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  5. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    ok then platys cardinals and kuhlis! :roll:

    would have liked to keep tigers (have read thet they need to be kept in shoals of 5 or 6 minimum, and thought they grew much smaller, have never seen them fully grown)(would they still achieve this size in a small aquarium or simply grow to suit its size?)

    Oh! another thing are any of these fish very nervous and/or inclined to jump because although I will try to keep teenage tantrums to a minimum, I have a 3 year old brother who loves to run through the house screaming at the top of his lungs, slamming doors and playing with his very loud barking dog. :x My room door will be shut (not slammed!) but the noise through the wall still might be very stressful to hatchetfish and other nervous species.

  6. Beginner needs help!

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    yes zodiacs! I was looking at those in the petshop today, they look rather like Kuhlis, only not as wriggly, but with Kuhli loaches their might not be enough room for the zodiacs.

    I think tigers should be ok, because they would be on the top and middle levels of the tank and the kuhlis would stay on the bottom, but I don't know, they might cause trouble but are very pretty.

  11. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    Trying to choose plants now!

    Since my aquarium is only 30cms deep, some plants are going to be way too big. Can they be trimed or shortened to size or would it be better to buy smaller plants?

    we have Acorus rush variegata, for sale currently in our petshop would this be too big?

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Aquatic-plants/auction-327069255.htm

    Another thing would tiger barbs grow too big for my aquarium or could a shoal of eight substitute for the tetra (neither kuhlis or platys have long fins so fin nipping shouldnt be a problem)

  12. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    that sounds more realistic!

    :D

    I brought a big piece of bogwood today! It looks so neat and i think the Kuhlis will like it since it has lots of tunnels in it that they would like hiding in!

    Still wanting platys (sooo pretty and so many color variations!)

    don't like cichlids much, too agro when breeding.

  13. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    so you think just about 5-7 Kuhli loaches and 3-4 small fish, or a shoal of smaller fish for the top tank levels?

    for the small fish would platys be alright (I love all their bright colours!)

    or prehaps a small shoal of tetra

    or guppies

    or zebra danio

    or golden pencilfish

    or threadfin rainbowfish

    or hatchetfish

    or chocolate gourami?

    burrowssj wrote:

    p.s I would really like to see a loach eat from a hand you should try get yours confident enough to do so!

    so would I! :D

  15. Kuhli Loaches?

    in Rare and unusual fish

    Posted

    maby no hatchetfish then?

    Or should i rethink most of those fish, and get far smaller numbers?

    My filter is (I'm afraid not very good) an Aqua One internal mechanical filter, the 101F maxi. i was advised that this was the best thing for my tank when I brought it from the petshop but have been told since then that it isnt.

  17. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    thanks

    I think I will have to cut down on cory numbers because I want a few more Kuhlis because the more of them there are the happier and more confident they are.

    If I got 5 kuhlis insted of 3 how many corys should i keep?

    or should I keep 3 Kulis and 5 corys or mabey 7 Kuhlis and no corys?

    Not sure if thats too much for my aquarium

    also are golden kuhli loaches just the same as regular banded Kuhlis or do they grow bigger or have different requirements?

  19. fish happy?

    in Beginners Corner

    Posted

    thinking of getting more kuhlis :D

    would 5 or 6 be good in my size tank?

    Here 's the list again!

    2 or 3 platys

    5 hatchetfish

    10 tetras

    ? Kuhlis

    ? corys (would the amount of Kuhlis i keep alter the amount of Corys since they are both bottom dwellers?)

  20. Kuhli Loaches?

    in Rare and unusual fish

    Posted

    Kuhlis like getting kept in large groups

    would a shoal of 7 be ok in my 60x30x30 aquarium (if it means I have to cut down on other fish numbers I dont mind!)

    Here was the numbers I was going to get

    10 tetra

    5 hatchet fish

    3 kuhli (hoping to get bigger numbers if possible in my tank)

    4 corys

    2 or 3 platys

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