Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

hey guys just trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions for fish suitable for my water/tank.

Thanks!

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

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"Mariachi" wrote in message
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hey guys just trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions for fish suitable for my water/tank.

Thanks!

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On 14 Apr 2006 21:15:48 -0700, "Mariachi" wrote:

hey guys just trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions for fish suitable for my water/tank.

Thanks!

Gee. We've just been talking about the beauty and grace of a very
large shoal of neons in a planted tank, and here you come with your
empty 36 gallons . . .

-- Mister Gardener

Everything Aquaria & Tropical Fish at The Krib:
http://www.thekrib.com/

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:42:27 -0400, Mister Gardener
wrote:

On 14 Apr 2006 21:15:48 -0700, "Mariachi" wrote:

hey guys just trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions for fish suitable for my water/tank.

Thanks!

Gee. We've just been talking about the beauty and grace of a very
large shoal of neons in a planted tank, and here you come with your
empty 36 gallons . . .

-- Mister Gardener

Everything Aquaria & Tropical Fish at The Krib:
http://www.thekrib.com/

Now that was stupid. Next time you suggest fish for a new tank, check
out the water conditions - neons in ph 7.5-8? Forget it.

-- Mister Gardener

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Mister Gardener wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:42:27 -0400, Mister Gardener
wrote:


On 14 Apr 2006 21:15:48 -0700, "Mariachi" wrote:


hey guys just trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in
my 36G Hex tank. I haven't set it up yet but am planning on doing it
soon. The water from my tap is hard with a PH around 7.5-8 so I am
just after fish suggestions for fish suitable for my water/tank.

Thanks!

Gee. We've just been talking about the beauty and grace of a very
large shoal of neons in a planted tank, and here you come with your
empty 36 gallons . . .

-- Mister Gardener

Everything Aquaria & Tropical Fish at The Krib:
http://www.thekrib.com/


Now that was stupid. Next time you suggest fish for a new tank, check
out the water conditions - neons in ph 7.5-8? Forget it.

-- Mister Gardener

How about some Rainbows? They come in varying sizes and colours and are
fascinating to watch...the one drawback is that most of the places round
here only stock young fish so you don't get an immediate payback - it
took around 6 months (IME) for the Boesmans and the reds m to come into
their full colours - these might grow a bit large eventually for a 36G
though

check out:-

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/...n/Contents.htm

BTW I am biased...starting to collect rainbows at the moment and love
them to bits. Even the smallest I have (Blue Eyed Getrudes) are full of
personality and character...

Collection so far:-

6 Boesman rainbows
2 Red Rainbows
15-20 Blue Eyed Getrudes
13 Celebes rainbows - these shoal together...

Another option with a high pH and hard water might be African Cichlids....

Gill

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Gill Passman wrote:

BTW I am biased...starting to collect rainbows at the moment and love
them to bits. Even the smallest I have (Blue Eyed Getrudes) are full
of personality and character...

Which would make a really nice shoal in that 36 and not outgrow it.
With some decent plants they might even breed in there.

Anyone ever buy rainbows from this site:

http://www.thatfishshop.com/rainbowroom

I'm considering it and would like to hear any opinions from
previous/current customers.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...
Collection so far:-

6 Boesman rainbows
2 Red Rainbows
15-20 Blue Eyed Getrudes
13 Celebes rainbows - these shoal together...
=======================
Are all these in your new 120g tank now? :-)))
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Aquariums since 1952.
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Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Koi-Lo wrote:

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

Collection so far:-

6 Boesman rainbows
2 Red Rainbows
15-20 Blue Eyed Getrudes
13 Celebes rainbows - these shoal together...

=======================
Are all these in your new 120g tank now? :-)))

Not yet - the reds and 3 of the Boesmans are still in other tanks but
will go in there....it took me a while but I eventually decided to make
it a rainbow tank....I'm pretty sure my mystery fry is a rainbow as he
grows. There will be a few mismatches like the Dwarf DGs (no other tank
to put him in when I tear down the 15 gall to get workspace back in the
kitchen), the Neons, the Panda cories and the clean up crew...the jury
is still out on whether the Clowns get in there (same applies to the
Julli cories)...or in fact whether all of the Gertrudes will go as
well...but the Hex hasn't really worked as a species tank...I've had
them breed in a tank with Platys but not where they should be
doing....rethink is needed...

The big tank looks absolutely great at the moment...all of the rainbows
shoal together irrespective of the differences in species... :-)

One LFS is a bit of a rainbow nut and is trying to get in some decent
Parkinson rainbows...he isn't happy with the ones he has right now - not
because of health but because he does not believe that they are good
specimens...he is working on it and thinks I should get some once he is
sure of the quality breed wise....he probably wants the fry sold back to
him....



Gill

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
...
Gill Passman wrote:

BTW I am biased...starting to collect rainbows at the moment and love
them to bits. Even the smallest I have (Blue Eyed Getrudes) are full
of personality and character...

Which would make a really nice shoal in that 36 and not outgrow it.
With some decent plants they might even breed in there.

Anyone ever buy rainbows from this site:

http://www.thatfishshop.com/rainbowroom

I'm considering it and would like to hear any opinions from
previous/current customers.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

:-)
around here out creeks are full of them.
and blue eyes and damned gambusia!
Rainbows are good long lived fish and they loves their bloodworms

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Just tested the water. My Ph is actually closer to 7.4-7.6 So not quite
as high as 8.

Thanks for all your suggestions so far. I was actually leaning more
towards a community tank. What would you guys sugguest for that?

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:52:05 -0500, swarvegorilla wrote
(in article ) :


"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
...

[Rainbows]

around here out creeks are full of them.
and blue eyes and damned gambusia!
Rainbows are good long lived fish and they loves their bloodworms


Rainbows are cool, but most are expensive in the US. But their cost and
novelty puts many customers off, so the fish have time to recuperate at the
fish shop. I think that Celebes Rainbows with their little angel wing
pectoral fins are some of the most attractive fish around.

As for Gambusia, in these parts they're the backbone of the local ecosystem.
I am sorry they have caused so much damage elsewhere.

-E

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Mariachi wrote:
Just tested the water. My Ph is actually closer to 7.4-7.6 So not quite
as high as 8.

Thanks for all your suggestions so far. I was actually leaning more
towards a community tank. What would you guys sugguest for that?


Pretty much anything that sorts your local water conditions...In
addition to the rainbows and Malawis I keep (not all in the same tank I
hasten to add):-

Gouramis - Opaline, Pearl and Dwarf
Loaches - Clown and Yoyo
Harlequin Rasboras
Tetras - Glowlight, Neon and Rummy Nose (the Neons don't do too well)
Cories - Panda and Julli
Flying Foxes (false SAEs)
Otos
Mollies
Platys
Betta
Fancy Guppies (male)


There are plenty more that could be kept - so many fish...so few tanks....

Gill

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Around how many Corys would I have to get for them to be happy? They
school a little right? Would I be able to get both panda and julli to
school together or just one kind?

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

Mariachi wrote:
Around how many Corys would I have to get for them to be happy? They
school a little right? Would I be able to get both panda and julli to
school together or just one kind?


I have 4 julli in one tank and 6 Pandas in another....I seem to remember
reading somewhere that 5 plus was a good number but can't find it
again...certainly I have not seen much difference in behaviour between
keeping 4 or 6...the 6 might occassionally go off together in small
groups of two or three but that is the only difference that I have
noticed...

As for whether they would school together - I don't know as I haven't
tried it....I do know people who keep different varieties together with
no issues....I will probably be putting my cories altogether in one big
tank over the coming days - I'll let you know how it goes....

Gill

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On 15 Apr 2006 23:02:42 -0700, "Mariachi" wrote:

Just tested the water. My Ph is actually closer to 7.4-7.6 So not quite
as high as 8.

Thanks for all your suggestions so far. I was actually leaning more
towards a community tank. What would you guys sugguest for that?

The shape and size of your tank calls for small to medium fish - IMHO
- I hate looking at a tall hex tank with just a couple of big fish in
it. My dog's vet has a hex in her waiting room, and she has only two
large kissing gouramis in it. Technically, they probably have enough
water, but they look darned uncomfortable in that tank. I'm glad she
knows more about dogs than she does fish. It has taken her years to
get the hex tank running and filtering properly. Mostly with advice
from a few of the humans that accompany her patients.

-- Mister Gardener

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On 16 Apr 2006 03:44:25 -0700, "Mariachi" wrote:

Around how many Corys would I have to get for them to be happy? They
school a little right? Would I be able to get both panda and julli to
school together or just one kind?

5. Bare minimum. Corys are quite good neighbors to those of their own
kind, (The amerikan way, eh?), and usually school with any and all
corys they find in their neighborhood - pandas, albinos, julli,
everyone takes part in the block party. In one of my tank there is a
great size difference between some of the corys, common green corys
and an albino that never made it to the albino tank, from a half inch
long to burly 3 inchers. They all school together.

-- Mister Gardener

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:39:34 +0100, Gill Passman
wrote:

Mariachi wrote:
Around how many Corys would I have to get for them to be happy? They
school a little right? Would I be able to get both panda and julli to
school together or just one kind?


I have 4 julli in one tank and 6 Pandas in another....I seem to remember
reading somewhere that 5 plus was a good number but can't find it
again...certainly I have not seen much difference in behaviour between
keeping 4 or 6...the 6 might occassionally go off together in small
groups of two or three but that is the only difference that I have
noticed...

As for whether they would school together - I don't know as I haven't
tried it....I do know people who keep different varieties together with
no issues....I will probably be putting my cories altogether in one big
tank over the coming days - I'll let you know how it goes....

Gill
I chose 5 because I have a superstition that everything in nature
looks better in odd numbers, not even. You may employ this line of
thinking in your gardening, 9 tulips look better than 8 or 10.

My lfs got his shipment of Espe's rasboras last week, and he has some
earmarked for me. I currently have 3 and I want 7 or 9. They are only
available to my lfs during this time of the year, so this shipment
will be his last until next spring. The answer is obvious, I need to
purchase either 4 or 6, so I'll have an odd number. But what if one
dies? Should I buy an extra just in case? But there is no reason to
believe one might die, they have been doing very well in the dealer's
tank as well as in my own tank. I haven't picked them up yet because I
can't decide how many to buy. I'm glad he is closed today. I can put
off the decision until tomorrow.

-- Mister Gardener

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

thanks for your advice re Cories. I know I am definatly getting some
Thinking maybe 6 either all julli or maybe 4 or 2 pandas. We will see.

Medium fish - what about a single blue Acara. I know they do get
aggressive and stuff when they breed but they are they ok to be kept w/
small community fish if there is only one present and no chance of
breeding?? Or is a blue acara too big for my tank anyway?

Other fish I was considering - a small of 6-8 school of white clouds,
*maybe* one mean gourami from my friends tank he is mean but so pretty!!

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

thanks for your advice re Cories. I know I am definatly getting some
Thinking maybe 6 either all julli or maybe 4 or 2 pandas. We will see.

Medium fish - what about a single blue Acara. I know they do get
aggressive and stuff when they breed but they are they ok to be kept w/
small community fish if there is only one present and no chance of
breeding?? Or is a blue acara too big for my tank anyway?

Other fish I was considering - a small of 6-8 school of white clouds,
*maybe* one mean gourami from my friends tank he is mean but so pretty!!

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

been reading up on blue acaras...maybe it's not such a good choice So i
guess scratch that.

Fish suggestions for 36g Hex tank.
 

"Eric" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:52:05 -0500, swarvegorilla wrote
(in article ) :


"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
...

[Rainbows]

around here out creeks are full of them.
and blue eyes and damned gambusia!
Rainbows are good long lived fish and they loves their bloodworms


Rainbows are cool, but most are expensive in the US. But their cost and
novelty puts many customers off, so the fish have time to recuperate at
the
fish shop. I think that Celebes Rainbows with their little angel wing
pectoral fins are some of the most attractive fish around.


big fan of the praecox blues.
very pretty but I have had ****e luck at keeping them.


As for Gambusia, in these parts they're the backbone of the local
ecosystem.
I am sorry they have caused so much damage elsewhere.

-E

yep those things are a backbone here too.
The digenetic trematodes espec love them as hosts. So good for necropsy,
find weird stuff.
The way our waterways are going tho, gambusia is prob the least of the
rainbowfishes probs.
Our citys are thirsty and the rivers have been used to irrigate the
farmlands.
The rainbows are tough tho, it's the big fish that die first.
Frankly I rate guppys, gambusia are a bit ugly although the speckled one is
kinda pretty. Would much rather have the creeks over run with trillions of
neon tetras though.
:-)