farmchick Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Hi all A friend of mine has bought one of my old tanks. Its a hooded 3ft. Her dilemma is what to put in it. It will be semi planted as she likes both the green and rockery look. does anyone out there have any recommendations as to what sort of fish to keep in the community? Looking for easy to keep, hard to kill :lol: colourful types. I showed her some killi's on TM yesterday and after the oohs and ahhs decided these might be quite nice. Are they hard to keep and can you keep different types together? She has a smaller tank at the moment with some clowns, bristles, a blue gourami, what looks like a paradise fish and some guppies. I have pointed out that the clowns will eventually get too big for the 3ft but by then she should be well and truly hooked and getting a bigger tank :lol: Anything out there that you would recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 you probably do not want more than one species of killi in a community tank because the females are almost indistinguishable. how about a massive swarm of neons (50-100 or so) i have always dreamed of having a neon tank!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 how about a massive swarm of neons (50-100 or so) i have always dreamed of having a neon tank!!! Ooh, that would be cool... cardinals would be even cooler! But also about 100 times more expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 yeh, I thought of a tetra tank for her. It would be cool. But she really liked the killies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 You could get different species and put in. If you wanted you could then on-breed them and boost thie numbers. One of the best tanks I ever saw was a river scene with about 50 male Aphyosemion gardneri. Or are they now called Fundolupanchax.(spp) Name changes. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 I have a heavily planted tank with about a dozen male killies as described by the other Alan. Both the killies and I like a heavily planted tank and that way you can have pretty strong light to keep the plant growing well and also give the killies places to shelter from the light (which they are not keen on). Also have siamese algae eaters to control algae and clown loaches to control snails. Everybody is happy and it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Hi all A friend of mine has bought one of my old tanks. Its a hooded 3ft. Her dilemma is what to put in it. It will be semi planted as she likes both the green and rockery look. does anyone out there have any recommendations as to what sort of fish to keep in the community? Looking for easy to keep, hard to kill :lol: colourful types. I showed her some killi's on TM yesterday and after the oohs and ahhs decided these might be quite nice. Are they hard to keep and can you keep different types together? She has a smaller tank at the moment with some clowns, bristles, a blue gourami, what looks like a paradise fish and some guppies. I have pointed out that the clowns will eventually get too big for the 3ft but by then she should be well and truly hooked and getting a bigger tank :lol: Anything out there that you would recommend? killies are seasonal fish so unless your friend likes yearly funerals its best not to get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 They are not called seasonal fish because they die yearly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 They are not called seasonal fish because they die yearly! I know but they still have a short life span Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 thanks all How many killies could she have in a 3ft, 120 litre tank? She doesnt want to specifically breed them but if it happened, cool. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Killies are nice little critters, I think a Killi tank would look awesome planted up etc.. If your friend was looking the tetra way tho... Rummy nose are beautiful I reckon, I would love a tank set up just for mainly a big school of rummy nose *drool* They are another that is expensive tho :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Easy to keep/hard to kill snails :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Easy to keep/hard to kill snails :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: haha I think not but I will be sure to pass on your suggestion :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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