Centrepiece Fish

[Jozlyn]

I would like to get a centrepiece fish to finish off my tank. What does everyone suggest? Something green would be nice, but I'm not fussy.
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[Castellop123]

How big is your tank?

 

[newtotropical]

And what else do you have??!!

 

[catxx]

what the others said, we kinda need more information on your tank before we can recommend anything!

 

[dannyp123]

well it does matter what size tank you have and what you are keeping in it , in my 250 litre community tank i have 3 congo tetras as my centre piece they are great fish lovely colour and how a fish should look with scales and teeth about 4 inches quite large good luck in your choice........they are a little skittish when they first go in shaking and jumping about but they soon come out and settle down

 

[Jozlyn]

I'm looking for a mid-tank fish, everyone else seems to be top or bottom! Any advice would be appreciated.

All the tank and stock information is in my profile.

90lt tank (approx)
6 Neon Tetra
4 Guppies
1 Dwarf Neon Gourami - Male
1 Dalmation Molly - Pregnant *sighs*
1 Bumble Bee Goby - and yes I know the Goby is brackish, but interestingly, in the Brackish Forum there's a pinned topic that says it's fine to keep them in fresh water! So who really knows!

 

[Jozlyn]

Would a single/pair/triple of Boeseman's Rainbows be appropriate?

 

[Castellop123]

Boesmans rainbow fish can be kept in 90 litre aquariums ( but not really that appropiate because of the size that they can eventually become ). Maybe get a shoal of dwarf rainbowfish but I would personally buy a shoal of dwarf Pencilfish ( there are also many other similar, small pencilfish species...

 

[billpayers]

There are two types of Rainbow Fish:
Threadfin Rainbowfish: Size - 4cm (1 1/2 inch)
Dwarf Rainbowfish: Size - 6cm ( 2 1/2 inch)
More appropiate for an aquarium of 90Litres.
I personally think the dwarf rainbowfish is the best of the bunch, active, colourful completely sociable.
Get at lest a pair of these magnificant fish!

 

[Jozlyn]

Ok, I already have a lot of red and blue with the neon's, and gourami so I'm trying to get away from those sort of colours. I'm kind of leaning toward a green colour, any idea?

 

[DiscusAngel]

Boeseman's Rainbows come in lots of colours. in my lfs they have like 4 tanks next to each other with Red, YEllow Yellow/Green and a blue kinda colour. go to your lfs chek out if they have any green ones. get a trio when i kept them that worked best.

 

[ghent_3rd]

I know a lot of people will cringe at this because you have neons but you may be able to add a nice young angel. I have 2 at the minute sharing with some small silver-tips and they don't bother them in the slightest. I suppose it would depend what the temperament of the angel you buy is like but if you add it in whilst it is small then there is a good chance that when it grows it will treat the neons as tankmates an not FOOD!!!!!

 

[Jozlyn]

Hmmm thanks, not an angel tho, I really don't think my tanks is big enough for one of them.

How fast do the Boseman grow? We're looking at getting a really big tank for the lounge room when we come back from our holiday, around 6ft.

Perhapas I could keep them in the small tank for a while then transfer them to the big one. I really like the look of those fish.

 

[DiscusAngel]

not to sure how big bosemanis grow about 4" i think? maybe max of 5"

this link has some info on them

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/mel-boes.htm

 

[Jamesham]

why don't you get a peaceful chiclid like a blue ram? best kept in 2s