Advice Please On A High Swimmer

[Tiger Tiger]

I have a 6ft tank and thanks to help on here i have.....

Cats.....All around 6 inches at present

pimleodus blocchii
megalechis picta
megalechris thoracata

Others

red finned shark
angel fish....2
giant danio
garra cambodgiensis.....stone lapping minnow
Clown loach......5....They go from 5 inches to 9 inches.....

What i am lookinf for is some High tank swimmers in a fairly fast surface flow.
Ha anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Doozie]

I have a 6ft tank and thanks to help on here i have.....

Cats.....All around 6 inches at present

pimleodus blocchii
megalechis picta
megalechris thoracata

Others

red finned shark
angel fish....2
giant danio
garra cambodgiensis.....stone lapping minnow
Clown loach......5....They go from 5 inches to 9 inches.....

What i am lookinf for is some High tank swimmers in a fairly fast surface flow.
Ha anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks

If you have the money then get some torpedo barbs - they are a truly stunning fish and look awesome in a shoal and swim in mid/upper regions.

 

[Declan]

If you have the money then get some torpedo barbs - they are a truly stunning fish and look awesome in a shoal and swim in mid/upper regions.

One thing I would urge you to check with torpedo barbs is that they are tank bred. I say this as there was an article on PFK about a month and a half ago, can't find it for the life of me now, but, most of the torpedo or denison barbs are caught in the wild and they are becoming more and more endangered.

D.

 

[Attilauk]

If you have the money then get some torpedo barbs - they are a truly stunning fish and look awesome in a shoal and swim in mid/upper regions.

One thing I would urge you to check with torpedo barbs is that they are tank bred. I say this as there was an article on PFK about a month and a half ago, can't find it for the life of me now, but, most of the torpedo or denison barbs are caught in the wild and they are becoming more and more endangered.

D.

i have just ordered some more from my lfs and after seeing that article i checked to make sure they were tank bred, aparently there are a few places in Germany and Singapore that are tank breeding them now

stunning as they are i wouldn't say they are an upper level fish, mine spend more in the mid to lower levels of the tank, they only really come to the surface at feeding time.

 

[Declan]

i have just ordered some more from my lfs and after seeing that article i checked to make sure they were tank bred, aparently there are a few places in Germany and Singapore that are tank breeding them now

At least someone else took notice of it!

D.

i have just ordered some more from my lfs and after seeing that article i checked to make sure they were tank bred, aparently there are a few places in Germany and Singapore that are tank breeding them now

At least someone else took notice of it!

D.

 

[saz326]

How big do you want them to be? -

Reason I ask is that I found white cloud mountain minnnows (cooler water fish) to be great high level swimmers. dont know what temp your tank is at tho, or whether the angels would eat them.

 

[Declan]

How big do you want them to be? -

If you like them, and want smaller fish, then try hatchet fish, odd shape, and always at the top.

D.

 

[loachman]

Get more giant danios

 

[Tiger Tiger]

Funny enough although catfish again i would love a pimms pictus. i had two once and with those long tentacles and the silver colour they where great and they moved too in the day.
But i am not sure whether they would mix with the cats already which seem to get on fine

 

[nosoup4you]

Do you mean a Pimelodus pictus? If so, these should be fine with what you have. They are closely related to the blochii that you have. I'd up your shoal of Danios for more top water movement.

 

[Bigbadbaz]

Another vote for a large shoal of hatchets, but only if your tank had a well fitting lid, as they can be suicidal at times...

 

[boeingtech]

i to second hactet fish they are always around the top of the tank and are quite cool in their own way a shoal of them would look really good

 

[Tiger Tiger]

I forgot i also have two angel fish....Sorry