Morpheous Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hi, as you may have read on an earlier post I just lost most of my fish ( both my heaters mysteriously unplugged themselves, and the 5 year old and 17 month old suspects in my house deny all knowledge of this LOL) and found out that that gold barbs, pakistani loaches, and silver danios can withstand a night in 8.6 degree water, and plecostamus, electric yellows, and severums cannot. LOL. As I am pretty much starting my tank again from scratch I was wondering if any one had some suggestions for some hardy easy to care for fish ? Needless to say my tank cabinet is now fitted with child proof catches. LOL. As I have a young family and work commitments the fish need to sometimes endure slightly extended periods between waterchanges. The only surviving fish in this tank are 3 x gold barbs, 1 x silver Danio, and 1 x pakistani loach. I am open to any suggestions wether it be a cichlid, or community tank etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 American-Flag fish are about as hardy as bricks and can handle cooler water. They're also active and colourful and eat algae. Best of all, they are Killies!! Bronze Cories can also take cooler water but prefer warmer. White cloud Mountain Minnows, of course. Danio's are pretty good and hardy. Swordtails are hardy, can handle cooler temps and are colourful and active and breed like rabbits. Rosy Barbs are semi-cold fish and again are nice looking and active. Apart from WCMM, none of the above are strictly cold water fish but all should survive an unplugging or power cuts and are capable of surviving unheated for a while in an indoor aquarium. I don't think you'd have many casualties from a tank of American-Flags, Swordtails and bronze cories should your mysterious unplugging faries visit again. It'll also be a colourful and active tank, can be planted up, which the fish will appreciate, and should produce some babies occasionally, even as a community set-up. Good luck with your new tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Severums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Swordtails are hardy, can handle cooler temps and are colourful and active and breed like rabbits. Please tell mine this :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 guppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 You already have some barbs. Get more and make it a barb tank. Barbs are hardy and can take cooler temps if the kiddy locks fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Yep. Barbs. Boost the gold barb school and add either rosy or cherry barbs. Colourful, active & hardy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Make it a Asian Tank 8) Barbs, Danios, Gourami, Loaches etc. And if the tank is big enough, small spiny eels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracoz Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 variety of killies you can choose from...easy to care for, and yet add colouration to your tank, have to make sure you tank is fully covered tho, coz they can jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Luke Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hardy fish has got to be a Danio. I'm keeping mine in an unheated tank in an unheated room. sometimes the tank can get to about 18c over night and they're still fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Yeh I agree danios can handle anything. Or if you are looking for something more colour then maybe a livebearer of somekind. with them try and only all males or you may end up with a few too many fry. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Please tell mine this :roll: Mine produce babies in a heavily stocked community tank with survivors that grow to adulthood. My mummy swordtail is pregnant again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Can sword tails go in with bigger fish ? I read somewhere that they can cause they move so fast nothing can catch them. Is this right ? If so I might steal some ot of my sons tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 What big fish are you referring too, there are many a big fish that can move just as fast if they decide that something looks tasty enough :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedingFrenzy Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Swordtails are meant to be the fastest tropical fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheous Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 My partner loves Angels so we bought 2 angels in the weekend. Do you think sword tails would survive with angels ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 i would stick to a community tank on the question of cichlids you can put ram cichlids in with them a great fish and very colourfull :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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