What Would You Stock In 28L?

[Curiosity101]

Im bad i know

Yes you are But the only reason I only have 2 tanks is cause I'm in a student house and know I'll have to move them to *fingers crossed* a permanent house in the next year and a half. I have already got the verbal agreement from my OH for the 6fter that will take pride of place in our future living room So you aren't alone!

If shrimp are a no no I'll have a think about fish that might interest you.
You didn't cover the aquascaping question though? Do you want something super low maintenance or something more 'natural' so to speak?

 

[danele]

I dont do fake! I like real wood real plants and real stones

 

[Cazgar]

I have Cpd's in one of my smaller tanks, & ember tetras in another.
Either would do well in your tank

 

[The Taffy Apple]

I dont do fake! I like real wood real plants and real stones

What about a lovely planted tank with gravel, some floating plants with a micro fish (i have Chilli Rasbora, beautiful colours) and some Cherry/Crystal Red/Orange Shrimp? Simply beautiful !

Terry.

 

[danele]

SHRIMP
If i gave in to you all and got some shrimp i wouldnt be able to eat prawns again!

 

[Curiosity101]

To be honest alot of my favourites have already been covered.

But to add to the ones mentioned:
Normans lampeye killifish are a nice little fish and unlike most small shoalers they're quite brave and will happily swim at the mid-upper levels.
Maybe pair them with something like the badis Cazgar mentioned, or a solo male apisto (but on of the smallest varieties) or a pair of female apistos from the smaller varieties.
There are also some gobies and killifish that might be suitable.

Not to mention sparkling gouramis/dwarf croaking gouramis. They're very timid aswell so great for small species tanks. With dense cover and no other fish they're really lovely to look at. Not particularly active though...

 

[Cazgar]

Mosquito rasboras , boraras brigittae are small, you could have a nice shoal of those

 

[TekFish]

I had 2 dwarf gouramis
Some ember tetras
And otocinclus or whatever they're called, you know the teeny tiny catfish things.

 

[The Taffy Apple]

I had 2 dwarf gouramis
Some ember tetras
And otocinclus or whatever they're called, you know the teeny tiny catfish things.

2 Dwarf Gourami in a 28L..? That's pushing it IMHO.

Terry.

 

[Ormsie]

I have a shoal of boraras brigittae too and they are good fun to watch, and so cute too. Ahem.

 

[TekFish]

I had 2 dwarf gouramis
Some ember tetras
And otocinclus or whatever they're called, you know the teeny tiny catfish things.

2 Dwarf Gourami in a 28L..? That's pushing it IMHO.

Terry.

Yeah I know, unfortunately back when I was new to this my LFS said otherwise...


But I still recommend ember tetras. They are very small!

 

[danele]

Thanks for all the replies, will google them and have a think while the tank cycles

 

[danele]

Would a dwarf puffer or dwarf frogs work?

 

[TekFish]

A dwarf puffer will kill everything else in your tank, don't think the fwoggies will cause any pwoblems though lol...

 

[OldMan47]

There are lots of nice tiny fish in my world like black chins

or Golden teddies

Or Heterandria formosa

and don't forget the group of different Cories that fall into the pygmy range.