Adding new fish

I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a few
more fish. Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras. One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires tetras. The other
has 2 reg platys and 2 smaller growing mollies. I am salting it at only
about 2 tbsp/20 gal.

Any suggestions on adding danios or tetras to these tanks, both as far as
compatability and the lightly salted water. Also what's the fewest of each
I can add. I have seen suggestions that every fish I have, have more
species mates, but they all seem relatively active, happy and non
aggressive.

I am sure I will also be adding at least one more tank at some point, but I
am still trying to get a sense of how 'dirty' some of these freshwater fish
are. I have read platys are particularly clean and one can probably fudge
on the inch/gal rule with them - but I dont like them that much. Any other
non goldfish particularly clean or dirty? The LFS help told me if danios
and black shirts were the same size they should produce the same amount of
'waste'. Might be splitting hairs, but this doesnt sound quite right to me
since the black skirt appears to have more 'volume' than the danios.
Wouldn't size of fish also be at least somewhat a consideration other than
just length?

Thanxx for your help!

Bill

"Newbie Bill" wrote in message
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I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a
few
more fish. Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras. One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires tetras. The
other
has 2 reg platys and 2 smaller growing mollies. I am salting it at only
about 2 tbsp/20 gal.
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Bill, you may be better off asking these questions on one of the tropical
fish NGs. They should have some experienced people on them to answer all
your questions. If you get danios, get at least 6 to 8 as they like to
school and swim around the tank together. They will eat any fry and eggs
from other fish in the tank. They jump so keep the tank covered.
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"~ Windsong ~" wrote:

"Newbie Bill" wrote in message
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I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a
few
more fish. Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras. One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires tetras. The
other
has 2 reg platys and 2 smaller growing mollies. I am salting it at only
about 2 tbsp/20 gal.
=====================
Bill, you may be better off asking these questions on one of the tropical
fish NGs. They should have some experienced people on them to answer all
your questions. If you get danios, get at least 6 to 8 as they like to
school and swim around the tank together. They will eat any fry and eggs
from other fish in the tank. They jump so keep the tank covered.

What is the best tropical fish group to join for fresh water please?
There are several I've noted, and I'd like to sign in to just one of
them.

I love goldfish but don't have any at the moment. I plan on setting up a
goldfish tank once we finish with the livingroom remodeling. ;-) We also
plan to put in a fish pond and have goldfish in there.

Right now all I have is a 1.5 gallon decorative tank that I bought to
raise tadpoles, and it now contains a new pair of bettas.

Thanks!

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What is the best tropical fish group to join for fresh water please?

## I don't know since I have not been on one in several years. Just type in
"aquarium" and look for a few. Try them all and stick with the one you like
best. :-)

There are several I've noted, and I'd like to sign in to just one of
them.

## Try several.

I love goldfish but don't have any at the moment. I plan on setting up a
goldfish tank once we finish with the livingroom remodeling. ;-) We also
plan to put in a fish pond and have goldfish in there.

## You'll love ponds. The GF do so much better outdoors than in indoor
tanks.

Right now all I have is a 1.5 gallon decorative tank that I bought to
raise tadpoles, and it now contains a new pair of bettas.

## Please leave the tadpoles until you have your pond. Most will perish in
a small tank. When they turn into frogs or toads then what? They will need
an endless stream of LIVE insects....

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"~ Windsong ~" wrote:

"Katra" wrote in message
...
What is the best tropical fish group to join for fresh water please?

## I don't know since I have not been on one in several years. Just type in
"aquarium" and look for a few. Try them all and stick with the one you like
best. :-)

There are several I've noted, and I'd like to sign in to just one of
them.

## Try several.

Ok. I'll see which one gets the most traffic.


I love goldfish but don't have any at the moment. I plan on setting up a
goldfish tank once we finish with the livingroom remodeling. ;-) We also
plan to put in a fish pond and have goldfish in there.

## You'll love ponds. The GF do so much better outdoors than in indoor
tanks.

So I've seen lurking here! That is encouraging.


Right now all I have is a 1.5 gallon decorative tank that I bought to
raise tadpoles, and it now contains a new pair of bettas.

## Please leave the tadpoles until you have your pond. Most will perish in
a small tank. When they turn into frogs or toads then what? They will need
an endless stream of LIVE insects....

Well, only one of the toads made it, but all three frogs have made it. I
got the frog tadpoles from the pet store.

One is a bullfrog and will be kept as a pet!
The other two are leopard frogs and eating well now. I will build them a
habitat with the new pond. I'm very much looking forward to it!

I'm feeding them live crickets from the pet store...

I'm sure that once the pond is built, mother nature will supply other
frogs! lol Leopard frogs are native to this area.

Thanks!!!
--
K.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Katra"
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:14 AM
Subject: Adding new fish


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"~ Windsong ~" wrote:
## Please leave the tadpoles until you have your pond. Most will perish
in
a small tank. When they turn into frogs or toads then what? They will
need
an endless stream of LIVE insects....

Well, only one of the toads made it, but all three frogs have made it. I
got the frog tadpoles from the pet store.
One is a bullfrog and will be kept as a pet!
The other two are leopard frogs and eating well now. I will build them a
habitat with the new pond. I'm very much looking forward to it!
I'm feeding them live crickets from the pet store...

## I hope they survive until you get your pond built. Try a larger variety
of live insects if you can.

I'm sure that once the pond is built, mother nature will supply other
frogs! lol Leopard frogs are native to this area.

## Your outdoor pond will be overrun with frogs in no time. :-) We had to
cover our ponds, in part, because the bullfrogs were eating all our GF and
smaller koi. I do have several 150 gallon in-ground kiddy-pools for the
frogs, toads and amphibians. They double as pools to raise pond plants.

Thanks!!!
K.

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Yikes- thanks for the alert. I have GF and Freshwater and posted this
request on the wrong one.
Bill

"Newbie Bill" wrote in message
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I have two tanks which I think should have a little 'headroom' to add a few
more fish. Water parameters are excellent and I test and change water
regularly. I am considering small danios and/or black skirt tetras. One
tank has 3 aeneus(sp) cories, 2 ottos and 3 Buenos Aires tetras. The other
has 2 reg platys and 2 smaller growing mollies. I am salting it at only
about 2 tbsp/20 gal.

Any suggestions on adding danios or tetras to these tanks, both as far as
compatability and the lightly salted water. Also what's the fewest of
each I can add. I have seen suggestions that every fish I have, have more
species mates, but they all seem relatively active, happy and non
aggressive.

I am sure I will also be adding at least one more tank at some point, but
I am still trying to get a sense of how 'dirty' some of these freshwater
fish are. I have read platys are particularly clean and one can probably
fudge on the inch/gal rule with them - but I dont like them that much.
Any other non goldfish particularly clean or dirty? The LFS help told me
if danios and black shirts were the same size they should produce the same
amount of 'waste'. Might be splitting hairs, but this doesnt sound quite
right to me since the black skirt appears to have more 'volume' than the
danios. Wouldn't size of fish also be at least somewhat a consideration
other than just length?

Thanxx for your help!

Bill