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Old July 16th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

I have a 29 gallon with 2 guppies (4 inches), 1 dalmation molly (3 inches), and 5 zebra danios (10 inches). I also have 1 frog (2inches). I figure I can still put up to 10 inches of fish in the tank and was wondering what you would recommend? I would like fish that swim in the bottom of the tank, since only the frog is down there (and he hides most of the time anyway). What would you suggest?
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Old July 16th, 2007  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

My favorites are the cory cats. There are several different types (the pandas are my top fav) so if you are picky about colors there are several to chose from (albino, panda, peppered, etc)
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Old July 16th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

Loaches spend most of their time at the bottom and have a lot of personality.
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Old July 16th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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Originally Posted by Big Al Fishkeeper
I have a 29 gallon with 2 guppies (4 inches), 1 dalmation molly (3 inches), and 5 zebra danios (10 inches). I also have 1 frog (2inches). I figure I can still put up to 10 inches of fish in the tank and was wondering what you would recommend? I would like fish that swim in the bottom of the tank, since only the frog is down there (and he hides most of the time anyway). What would you suggest?
corydoras or a pleco
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Old July 16th, 2007  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

Ditto.

Or maybe a shoal of oto's! You could get a good amount of them... like 5-7ish!
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Old July 16th, 2007  
Tom
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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Loaches spend most of their time at the bottom and have a lot of personality.
And yet my clown loach thinks it is either a harlequin or a black neon tetra and swims with the rest of my fish.
But, yes, a good fish for the bottom is the cory and oto.
Tom
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Old July 17th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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And yet my clown loach thinks it is either a harlequin or a black neon tetra and swims with the rest of my fish.
Can you get it some therapy or anything?
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Old July 17th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

i think corys are the best.. loaches and dwarf plecos are also cool and i love otos too (if they can make it past that 1st month).
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Old July 17th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

I'm going to have to look in to a couple of cory's one of these days. Everyone raves about them.
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Old July 17th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

www.planetcatfish.com is a cool site to check out the many types of corys.
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Old July 19th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

How about a Krib. I have on in my 75 Gallon community tank with danios, tetras, barbs and gouarmis. He leaves all of the other fish alone and just hangs around the bottom going in and out of the plants and a hollowed out piece of driftwood. Plus they are beautiful fish. Check him out.

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Old July 19th, 2007  
Tom
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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And yet my clown loach thinks it is either a harlequin or a black neon tetra and swims with the rest of my fish.
Can you get it some therapy or anything?
I have tried. Sadly, no luck yet. It just likes to swim with the others or hide away in a porcelain boat I have.
Tom
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Old July 19th, 2007  
vin
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

Corys and otos - without a doubt....Smaller varieties of corys only get to about 2-2.5" in length..Pandas, Adolfoi and Skunks are all cool...So are Peppered...Same with Otos...2-2.5" max....
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Old July 20th, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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How about a Krib. I have on in my 75 Gallon community tank with danios, tetras, barbs and gouarmis. He leaves all of the other fish alone and just hangs around the bottom going in and out of the plants and a hollowed out piece of driftwood. Plus they are beautiful fish. Check him out.
he is a beautiful fish and sounds like a very good natured krib.
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Old July 21st, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

Very nice picture of your krib. I'll have to research him. I don't remember seeing them in any of my lfs when I was looking. Still haven't decided what to get... Thanks!
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Old July 21st, 2007  
Jim
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

I have otos and panda corys both, and they're great bottom fish. They're fun to watch in little shoals and make a great bottom cleaning squad. I also plan on getting a couple clown loaches to eat the snails that have cropped up.
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Old July 21st, 2007  
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

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Originally Posted by Tom
Quote:
Originally Posted by sgould
Loaches spend most of their time at the bottom and have a lot of personality.
And yet my clown loach thinks it is either a harlequin or a black neon tetra and swims with the rest of my fish.
But, yes, a good fish for the bottom is the cory and oto.
Tom
Tom - I know you don't have room but loaches, especially Clown Loaches do better in groups. Baring having groups of their own kind they will school with anything that will accept them, sometimes it's pretty funny to watch
Big Al Fishkeeper - a group of three striata loaches, dwarf loaches and even yoyos would be cool in your tank.
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Old July 22nd, 2007  
Jim
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Re: Looking for some good fish to swim in the bottom

I added 3 clown loaches yeasterday and they seem to be adjusting well. It's funny, I have 3 panda corys and they all seem to sort of hang together. At first glance their shape and markings aren't that different. And I've aready seen them lying on their sides... that's pretty weird.
Anyway, I'll have pics soon.
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