Center Piece Fish

[butler boy]

hey i have built up my tank now and i have theese fish listed below. but i was wondering about a fish that was the center of your tank something with a bit of colour here are some that the fish center suggested.
paradise fish
siamese fighter
angel fish
here are my fish
11 neons
3 albino catfish
6 zebra danios
1 sucking loach
1 smll britlenose catfish
3 sepae tetras

regards
butler boy

 

[Davo86]

What is the tanksize? only then can we really give suggestions

 

[AngelOfDeath]

could have problems withy the angel and the fighter, may want to seperate the fighter

 

[rabbut]

I can't see any of your surgested centre pice fish working I'm afraid

The paradise fish have anything but a nice temprement and quite possibly will cause excessive stress towards the corries, repeatedly attacking them. Also, larger specimins of these fish will happily take neon sized fish as a snack.

Fighters will get ripped to pieces by the Sepae Tetraas and possible the neons too. The fast movement of the danios would likely stress him, making him more aggressive

Angel fish will likely beattacked by the sucking loach, who will latch onto them for their slime coat. This is because they need a good source of protien when older, and the slime coat of other fish is one very good supply of it. Angels' are also likely to eat neons unless precautions are taken.

Perhapse you could look at some of the larger gourami, assuming the tank is big enough. Pearl gourami are stunning fish when full grown, at 6 inches in lengh, and are a nice peacefull addition to most community tanks. They are easy to spawn, but raising fry sucessfuly is a challenge.

HTH
Rabbut

 

[Colin_T]

if you get rid of the serpaes you could have the angelfish and the male fighter. I wouldn't bother about the paradise fish because they get grumpy and sometimes cause problems.
If you do get angelfish get small ones so they grow up with the neons. then they will be less inclined to eat them.
If the sucking loach is a Chinese Algae Eater (CAE) then maybe get rid of that and replace it with another type of algae eater. CAE can cause problems when they get bigger.

 

[Dan81192]

maybe opt for a siamese algea eater, or if you wait ill be selling one soon about 2.5 inch's

 

[Texas_Wolf]

We need to know your tank size, and your going to have problems with both the angel and the betta because sepeas have a really bad habit of nipping fins.

 

[AngelOfDeath]

the betta/angelfish will fight....mainly the betta will nip the hell out of em

 

[butler boy]

could have problems withy the angel and the fighter, may want to seperate the fighter

no i mean which one is best for a 63 l 13.8g i know its small but im getting a bigger tank soon in a couple of mounths

I can't see any of your surgested centre pice fish working I'm afraid

The paradise fish have anything but a nice temprement and quite possibly will cause excessive stress towards the corries, repeatedly attacking them. Also, larger specimins of these fish will happily take neon sized fish as a snack.

Fighters will get ripped to pieces by the Sepae Tetraas and possible the neons too. The fast movement of the danios would likely stress him, making him more aggressive

Angel fish will likely beattacked by the sucking loach, who will latch onto them for their slime coat. This is because they need a good source of protien when older, and the slime coat of other fish is one very good supply of it. Angels' are also likely to eat neons unless precautions are taken.

Perhapse you could look at some of the larger gourami, assuming the tank is big enough. Pearl gourami are stunning fish when full grown, at 6 inches in lengh, and are a nice peacefull addition to most community tanks. They are easy to spawn, but raising fry sucessfuly is a challenge.

HTH
Rabbut

i suppose i could wait a couple of mounths till i get my 130l (sorry dont know gallons of it )so then could i get ba gourami

if you get rid of the serpaes you could have the angelfish and the male fighter. I wouldn't bother about the paradise fish because they get grumpy and sometimes cause problems.
If you do get angelfish get small ones so they grow up with the neons. then they will be less inclined to eat them.
If the sucking loach is a Chinese Algae Eater (CAE) then maybe get rid of that and replace it with another type of algae eater. CAE can cause problems when they get bigger.

i have really grown attached to may cae becuase he was my first fish in my old tank

We need to know your tank size, and your going to have problems with both the angel and the betta because sepeas have a really bad habit of nipping fins.

i dont really like my sepae tetras so i could give those back

 

[shelly007]

Hi,
I wouldn't go for the not the paradise fish or the siamese fighting fish, angels can become large and nasty too, How about rainbow fish come in different varietys and are peacefull or honey gouramis are nice small and colourful you could get a pair.


good luck!

 

[butler boy]

would a choclate gourami be ok becuase the look amzing and the are small

 

[Colin_T]

chocolate gouramis are quite sensative to water quality and do best in species tanks or tanks with small peaceful fish like neons and harlequin rasboras. They might not get any food with the danios or serpaes and should not be kept in tanks with bigger gouramis or fighting fish.