Setting up a 90 Litre Tank

[Clairel]

I am setting up another 90 Litre (20 gl) Hexagon Tank.

I was thinking maybe i might put a fighting fish, and some guppies, or even some tetras in there?

Thoughts people, do guppies and fighting fish get along? I know i cant have more than 1 male fighting fish, but do they mix with females of there own kind ok?

I want it to be a communial tank, no fighting, or nasty fish please Lol

How many fish if i go for the guppies, or fighting fish can i have in this space?

I am wanting to add some live plants too...

Thanx Claire x

 

[dwarfgourami]

More than one fighting fish (betta) in the same tank is a no no.

Keeping a male and female betta together is also a no no (except when bringing them together briefly for spawning).

Keeping female bettas can/has been done but you need to know what you are doing.

Bettas and guppies are also dodgy, due to the long flowing fins of the guppies, bettas perceive them as rivals.


You could go for:

either one betta with non-nippy fish without long fins of their own (corydoras for the bottom, maybe rasboras for the middle layers)

or guppies with non-nippy fish or on their own.

I am setting up another 90 Litre (20 gl) Hexagon Tank.

I was thinking maybe i might put a fighting fish, and some guppies, or even some tetras in there?

Thoughts people, do guppies and fighting fish get along? I know i cant have more than 1 male fighting fish, but do they mix with females of there own kind ok?

I want it to be a communial tank, no fighting, or nasty fish please Lol

How many fish if i go for the guppies, or fighting fish can i have in this space?

I am wanting to add some live plants too...

Thanx Claire x

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[scuba_jez]

how about cichlids?

 

[Clairel]

Arnt Chilids nasty?

My brother has 3 and had to take 1 back, as it attacked his fighting fish, he had to quarantine it, now the other 2 are attacking it !!

So all round its best i dont have a fighting fish at all? As the other fish will bite it?

C x

 

[scuba_jez]

Arnt Chilids nasty?

My brother has 3 and had to take 1 back, as it attacked his fighting fish, he had to quarantine it, now the other 2 are attacking it !!

So all round its best i dont have a fighting fish at all? As the other fish will bite it?

C x

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sorry i dont know too much about them but i have a mate who has a chiclid tank with a fair few in there and he doesnt have and problems. i may be completely wrong here but i *think* you need to have just a few with their territory marked out or many so that they have no defined territory.

but there's not two ways about it, they are mighty pretty fish. just a thought

if i ever get another tank id def. considder getting cichlids (chiclids?). after research of course.


you mentioned they attacked the fighting fish, but they didnt attack eachother...

as i said i dont know lots about them

edit: me fail english that unpossible

 

[rdd1952]

That's about 23 gallon so you won't be able to stock too many. Tetras and rasboras make good community fish. I particularly like Harlequin Rasboras and wold love to have some if I had a tank with room. Rainbows are also quite pretty and may be the most colorful of all FW fish other than livebearers like guppies and platys. You could also go with some corys for the bottom. I will second eveything already said about bettas. They are risky in a community tank but can work.

The down side to guppies is that they are live bearers so you will have lots of fry. You can let nature run it's course (they will eat the fry) or you can set up a seperate fry tank but then you have to have a tank to put the fish in as they mature (multiple tanks). And live bearers can "store" sperm so a female in a tank alone can keep having fry for up to 6 months or so without a male to fertilize the eggs. That's a lot of fry.

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

Bettas (aka Fighting Fish) can be pretty aggresive towards other fish too. It all depends on the personality of the betta, some are soooo mellow and get along with others, then there are the ones who think that they're JAWS! You could try it but be prepared to put him in a separate tank if there are problems.

 

[Clairel]

Thanx guys...

After some consideration, and reading, i think i will have tetra's and some cory's.

How many Cory's ? do they need to be in shoals?

Does it matter if i mix different breeds of Tetra's? Will they all get along? These need to be in shoals, so how many would u advise?

Claire x

 

[MarkOne]

Cory's should be 2-3 at least. Tetras need to have a mature tank (running about 4 months min) to survive properly, so if it's new hold on for a while! Normally best to have a minium of about 5 of these fish. Agree rasboras are good, or mountain minnows?

 

[Clairel]

Cory's should be 2-3 at least. Tetras need to have a mature tank (running about 4 months min) to survive properly, so if it's new hold on for a while! Normally best to have a minium of about 5 of these fish. Agree rasboras are good, or mountain minnows?

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Thanx for the info on the mature tank for Tetra's i didnt know this.

The tank that i was going to get, i have decided against, as its the same as i already have, so i was thinking i might upgrade to a bigger one I am going to have a look round for a 2nd hand one maybe...I will see what happens

Claire x

 

[MarkOne]

ebay works well for 2nd hand tanks, usually at least half the price...just check for ones near you as most are pickup only!

 

[wayne ayre]

i have got a 2ft fish tank 1ft wide and about 1 half foot deep i have got 4 neons 2 catfish to bristle noise plec 2 loach and 1 male fighter fish and they all get on

 

[wayne ayre]

i have got a 2ft fish tank 1ft wide and about 1 half foot deep i have got 4 neons 2 catfish to bristle noise plec 2 loach and 1 male fighter fish and they all get on

i am still not sure about the fighter fish as it seems like it likes it own space but the catfish keeps knocking it all over and the neons go close to it but it watches what is going of around it when i got the male fighter fish it was in a tank with neons and loachs and catfish the shop said you cannnot have the same fish in the tank male gubbies is a no no and other fish with big thins are a no no as they attack the thins i do not no what they are like with female gubbies as i am new to it all my self i hope my fighter fish dosent harm my other fish but only time will tell they are very pretty fish i did ask questions when i got the fish and the pet shop owner said it would be ok with catfish neons loachs pleco and anythink that dosent look like them and have fancy tales sharks no barbs no they peck other fish and angel fish can be nasty all ways ask at the pet shop what fish can i mix with other fish thats all i do i look what kind of fish is in with the one you are wanting to buy but saying that the fish you want to buy may get on with the ones in the tank they are in with but not your fish that you have got at home

 

[waterdrop]

Hi wayne and welcome to the beginners section!

The thread you are commenting on was from 2005.

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