more fish pondering

[serenissima]

platy - Xiphophorus maculata

nice tetras
cardinal - Cheirodon or Paracheirodon axelrodi
black neon - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
flame or Von Rio - Hyphessobrycon flammeus
lemon - Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
diamond - Moenkhausia pittieri
serpae or jewel- Hyphessobrycon callistus or eques
Congo - Phenacogrammus interruptus
pristella - Pristella maxillaris

nice danios
zebra - Danio or Brachydanio rerio
leopard - Danio or Brachydanio frankei
spotted or dwarf - Danio or Brachydanio nigrofasciatus

nice barbs
cherry - Barbus or Puntius titteya
rosy - Barbus or Puntius conchonius
gold - Barbus or Puntius sachsi (different from golden barb Barbus or Puntius gelius)
striped or banded - Puntius johorensis or Barbus eugrammus
black ruby - Barbus or Puntius nigrofasciatus

Am now thinking of getting gold and cherry barbs, but may just settle for platies and zebra danios.

Comments

[daisho.livejournal.com]

In my experience, only the very smallest babies get eaten in a community tank without a dedicated live-birth vacuum cleaner. :) Once they get past a certain size, young platies will survive, and the mothers can be fairly prolific. Then again, get all females and you won't have a problem. They can be sexed relatively easily.

Mollies, as I've said, produce even more young, which is a shame, since the gold varieties could contrast nicely with the red platies. I also love our clown loaches, but while they're not aggressive, they can get quite large, which isn't good if you have only a small tank, or want everything of around the same size.

Tetras of some description are probably the way to go. :)