"Steve" wrote in message
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Koi-lo wrote:
"Klane" wrote in message
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I have a 20 gal long with 6 Zebra Danio's and 7 Neon Tetras. I'm
looking for another fish, something colorful or at least interesting,
to put in with them. I have tried Dwarf Gouramis but have had very
little luck. Both have died, and I noticed that they did have nipped
fins, so something the other fish might nip at might not be a very good
idea.
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Three clown loaches would go nice as would a pair of pearl or blue
gouramis. Watch those zebra danios. I've seen them nip long fins on male
guppies, angel fish and gouramies.
Clown loaches are great but the aquarium's much too small. These fish
easily reach 6 fat inches, and in nature they reach 12 inches.
Whoops, I was thinking *30L*... not a 20L.
I like the blue gourami idea, but the OP should only get one, because
they're fairly territorial.
I'm thinking of a pair.
The OP should probably stick to "easy" and peaceful fish for the time
being. Platies or swordtails if the water is at least moderately hard,
perhaps a group of cherry barbs, a school of harlequins, other tetras
besides the neons, or cory cats/
I agree. The platies and swords would be most colorful, but male swords are
worse than male gouramis in my experience - they also jump. The tank needs
to be well covered to keep them from committing suicide. A trio of swords
or a trio of platies would do it. I personally grew bored with cory cats.
They're not colorful and they stay on the bottom and don't do anything
interesting. I sort of saw them as the "trash men" of the tank.
1 small pl*co as suggested earlier.
Another very interesting fish that I once had long ago, is the kuhlii
loach. I think web posts say they should be in a group, but mine was alone
and disappeared for weeks (buried in sand substrate).
A buried fish doesn't sound like it would be too colorful or interesting.
Just my opinion here...... but who's to account for taste? :-)
Good luck to the OP, but the aquariums is pretty full already.
But what he has are "small" fish. He has room for a few more with good
filtration and water changes.
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