Tony G.

So, my 32 gallon tank looks terribly empty. I have been thinking of making it a community. The thing is, i have samson. I would like to get a couple schooling fish. call me simple but i really love Danios. they are fast, nicely colored and are economical. what do you think? maybe i could also add a school of barbs, ut im doubting it since they would need a large school to be able to lower the agression. I would like samson to be my centerpeice. So what do you think?
8 Danios
1 Jelly bean ( i already have samson)
1 CAE ( he´s nice, too nice for his size anyway)

maybe:
( 7 neons?)

tell me what you think please.

ooh the reason i chose danios is because they are very fast, too fast for samson to catch anyway
thanks for your elp in advance

SWilkins

Tony is thinking...hummm that is just as scary as me thinking. Hee hee hope there is no bad weather your way we would like to keep you around and my baby is kinda close to ya too. LOL. I still have to talk to her but she is working all the dang time right now. Sorry no help from me with your question just my own little quirky comments. hee hee

Tony G.

ahahaha sherry! lol nope my weather is good! its you guys im worried about
have you ever kept any cichlids in community tanks?

SWilkins

I'm not the right one to ask about that. I have this thing (OCD I think they call it) and it makes me try to keep species specific tanks. My community tanks consist of a guppy tank with cories and a ghost knife fish, a molly tank with a shark that I have to find a home for, and a platy tank that has two itty bitty angelfish in it.

So far we are just getting some showers off and on for now I have not seen anything about any severe weather coming in anytime soon.

Tony G.

Oh ok. You have multiple community tanks then lol

oh i hope someone sees this soon! i have to get off soon..
Stupid school schedule lol

Red1313

Hmmm...
I'm not familar with Jelly Bean's but I'm going to recommend against the CAE. I've heard too many stories of them eating the slime coat off of tank-mates to want to pick one up.
Wish I could help more.

Tony G.

Thank you
yes i have heard the terrible slime coat stories too after i bought him. I have gotten attached to him and to be honest i have been monitoring since i got him and he hasnt been acting up or anything. and he's rather large too, hes closing off the 5 inches. Samson is the one that kinda shows him Who's the boss haha

oh, a jelly bean is a hybrid of a Convict and a BP

Red1313

CAE's usually cause more problems as they get older, I hear they're gorgeous and great fish to have just not so fun in a community. However if you stay with fast fish that aren't really "broad sided" then it might work out.

lol thanks for letting me know what the JellyBean is

here's a link to a pic of a goldfish that was attacked by a plec. I'm assuming CAE's would look similar. One thing to consider is keeping the CAE on a well balenced diet with a good level of meat content.

Tony G.

wow, thats really bad! My CAE has a strict diet of Cucumber and home made food that i give both of them. It has cucumbers, lettuce, shrimp, peas and carrots..

Lucy

Hi Tony, I'm no help with jelly beans either. Sorry.
Good luck with your school schedule and stocking.
I'm sure someone will be able to help you soon.

Tony G.

thanks lucy its always nice to see your comments

Tony G.

BUMP

im gonna go down to a LFS later today and see if i can get anything..

harpua2002

Tiger barbs make good tankmates for a semi-aggressive tank, which is what you're going to have with a jellybean and CAE.

Tony G.

so tiger barbs are good? should i get like 8?

bolivianbaby

Not to hijack, just trying to help, but don't they come in many different varieties, too? Like aren't the green barbs tigers?

Tony G.

good point.
are there any other types?

aquarist48

How about a buddy for the Jelly Bean?
Ken

jana

u can also look up gourami. they have went along well with tiger barbs for my brother.

Tony G.

i tried it, it didnt work...

i will think about that, thanks jana