your input needed

[gscott]

i just got a 30 gal and am heating it right now. i am not sure how to develop the surroundings or what fish i should put in it. I was hoping to get some feed back and then make a decision, so all of your inputs would be appreciated

skitle vice

 

[poindexter]

Have you kept fishies before? If not, the ones that I started out with were Zebra Danios and guppies. I tried keeping fancier fish at first but i learned my lesson really quickly. Danios and guppies are really nice fish to have, i missed my danios a lot when i gave them away , and they're also (in my experience) pretty resilient.
good luck!

~dEx

 

[The-Wolf]

have you read the pined articles on cycling your tank?
you need to know this first before stocking it.

 

[poindexter]

cute lil danio pic.....and yes hes right, danios are schoolers....and they're really cute to watch....i always thought they seemed like a bunch of little trouble makers hhehehe.......and thats why i dont have them anymore cuz i have a small tank now and they do need the space.....i miss them! definatly do a lot of research before starting to put fish inyour tank. this forum is the best one around for that, i only know it from experience!

~dEx

 

[gscott]

haha excuse me for being so stoopid this is my 3rd tank. My other is a 75 and a 30. I just have fishers block...i am looking for fish ideas and setting ideas. any cool thing anyone has to offer..

 

[poindexter]

oh haha woopsee boy is my face red!!

well yah then danios are fun in a school....so simple and cheap but i honestly really liked them once i got used to them....if that makes any sense!! hehe

~dEx

 

[gscott]

i recently had this idea, i was thinking about putting pipes around the bottom, but i want the pipes to lead places, and i want to cover up the pipes with rocks or sand and just leave the openings at the surface of the gravel. I was also thinking maybe bisecting the pipes and laying them on the glass so i could look in

 

[The-Wolf]

check out my website for lots of different danios also you may want to look into microrasboras too.

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Well, what are in your other tanks, so we can leave out suggesting more of the same fish you already have, and what kind of fish interest you?

 

[gscott]

well in my 75 i have convicts, danios 1 oscar blue convicts in my 30 i have a mating pari of albino cons
i also have a african in the 75

 

[sylvia]

So you want more cichlids?

If you want to do something with pipes, I reccomend you try khulie loaches. I like the 'disected-pipe-against-glass' idea And just look at this and tell me you can resist : http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=51494

You could inclue some rams, maybe a keyhole and a few gouramies, black phantom tetras, harlequin rasboras, whatever you want realy (within reason). Plus a school of zebra danios

 

[FrAnK3333]

Make a yellow lab cichlid tank.