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January 22nd, 2008
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| adding to my 55 gallon
my 55 gallon needs some activity.
it has 6 cherry barbs 2 female 4 male
2 amano shirmp
2 black daimond shrimp
2 bamboo shrimp
3 juli cories
4 ottos
6 gold barbs
i want some activity the cherry barbs hang low most of the time i kinda want somtihng that will put some activity back in the tank. i slowly lost my bloodfins. never really dertemined why it wasnt sudden it was over a term of months they slowly faded away. i really like the swordtails i have with my keyholes. i really just want some activity and some nice color if possilble any suggestions
Last edited by Cody; February 24th, 2008 at 06:07 PM.
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January 22nd, 2008
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| try either live bearers or tets. Most aren't aggressive. They are active and colorful. | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| . i was thinking of doing live bears to. .not sure which either guppies platys or swords i dont really like mollys | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| Out of the three you listed, Cody, I'd have to say I prefer guppies. Remember that if you go with livebearers, either get only one gender or be prepared for them to multiply. | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| i thought about rainbows also .. have you ever seen a boesmani rainbow in person ever | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| yeah, I have two, one male and one female | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| where did you get them | |
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January 22nd, 2008
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| Guppies are cool too <3 They are fun, active, peaceful, and colorful. Breeding guppies is fun too I really enjoy it. | |
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January 23rd, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody  where did you get them | The two I have I ordered from liveaquaria.com If you decided to get them from there, you won't know if you are getting males of females because they are so hard to sex at a juvenile stage. Mine began to color up after about 3-4 weeks.
My LFS in Lafayette also has them for sale and theirs are closer to full maturity. Rainbows are very active and social(at least this has been my experience). That picture on liveaquaria.com is a bit misleading...I've never seen a Boesmani rainbow that vibrant before, and I'm sure that is a show specimen or something. The yellow is very pronounced on Boesmani's, but the blue it not nearly as vibrant as that picture would lead you to believe.
I'm almost positive your LFS would be able to order these for you if you were interested. My eveperience with my LFS is that they will try their best to get me anything I want.
I also got a turquoise rainbow from my LFS, which are just like the Boesmani, except they are completely blue...not sure if this is a different species or just a color variation. | |
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January 23rd, 2008
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| im sure scott, (owener of my lfs) would get me them if i wanted idk what kind i would want the only rainbows i can get around here for sure are rainbows and preacox. and for the boesmanis i didnt think it was posssilbe for a feshwater fish to look like that | |
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January 23rd, 2008
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| im not postive what kind of rainbows my lfs has | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| I've been looking at the Ruby Red Pencilfish ( Nannostomus mortenthaleri). At the moment it's quite expensive so I think I'll wait until the prices come down. Other than that, COBetta will be selling some Endler's that I think will go nicely in your 55g.
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January 24th, 2008
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| I just got some Zebra danios and they will most certainly add a energetic vibe to the tank | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| Yeah I have Zebra Danios and they will definately put energy into your tank. I have Cherry Barbs too, and they get along great with Zebra Danios. | |
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January 24th, 2008
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| yeah i wasnt thinking dainos to.. good price, hardy and active. but would go for some color and the glow fish verity is pricy at 5 bucks a piece | |
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January 28th, 2008
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| angelfish
I was wondering if you can breed different types of angelfish together?? (e.g. a gold and a silver.) Please answer I need to Know. | |
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January 28th, 2008
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| this isnt really the place right spot to post that. but yes you can | |
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January 29th, 2008
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| How about some true Rummy Nose Tetras they are colorful and active. | |
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January 29th, 2008
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| Considering you can mix glowfish with zebra danios you could get a few and the rest zebra danios if the glowfish suit your taste, they do school together. | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| i was thinking of that also . it would be very expensive to get a school of glofish | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| I pretty sure Rummy Nose Tetras aren't expensive and they bring a lot of color. | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody i was thinking of that also . it would be very expensive to get a school of glofish | Yes this is what I told my mom why I wouldn't get more glofish for her, not to mention I like regular zebra danios better. I paid 6$ each for mine, though I got them 25%off  | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| Cody, you can probably add angelfish if you wanted to.
Last edited by BoSox Fan7; January 30th, 2008 at 07:15 PM.
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January 30th, 2008
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| Or maybe Cardinal tetras a big school of them would look great in your tank. | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| i dont realy like angel fish that much there cool but not my style
. cardinal tetras are nice. im always just so afriad of having fish die on me but thats the thing i cant have a fish live for years if i dont give it a chance. dainos or cardinals are a good canidates\
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im still open to more suggestions | |
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January 30th, 2008
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| I would go with rainbowfish myself. I wish that I had room for them. | |
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January 31st, 2008
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| Cody, if you don't mind me asking, what would be the budget limit for the new occupants? If you're not sure or would rather not say that's cool  | |
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February 1st, 2008
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| there really inst a limt its just i wanna get the most for my money. i dont really have a set limt | |
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February 1st, 2008
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| Cool. Did you have a list of contenders yet then out of the suggestions that have been given? | |
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