewels. No monsters though. You will get to keep a lot of fish for a tank that size and they can all be fed flake food or small pellets. You can also add each species seperately over time starting with the cories and neons, then the hatchets, then work your way up as you can afford it going from smallest to largest.