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]

The thing about both platies and mollies is that they're live-bearers and thus produce a lot of young. If you don't have predators that eat young, like angel fish, you risk getting overrun fairly quickly.

We have cherry barbs in our larger tank at home, and they're good value, though for appearance, I prefer rummy nose tetra, personally. I also like cardinals, which usually swim in schools, offering a nicer image, and bring a lot of colour to the tank.

Zebras are a fairly ubiquitous in tropical tanks, but that shouldn't stop you if you like them. :)

[purrzah.livejournal.com]

Bettas can be very parsnickity about being with other fish. Our office head of Client Service has a tank at her desk started when she picked up a Betta. She tried keeping it with other fish, but in the long run the only Betta who has survived more than a month lives with rams horn snails and a placastamous (I have no idea how to spell that!)

My father did breed Bettas. They require very special conditions to breed.