looking for some fish ideas

[Dre]

American Cichlids with African Cichlids ?The reason for asking is i've failed on numerour occasions when i didn't know any better but manage to breed them both successfully in separate tanks.

 

[motortrendz]

yea it was an adaptation thing.. took a while,, i wont add any new fish bc i got them all adapted over time.. my green terrors breed all the time, same with my oscars.. my african peacocks do the dance but havent gone any farther.. but whever they lay eggs the placco gets them

 

[Dre]

yea it was an adaptation thing.. took a while,, i wont add any new fish bc i got them all adapted over time.. my green terrors breed all the time, same with my oscars.. my african peacocks do the dance but havent gone any farther.. but whever they lay eggs the placco gets them

:yeah:, the good old days, oh i miss those days :lol2:.I had Jack Dempsey ,Green and Gold Severum that use to breed in my tank too, not to mention the Africans Cichilds. :wow:

 

[motortrendz]

i have a gold, and i forgot abt my dempsey(most dosile fish, hes the oddity)

well now that we hijacked this thread.. hopfully she has some ideas of some fish not to get for her new 30g..lol

 

[nikkinothing]

hahaha thanks. and yes you did hijack my thread!!! but its okayy it gives me ideas on what to do. everything helps!!!!

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I have a green severum with my africans forever you can adapt any fish and if you don't believe it think back to our wonderful swap and the saltwater mollies. IF you weren't there go to petco lol

Back to the lovely young ladie's question.. there is not many interesting fish you can put in a 30 gallon. A 30 would be good to BREED something if that interested you as a project/experiment. Long term there is not much, personally the only fw fish I like are cichlids.. africans especially because they have nice color like sw fish. You could start off in there but def have to upgrade soon. UNLESSSS you got shell dwellers which would probably be good for you they are cute lil mini cichlids. The only thing is that they might not be so easy to find.

G'luck

 

[motortrendz]

Blue rams, and electric blue dempseys stay/under. Abt 2 in when full grown..

 

[nikkinothing]

yeah i was thinking about cichlids i looked some up and they are cool i want some small and some big.

 

[Killerdrgn]

Yeah in a 30 gallon I hope you don't go for too big.

 

[UnknownWaters]

Nic if you go with african cichlids go with the ones that come from Lake Tanganyika they are smaller in size and stay smaller in size wonderful colors and easy water conditions to mimic. but are a little more pricy.

 

[FrostyNYC]

You could fit a school of tiger barbs. While not too big, they're a decent size, colorful, and active. Other choice: a pair of apistos which breed in your tank with soft water, or a handful of pearl gouramies which are peaceful and have a subtle beauty.


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[ming]

Or you can go for a nice planted tank
a 29 gallon tank I had

 

[johnny roastbeef]

Get yourself a parrotfish. They are like little puppies.

 

[Killerdrgn]

Get yourself a parrotfish. They are like little puppies.

They get pretty darn huge. And you might get unlucky and it'll just turn out to be a red devil. My mom bought like 10 of them and 2 of them turned out to be just normal red devils.

 

[motortrendz]

oooh, red devils absolutly live up to their name... i had one.. wiped out almost half a dozzen fish overnight.. it was only 2in big at the time too, and some that it got were over 5in.. crazy lil guys.. and the tiger barbs are nice in schools, but will nip the fins off anything you add after them.. go with a school of neon tetras... simple cool looking and easy to care for.

 

[cowfish]

Ideas for OP

1. Planted tank with cherry shrimp and small tetras or rasboras
2. Leopard Ctenopoma

 

[nikkinothing]

i like tetras and the red devil sounds cool haha. and im pretty sure i'll get a Leopard Ctenopoma it looks awesome. how big does it get?

 

[motortrendz]

no red devil.. it will eat and kill everything in your tank.. if you get one you can only get 1 and nothing else

 

[nikkinothing]

ha noo i would want more than one, so i'll get tetras and cichlids

 

[motortrendz]

get a few tetras and a gurami or 2.. maybe 1 pleco and thats it.

good luck