1 more... the perfect fish what is it?

[fishface]

hi i need your help deciding on the last fish or frog that should go in my 25 gallon tank. in there now is

2 ottos
3 yo yo loaches
4 penguin tetras
6 tiger barbs
10 neon teras

i had a dawf frog but i died a day after in was in my tank i think i might try another frog but if theres a better fish ill get that.
i need a fish that doenst get to big mixes well with other fish swims around the middle- top of the tank is colourful and is happy by its self what is it?

 

[ducksarefun]

a gourami! dwarf or other, you decide. There's nothing better!

 

[beaver8888]

i really like mollies for somereason you could try some gourami there easy

 

[fishface]

mollies are nice are they happy on there own or do they like to be in groups? wouldnt my tiger barbs nip at a gourami?

 

[MrMup04]

i'd get an angel fish

 

[fishface]

angle fish need like ten gallons to them selevs they would get to big and the tigers would peck away thanks though.

 

[fishface]

i thinking of a swordtail because they have some nice ones at my lfs would my tigers nip at these?

 

[ducksarefun]

a gourami could handle barbs (well, a regular gourami, not sure about dwarfs, but I imagine so). I wouldn't trust tiger barbs with anything but with fish known to give crap, so personally, I wouldn't keep livebearers with them.

 

[fishface]

what about a honey gourami?

 

[ducksarefun]

awwww they are the cutest. I am wondering, though, the tiger barbs will probably equal in size, if not bigger, and a honey gouramis might look like an albino tiger barb to them.... Perhaps not a good idea. Besides, honeys are the most docile of gouramis. Are you making this difficult on purpose!! LOL

 

[fishface]

lol sorry i just saw some of them on my last trip to the lfs and thought they were nice i really want a swordtail

BTW - my ph levels in that tank are quite low 6 6.1 ish what could i do to bring it up? water changes?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

If you get a sowrdtail get a few of them....or it'll be lonely.

What about a few Zebra Danios?

 

[sailfinmolly]

Rosy Barb

 

[ducksarefun]

As long as your pH is stable, don't mess with it. By now, the fish in there are adjusted to it, so there is no need to change it. I know at least the barbs and loaches like low pH (so would a gourami).

You can try the swordtails if you really want. Since you have 6 tiger barbs they may not care about the other fish. Just watch them closely.

 

[Brobro]

since your tigers dont seem to mess with even your neons, a group of swordtails would be ok. if u do change your mind, though, a group of platies would be cute also

 

[sailfinmolly]

rosy barb

 

[Cichlid-Man]

LOL i'd say sailfin thinks a rosy barb or 2 will go.

 

[fishface]

yeah would there be enough room for a group of swordtails if so how many and what sex? rosy barbs dont look that bad deffinetly not long fin rosy barbs they would get eaten! zebra danios look good aswell how many of those do you think?

 

[fishface]

actually i think i might have to get 2 more tiger barbs to keep them away from the neons i notied some nipped tails and fins on them why do tigers go for neons? will 2 more tigers help?

 

[ducksarefun]

they go for anything they can catch up with basically! Two more might help - the more of them there are, usually the more they keep to themselves.