Need Some Color In My Tank

[rachh004]

I really want some colorful fish in my tank. I have had platy and guppies but they seem to die. I don't want anymore of them. But I have 9 black skirt tetra and its so dull. It doesn't help that my gravel is black. The tank is 55 gallons. The other fish I have are 1 common pleco, 1 zebra loach, 1 guppy, 3 rasboras. Does anyone have any suggestions about colorful fish that are easy to take care of?

 

[gaz gun man]

zebra danios are quite pretty, or some gourami's?

 

[Faythee]

Bleeding Heart Tetrs or Rainbowfish.

 

[rachh004]

zebra danios are quite pretty, or some gourami's?

what kind of gourami do you suggest?

 

[ALEXF]

Dwarf powder blue gouramis are nice

 

[Gazpug]

Blue Rams are fantastic in pairs or in a 4. They are really ammusing and lots of colour.

Regards

Gaz

 

[Corleone]

I'm a bit of a shill for these guys, but I like pearl danios. You might not want them since you already have zebras, though, as they behave similarly and will shoal at the same level of the tank, you might prefer filling in at another level. Anyway, in the LFS, they usually look boring pale pink, but settled in they really put on a show. They keep some of that pale pink, but get brighter reds, a bit of bright metallic red, and flash blue under the light.

 

[rich]

You can't get much brighter than Neon tetras (which I keep with Black skirt tetra)

 

[Biulu]

I would go for gold rams or honey gouramis (dwarfs are prone to sicknesses in many countries). If you have a 55 gallon tank, a shoal of congo tetras would be nice too or some (Boesemann) rainbowfish.

 

[OscarWilde]

Black or Blue Neons are cheap and look great. Sunset Platys are also really nice and colourful.

 

[gaz gun man]

zebra danios are quite pretty, or some gourami's?

what kind of gourami do you suggest?

I have 2 pearl's in my tank. They're quite pretty, see my 'some fish pics' thread further down the page

 

[Biulu]

zebra danios are quite pretty, or some gourami's?

what kind of gourami do you suggest?

I have 2 pearl's in my tank. They're quite pretty, see my 'some fish pics' thread further down the page

If you want coloured gouramis, I'd rather go for three spot colour morphs, honey or banded gourami. dwarfs are beautiful, but in many areas prone to sicknesses.

 

[rachh004]

Blue Rams are fantastic in pairs or in a 4. They are really ammusing and lots of colour.

Regards

Gaz

Are the rams aggressive? i have been trying to stay away from the ciclid family because I know they can be mean

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Personally, I think that Cardinal tetras display a lot better than neon tetras and to contrast, Glowlights makes a perfect match with the black gravel (is it?)....... about ten of each as they shoal nicely together.

 

[Faythee]

Rams are peaceful Cichlids, but can get terrotorial when spawning. I have never heard of them doing any damage. I have an Angel, a Gold Ram, and Diamond Tetras and they all get along happily.