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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
stocking help?

i have a 15 gallon tank that is long and moderately planted i have four tiger barbs in there now but i want to get something else.. i kinda like plecos i like some angle. i like my barns but im looking for something with a little bit more variety
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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Beware what type of pleco you buy if you're set on getting one.
Commons can reach 18 inches.
Angels can not be in with tiger barbs, they'll tear at it's fins.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
do you have any other fish suggestions? im open to anything
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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All you have is 4 tiger barbs right now?
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
yes
i wanted someting hardy because the last time i tried to get the tank set all the fish died within 2 weeks
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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You could always add more tigers - that way you'll really be able to see the schooling effect.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
i saw some all black tigers online but i cant find them at any pet stores and the alboina tigers are to pasty for my taste
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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You could have green tigers, they're different looking, but will still school with the others.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
thats cool... i'll look into that i was also concerned about my tigers because all of them have dark spots between their 2nd and 3rd stripes...the people at the petstore said it would be fine but im not sure
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Is there anyway that you could post some pics of them?
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
i might be able to in a min. is there any more exoic fish you could suggest that are still small enough for my tank? not barbs
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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Well, most types of tetras? You could add a small school of neons or something similar, neons are very pretty fish, the look very exotic too, not sure how they would look with tigers though...
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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I'm not sure if the tigers will leave the neons alone. Tigers like to chase and nip.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
i found a freshwater lionfish and the site said that it only grows to five inches....
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Freshwater lionfish?
Could you post the link?
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Old January 7th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
i'd get some kind of bottomfeeder, otos or corycats, maybe a small variety of pleco.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nathan7294 View Post
i found a freshwater lionfish and the site said that it only grows to five inches....
Actually those are brackish fish. But very interesting indeed.
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Old January 7th, 2009  
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i really like the rino plecos
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