My wife and I started our first tank some months ago and we have finally decided to upgrade from a 15 gallon rectangular tank to a 30 gallon hexagon tank (which we have already bought and are currently getting the water ready for transferring our fish). We've done really well regulating/cycling our water and providing our fish with a healthy, happy environment.
So, believing that we are now ready for an upgrade, we will obviously want to add more fish. We have some ideas, but I figured I'd run them by the good folks on this forum first.
First off, our current stock consists of:
1 Black Sailfin Molly (male)
1 Short-finned Silver Molly (male)
2 Gold Dust Lyretail Mollies (female)
1 Silver Wag Platy (female)
1 Red Wag Platy (female)
We also keep several live plants.
Now, for the fish we'd like to add... We've talked about getting a betta the most, but are hesitant due to the aggressive nature of bettas. We have researched on the matter via the internet, but there is just so much conflicting information out there. We've asked clerks at our local pet store and they all seem to offer different opinions as well. We're also aware that some mollies have a tendency to nip at the fins of bettas in some cases. In fact, our silver molly nipped at our sailfin molly for a few days, but seemed to stop the behavior after that. They've been living peacefully together for months now with no further nipping problems from the silver molly.
If we did get a betta, we would only get one, of course. We'd prefer to get a male due to the selection of males at our local store being much more beautiful and perky than the females. So my question is, do you think it would be a problem for a male betta to coexist with our current stock? If not... how about a female?
Next we'd like to get an algae eater of some kind. However, algae eaters tend to grow quite large from what we have researched. Can someone recommend a small algae eater for our upcoming 30 gallon hexagon tank?
Next on the wish list would be a Black Moor Goldfish. However, do to the swiftness of the other fish, we are concerned that feeding this type of fish could perhaps pose a problem due to poor eyesight and being a slower swimmer.
I would appreciate any insight that you all would like to share. And please, feel free to make suggestions of different kinds of fish to add to the current stock.
So, believing that we are now ready for an upgrade, we will obviously want to add more fish. We have some ideas, but I figured I'd run them by the good folks on this forum first.
First off, our current stock consists of:
1 Black Sailfin Molly (male)
1 Short-finned Silver Molly (male)
2 Gold Dust Lyretail Mollies (female)
1 Silver Wag Platy (female)
1 Red Wag Platy (female)
We also keep several live plants.
Now, for the fish we'd like to add... We've talked about getting a betta the most, but are hesitant due to the aggressive nature of bettas. We have researched on the matter via the internet, but there is just so much conflicting information out there. We've asked clerks at our local pet store and they all seem to offer different opinions as well. We're also aware that some mollies have a tendency to nip at the fins of bettas in some cases. In fact, our silver molly nipped at our sailfin molly for a few days, but seemed to stop the behavior after that. They've been living peacefully together for months now with no further nipping problems from the silver molly.
If we did get a betta, we would only get one, of course. We'd prefer to get a male due to the selection of males at our local store being much more beautiful and perky than the females. So my question is, do you think it would be a problem for a male betta to coexist with our current stock? If not... how about a female?
Next we'd like to get an algae eater of some kind. However, algae eaters tend to grow quite large from what we have researched. Can someone recommend a small algae eater for our upcoming 30 gallon hexagon tank?
Next on the wish list would be a Black Moor Goldfish. However, do to the swiftness of the other fish, we are concerned that feeding this type of fish could perhaps pose a problem due to poor eyesight and being a slower swimmer.
I would appreciate any insight that you all would like to share. And please, feel free to make suggestions of different kinds of fish to add to the current stock.
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