On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:10:51 -0400 (EDT), (~Vicki
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Chris,
I have never really kept tetras, but Barbs would be very happy in your
tank. Stay away from the large varieties tho. Tiger barbs are very
impressive in a school and they have the bold colour you are looking
for. Also another idea you could try would be some of the dwarf
gouramis varieties. There are some vivid colours there and the fish
have great personalities to boot.


I'll second the gourami idea, I just got two male dwarf gouramis and
they're beautiful fish. Very interesting to watch too. I've got them in
the largest of my three tanks (30 gallon, I have two 15 gallon tanks
too, a hex and a normal rectangular one,) with about 8 neon and
glowlight tetras, and a pair of corydoras. I'm thinking of getting some
other varieties of gourami for my other tanks, right now they're fairly
barren, only a few small fish in each, but I'd like to change that.