What's A Good Centre Piece Fish?

[1ncubu5]

I'm away to buy a tank roughly 100-120 litres, i'm trying to plan everything prior to purchase.

I was initially thinking about a betta to base my tank around but its too risky in case it's too aggresive and limits my fish choices a lot so I thought I'd just get a separate 5 gallon for the betta.

Can anyone suggest some attractive reasonably sized centre piece fish for me to base my tank around?

 

[The-Wolf]

did you want one or two larger fish as a centerpiece or a school of smaller fish?
are you looking for a 'safe' community or smoething more challenging?

 

[1ncubu5]

i'd like to have a school of small fish but would like something bigger for a centre piece, something that won't eat the small ones!

I do quite like dwarf gouramis

 

[The-Wolf]

ok then
dwarf gouramis come in lots of colours from neon blue to red.
if you like those what about other gouramis like lace, opaline or perhaps even a moonlight gourami
a pair of any of those will give you a nice centerpeice, then you can build your other stocking levels around them.
perhaps a school of harliquins or other rasbora for a touch of movement, or better still one of the many danios species available
(see my sig for my website) and a nice group of corys or loaches as your bottom dwellers.

add a smallish plec (see pleco forum for 30 plecos under 8") for help keeping the tank clean and you are set.

 

[1ncubu5]

thanks for the reply, i'm looking at your website right now. i didn't realise there were so many danio species!

 

[my fat fish]

i would say a pearl gourmie for that size tank its a beautiful fish and will make a nice center

as for bettas they can do well in a community i have one and ironically its best friend who he never leaves the side of is my blue male dwarf gourmie tho i sorta feel bad for the female dwarf as the male only hangs with my betta now lol

 

[1ncubu5]

yea i have heard they can fit in a community tank but it is risky as you can't really tell if it's going to be aggresive towards other fish until you have it in the tank

i read somewhere that having a pair of gouramis can make the female stressed and its better to get 2 females, is this true?