What would you get?

[Backdraft Bagel]

If you had a 55 gallon heavily planted well established freshwater aquarium stocked with 6 pearl gouramis, some rummy nose and some amano shrimp, what would you get to complete it? If you were looking for some odd little creature to be the last addition, someone with a little character, possibly an invertebrate of unspecified type, what might be your choice?

 

[catfishmike]

how about a camaroon shrimp,i don't know if they are avaliable to you but i have read they are ok with fish and don't bother plants.
also i got rid of the other thread,cause you said you posted it in the wrong spot and this one didn't say that=)

 

[FroggyFox]

How about some freshwater clams? Someone put a thread on here about them and I'd never heard of them...they could be cool.

If you weren't stuck on the invertebrate how about a bottom feeder besides the shrimp? I guess I don't know how most of them get along with the shrimp...or if theyd just snack on them...but maybe some cories?

I must be tired...I wrote clownfish instead of shrimp. Think I was reading CFM's signature too closely.

 

[AndyL]

Those cameroon wood shrimp are pretty cool; same with those cherry shrimp (I believe thats what they're called).

I've also seen some "Blue Lobsters" that are supposed to be FW at the pet stores, dunno what they're like with plants though...

Andy

 

[catfishmike]

yea cherry srimp are cool but they are pretty small though.freshwater blue lobsters are just a colorform of the regular crawdad,crayfish whatever you call them.

 

[kRaZeD]

go for a rainbow shark, or known as Epalzeorhynchus frenatus, they have character, but u might not see it too often...

 

[geKo]

55 without cichids is a waste of tank

Clean it out and throw in some mbuna for a nice colorfull and interesting tank

 

[fishysmell]

If you want the coolest freshwater invert available, pick up 1 or 2 singapore fan shrimp. They have tons of character. It is great to watch them roam around picking at the gravel and fanning in any available currents. They are brown to bright red depending on location, time of day, and water conditions. They have a tan stripe on their back. 1 for every 25 gallons.

A school of rainbowfish would also be in order. Forget the common ones. Do your homework and pick up some unique species, there are tons of em.

Whatever you do, pick up something original.

 

[Pooky125]

Cherry shrimp would be awesome, if you find any around here, lemme know, would you backdraft? I've been looking for some, not real seriously, but haven't seen them around. For you, some cherry shrimp, if you could find them, or maybe a pair of apistos. Last time I was at Terre Quatics, he had some nice agassizii...

 

[fishysmell]

I was thinking about apistos too pooky but those feeler things on gouramis would likely be dismantled by apistos IMO. Apistos + longfinned fish = amputation...most likely. You might give em a try though depending on how much you like your gouramis and their "feelers".

 

[mike the zealot]

killies!

 

[Backdraft Bagel]

wow i might try a FW clam. that sounds leet!

have tried:
fan shrimp
cherry shrimp
rainbow shark
blue lobster (in a different tank)
(pps the blue lobster will **very aggressivly** eat your fish and plants)

i was thinking of a red claw crab, even though it will probably escape. i don't have any crab like things in there.

what's in there now:

6 lg pearl gourami
15 rummy nose
undetermined amount of amano shrimp, i think they are breeding because i counted 10 and i only stocked 7 originally
snails of a varying nature.

pooky, call terre quatics in osseo the guy had like 500 cherry shrimp and he was trying to breed them. i bought about 10 and they rule and were healthy.