What Kind Of Fish Suitable For A Hexagon Tank?

Julz · Mar 22, 2008

What kind of fish would be suitable to keep in a hexagon tank?

This is just for future reference, should I decide to get more... need them to be fairly easy to keep

I still have Findlay, and will be keeping an eye on him incase he developes what Karen had... :sad:

The-Wolf · Mar 23, 2008

a betta

Julz · Mar 23, 2008

The-Wolf said:
a betta

A What??

rabbut · Mar 23, 2008

^^fighting fish^^, one of these would be suitable. If you have filtration and a heater, then cirtain tetras would be OK. In a warm room, white cloud mountain minows would also be suited.

All the best
Rabbut

AngelOfDeath · Mar 23, 2008

peronsally i would go for a betta and some shrimp

Snooks1! · Mar 23, 2008

What size tank?

Honeythorn · Mar 23, 2008

In that tank I would agree with the Betta ( fighting fish ) and shrimps. Most tetras, if not all, need to be in groups of 8 and upwards, and need a long tank for swimming room . A Hex tank is not good for them. You may get away with 4 platy's though.

You also need a much larger and longer tank for the goldfish. Fancy's get to about the size of a cricket ball ( and I have seen one or two even bigger than that ! :blink:

) so a hex tank of the size you mentioned yours is ( 39 inches round I believe? ), is going to be too small.

Julz · Mar 23, 2008

Honeythorn said:
In that tank I would agree with the Betta ( fighting fish ) and shrimps. Most tetras, if not all, need to be in groups of 8 and upwards, and need a long tank for swimming room . A Hex tank is not good for them. You may get away with 4 platy's though.

You also need a much larger and longer tank for the goldfish. Fancy's get to about the size of a cricket ball ( and I have seen one or two even bigger than that ! ) so a hex tank of the size you mentioned yours is ( 39 inches round I believe? ), is going to be too small.

Shrimp sound interesting...

Platy's are.......?

About the goldfish, yes thanks, I know... I remember seeing the advice on my other thread...believe me it HAS sunk in

Not sure I want a fighting fish...will check out the speciailist shop though....

Honeythorn · Mar 24, 2008

These are Platy's [URL="http

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/www.fishforever.co.uk/platies.html[/URL] They are livebearers though. Or you could have a community of all male guppies if you don't want babies but would like some colourful small fish.

Shrimp are great, especially Ghost shrimp. I have one and he is such a great character. He will eat from my hand, and they will eat pretty much anything, fish flakes , wafers and pellets, meaty foods, bloodworm ect. Mine doesn't seem keen on daphnia though. He chased one for a while but then left it. Bloodworm and dried tubifex are popular with him. They're just great little things to have, they do a good job of clearing up any leftover food on the bottom ( not that there should be lots ) and I find it interesting to watch the food go into his stomach .

Julz · Mar 24, 2008

Someone..cant remember who is was.. told they have ghost shrimp, and they keep thinking it has died, but then realises it's grown out of it's skin, again, lol....must adm41it thouh it oes soun interesting, i once had a mussle for a "pet" when i was in France!! lol..found it on the beach, and scooped some seawater for it to live in, for two weeks....i eventually let it go back to the sea, before going home!

apologies for the numbers...cat was sitting on the keyboard, lol