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Firebug

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Hi, I'm in dire need of fish. :D ok, maybe not dire, but I want some. In my tank right now, I have 1 glowlight tetra (I plan on getting some more so that poor Leon won't be alone, and I also have a Clown pleco. I love cichlids, but can't decide which to settle on. And for the record, C-man, no discus. ;) not yet anyways. They need to be compatable with live plants, and glowlight tetras. So many cichlids, not enough space and money! *laughingc
 

phOOey

phOOey

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lol, your 50g must look really empty with just one little glolite in :D. there are quite a lot of options in a 50g, but if your planning on keeping your glowlites, that narrows it down a bit.

you could go down the dwarf cichlid route, have nice planted tank, with your glolites and another few types of tetra, then maybe some cories, hatchets maybe, could make for pretty interesting tank IMO.
 

Chazwick

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If i were you, i'd get a couple more tetras.. five or something. Tetras really shine out with a small school and when people say there better in 6.. it's true! I now have six neon tetras and they are far more active, and it's fun to watch them communicate.
Other than that, why not get a few angels like someone said above.. or a betta... like someone said above ;) i'd definetly get some tetras as well though.. because they don't take up much room at all, and you can still get some more fish :D
 

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Id skip the community idea and just go for africans. Get a nice group going, the color combinations and behavior are impressive. ;)

But if you want plants obviously they arent the way to go... I agree with phooey, maybe some dwarfs, or SA cichlids like ram, apisto, angel, etc?
 

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Jun 15, 2004
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Thanks guys! :) 'Shroom, I have seriously thought of going africans, but they do tend to pull plants up with their rowdy behavior. I've already went "fish hunting" and found some otocinclus (to reduce algae on plants) and bought 4 kuhli loaches on impulse. :D I know impulse buys aren't good, but kuhlis are my one of my favorite species, and they're rare here. I did see some angel fish that I wanted to buy...and some rams..tetras, cichlids, tetras, and more cichlids....I would have came home with the whole store if I bought them though! ;)
I think that I will stick with angelfish. How many do you think could go in there?
 

Orion

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Don't generalize about africans Firebug! ;) Yes, you will most likley have to do some rearanging with the plants and layout, but it is quite possible.

For angles why not get 6 and hope for a pair down the road.
 

Sandtiger

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Juliechromis' are some of the best cichlids out there, they're too small to dig up plants, they can live in groups without a lot of problems, they breed very eaisily, and they can live in a small tank (one of my friends had four of them in a 20 gal with some other fish.).
Another thing about them is the fact that the fry are allowed to live with the parents for the rest of their lives! The juvinials assist the parents in the "maitinance" of the shells that they live in and also help defend their younger sibilings. The number of fish in the "village" effects when and how often the parents spawn, if you want to breed them remove the young as soon as they reach substantial size, other wise, just keep them in there, the parents like the help! The fry can be fed on micro-worms and powerd flake food as soon as they are free-swiming, they don't really need live food.
(Yeah, no need to hatch brine-shrimp!)
 

Orion

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Sandtiger, I think your a bit confused.

Julidochromis do not live in shells, although I supose the smaller ones might if they had no rock work to hide among. Most of the five species from pairs, and are quite proctective and teritorial, and the smallest ones reach around 3", big enough IMO to dig up plants.

Mabey your thinking of Neolamprologus multifaciatus, a true shell dweller. This fish fits the description more than anything from the Julidochromis'. And while this fish is to small to dig up plants directly, they can and will move an enourmous amount of sand, undermineing and possibly damaging root systems, and burying others with the left over sand they have to put somewhere.
 

Sandtiger

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Orion said:
Sandtiger, I think your a bit confused.

Julidochromis do not live in shells, although I supose the smaller ones might if they had no rock work to hide among. Most of the five species from pairs, and are quite proctective and teritorial, and the smallest ones reach around 3", big enough IMO to dig up plants.

Mabey your thinking of Neolamprologus multifaciatus, a true shell dweller. This fish fits the description more than anything from the Julidochromis'. And while this fish is to small to dig up plants directly, they can and will move an enourmous amount of sand, undermineing and possibly damaging root systems, and burying others with the left over sand they have to put somewhere.
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Odd, the Artical I read (TFH, June 2001, Moving Tanganyikan Dwarf Cichlids is Easy by Iggy Trvares Ph.D) had his Julichromis transcriptus living in both shells and broken flower pots. I'm not saying your wrong, Orion, I'm just saying what I heard.
 

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Firebug

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Hey, Matt, how many of those Uaru do you think I could put in a 50 gallon? Seems like an interesting fish...:p

***Edit*** I was just looking up info about them, I think they would need at least 75 gallons to live comfortably.
 

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