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January 1st, 2009
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| (semi)Aggressive Fish tank
I'm redoing some of my tanks. I have a tank that is fully cycled and everything is going fine. I'm moving some fish around and have a question as to what I can do with the tank. I'm keeping the Dwarf Honey Sunset gourmi. I'd like to make it an aggressive or semi-aggressive tank. It is 20 gallons. Any suggestions? | 
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January 1st, 2009
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Originally Posted by heartsongsinger  I'm redoing some of my tanks. I have a tank that is fully cycled and everything is going fine. I'm moving some fish around and have a question as to what I can do with the tank. I'm keeping the Dwarf Honey Sunset gourmi. I'd like to make it an aggressive or semi-aggressive tank. It is 20 gallons. Any suggestions? | Im in the middle of cycling my 55gal tank and when its done i would like to make it a aggressive or semi aggressive tank as well...hopefully somebody will have some input. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| you could try a rainbow shark but it might be a bit too big for the 20 gallon | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| probably. besides I'm looking to stock the tank. Their is currently only a gourmi. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| maybe some tiger and green barbs, that would make it an aggressive tank, maybe you should take a look at this compatability chart: http://elmersaquarium.com/c106communityinfo.htm that may give you guys some ideas.  | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| If I did 9 tiger barbs with the gourmi would that be over crowding?
are there any Cichlids that I could use | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| in the 20? yeah, how about 3 tiger barbs and 3 green barbs? | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| maybe I was kind of hoping that there might be a small cichlid that would work. I'm going to be going out later so I'll see what my LFS and petsmart have | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| well, I think that you could get a blue ram cichlid, only one though because a pair needs a complete 20 gallons to themselves. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| You could keep a pair of German Rams or maybe a pair some sort of apistos
here is a link to a site with some different apistos http://fish.mongabay.com/apistogramma.htm
that would be without the gourami though. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| yeah, good advice anglefish220, she would have to get rid of the gourami  | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| for the rainbow shark (as with most freshwater sharks), i think you need at least 55+ gallons | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| yeah, I don't recommend the rainbow shark for a 20 gallon, it will outgrow a 20 quite fast | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I know. I don't have space in my big tank which would be ideal but I'm going to try and put a male swordtail school in it. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| maybe you could put the swordtails in the 20? just a friendly suggestion! | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| well I have one mollie, 12 tetras, 1 pleco (something that doesn't get bigger than 9ins forgot what), 3 rasboras, 1 glow light danio, 3 Hoplo cats. Not really space for much else. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I say not! | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I also have 2 10 gallons (one with a breeding pair of bristlenose catfish in it) and a 5 gallon betta tank | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| Ok I've decided to go with the gourmi, some barbs, and maybe some danios. Any suggestions? Would I be able to have a red tail shark? | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I wouldnt suggest a RTS, I'm pretty sure they get bigger than that.
how about the gourami and a 6 school cherry barbs? they stay smaller than tigers.
or you could do gourami and like a 8 fish school of danios. | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| maybe. I'm just trying to think what would be flashyish | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| I would be afraid the gourami would be harrassed in that tank... From Badman's Tropical Fish:
"Colorful and timid, the Honey gourami is more demanding than most and is best kept with slow peaceful species." | |
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January 2nd, 2009
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| What about 3 cherry males (I know how to tell the differance) and a few harlequin rasboras? | |
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January 4th, 2009
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| Gourmi and some Cory's? Let the Gourmi be the flashy fish and the Cory's give the tank some activity.
A school of 6 Tiger Barbs would be over stock with the gourmi
(I appologise for my spelling) | |
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January 5th, 2009
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| A honey gourami is going to get harassed in a semi aggressive tank...they're very shy fish that need a peaceful setup. | |
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January 5th, 2009
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| i got some fish. I'm going to monitor the tank and if I see harassment I'll remove them. I'd like to definatly have some cherries though | |
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January 7th, 2009
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| Sorry if I came off a little rude. I've been stressed and cranky.
For the tank I got 3 peppered cories. I have 2 bright red cherry barbs (i'm assuming male) I plan on getting 2 more bright red ones when I can find them. | |
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January 8th, 2009
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| I think most cherrys should be fine, because I thought that the red was just when they were ready for breeding that they got bright red.. | |
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January 10th, 2009
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| I know but problems develop from improper ratios. So I figured just get only bright red ones and I'm safe. I'm naming them after the three musketeers | |
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