small fish for decoration

[ccole]

hello people

i was wondering ehat if any people use as small fish that stay in the upper section of the tank for eye candy during the day.

I am looking for a fish that are small mainly as i want to keep the extra waste down.... has anyone kept tetra's?

:hi:

 

[Tener ds]

yes m8,i have 6 neon tetras in my tank,they look good in big numbers.

 

[bigbird]

hello,

i keep rummy nose at least 8. they are great, because they also indicate if the water is good quality by their red head and colour. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[ccole]

o i like of both - i had heard that about rummy nose and they are ment to be as delicate as some pleco's arn't they?

 

[bigbird]

no not that hard. as long as water quality ok and food and temp ok all fine. easy if you have plecs they are good to have. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[zeebo]

Hi cc, I keep harlequin raspbora ,small school of 9 ,they are pretty and they do school , but are pretty mellow too. I also have a 3 rainbow, beautiful when the light reflects off the 1 male, looks light blue. However ,the rainbows are not as small as u are prob looking for. Other members suggestions great too, see what your shop has and what you like .HTH
Georgie

 

[D-MAC]

All of the above are really nice fish...One that I personally like is the Columbian tetra which has a blue body and red finage...It is slightly larger tho at 5 cm.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3GGHP_en-GBGB427GB428&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QBb7TZbREYS7hAeEzOGfAw&ved=0CDcQvgUoAA&q=columbiam+tetra&nfpr=1&biw=1440&bih=700
I would also recommend cardinal tetras...Stunning at full size and in a good shoal.

 

[ccole]

thanks ev31 but dereck those c-tetra are beautiful, my lfs dosent have them but i think i will get them to ordser some in... v-sexy! I do love the idea of schooling fish aswell..... ok now i'm back to square one in a second!...research here i come

 

[Stan]

I keep a mixed shoal of blackskirt/whiteskirt tetras. the black ones are also good water quality indicators as they turn grey when there is something off.http://www.badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile40.html

 

[Zebra Pleco]

In all my plec tanks I have cardinal tetras and sterbai corries

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Black Neon Tetras are a good dither, they stay well up in the water column, they are active and they colour up really well with a good diet.
cheers Darrel

 

[Jason20679]

I have Green Neons and Rosy Tetra. They look great together.

 

[meloizias]

Mmmm cardinals or neons in big groups are very pretty but something which a bit for active hengli rasbora or harlequins

 

[Brengun]

I have one tank with cardinal tetras, mostly panda corydoras in most tanks and a lot of endlers.
The endlers do come down to the bottom but the plecos love them as ditherfish and it makes them come out more.

 

[meloizias]

Really? Does it make them more confident?

 

[Brengun]

When 6 endlers are all busily pecking at a hikari algae wafer the plecos cannot resist. They come out with their dorsals up to see whats so flaming good to eat. The endlers give way of course.

 

[C8lyn]

I've got 8 rummynose, 4 harlequin rasboras and 2 black phantoms. I started with 4 phantoms but lost two over time so I need to buy more. Thinking of trading in the harlequins for more rummynose cause they look great, especially against my blue background.