I am tacking a brake, from extensive keeping, and need something to have until then. any advice accepted, have a few tanks, 10-55
want something cheap, interesting, and small/ slow growing
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dwarf puffer. Don't really get much smaller than that. They're really cheap, and interesting little buggers with the personality of most other puffers. 
. A 5 gallon would be fine for one
. A 5 gallon would be fine for onewhat kinda fish are u in to. colorfull, wired looking or what, there is lots to pic from that dont need to much care and dont grow very fast. most fish at petsmart and petco are slow growing and dont need to much care
Benfica540;636101; said:dwarf puffer. Don't really get much smaller than that. They're really cheap, and interesting little buggers with the personality of most other puffers.
I second that idea. Like Benfica said, they are, IMHO, the best small fish to own. They have personality and are little monsters in their own right.
ya there are some cool bettas that get big i never had any but i know some people have had them, they get big compared to the small ones u always see
keep the 55 and get a few fish from toyin at rehobothaquatics.com
get a momyrid of some sort, i luv um, u will too, get like a sengal bichir, an african b-fly, and 2 of ur favorite species of ctenopoma (i think i might have spelled that wrong. whole deal shudnt cost more that $50 plus shipping
thtas wut i tell everybody, but i dont have that set up myself, but ive owned all those fish and they kick ass. plus its a biotope, and if u set it up rightm it could end up lookin like a public aquarium display.
u wont get bored with that, and ull probably get hooked on bichirs and want more
get a momyrid of some sort, i luv um, u will too, get like a sengal bichir, an african b-fly, and 2 of ur favorite species of ctenopoma (i think i might have spelled that wrong. whole deal shudnt cost more that $50 plus shipping
thtas wut i tell everybody, but i dont have that set up myself, but ive owned all those fish and they kick ass. plus its a biotope, and if u set it up rightm it could end up lookin like a public aquarium display.
u wont get bored with that, and ull probably get hooked on bichirs and want more
A couple set ups for smaller tanks,
29G with german rams or cockatoo cichlids, dwarf cories and a few dwarf or marbled hatchets,
55G with an African knifefish, cuckoo synodontis cat, congo tetras, and a pair of african butterfly fish,
A 10-20G with a pair of blue spot, or black banded sunfish, or 6-8 pygmy sunnies and some dwarf cories.
29G with colony of shelldweller african cichlids,
or a 55G, slightly brackish, about 2/3 full, with emergent root masses or driftwood, etc. Stock with Indian mudskippers (6-7), maybe a nigerian sleeper or 2, or a pair of orange chromides or a pair of freshwater damsels, a purple spaghetti eel, 2-3 vampire shrimp, and 3-4 red claw crabs.
29G with german rams or cockatoo cichlids, dwarf cories and a few dwarf or marbled hatchets,
55G with an African knifefish, cuckoo synodontis cat, congo tetras, and a pair of african butterfly fish,
A 10-20G with a pair of blue spot, or black banded sunfish, or 6-8 pygmy sunnies and some dwarf cories.
29G with colony of shelldweller african cichlids,
or a 55G, slightly brackish, about 2/3 full, with emergent root masses or driftwood, etc. Stock with Indian mudskippers (6-7), maybe a nigerian sleeper or 2, or a pair of orange chromides or a pair of freshwater damsels, a purple spaghetti eel, 2-3 vampire shrimp, and 3-4 red claw crabs.