Ainjil Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Hi, I started our tank early this year and have Angels, Clown Loaches and a about 10 neon tetras. Due to a couple of early deaths we only have two angels and three clown loaches. I would like to introduce some more fish (140 litre tank) but don't know what other species would work well with these. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 honey gourami's, pearl gourami's, blue or three stripe gourami's. Bassicly all of the smaller gouramis are peaceful. Guppies, platties, swordtails. Also bronze corydoras as good for cleaning the bottom of the tank. Bristlenose catfish are good for cleaning the glass and are peaceful. Maybe even some killifish or small south american cichlids. Iv had all these fish in the same tank together and had no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 You do realise that the angels and the clown loaches will both grow quite large ? Did you also realise that neons are the natural prey of angel fish ? Anyway, enough of the negatives. Neither angels or clown loaches will be too bad about terrorising other fish and they are generally big enough and ugly enough to look after themselves. So here's a list of commonly available, peaceful fish: Livebearers like guppies, platties and swordtails will be fine (just remember they breed easily). Most tetras, except neons, should also be fine. Danios and rasboras are also generally good community fish. Gouramis are usually OK. They don't tend to be violent, but can respond aggressively to other aggressive fish. Loaches can be OK, but you probably don't need any more since you have the clowns (and some can grow reasonably large). Catfish: Corys are good. Otos are good (and eat algae). Same with Bristlenoses. Anything else either gets large or carniverous. Glass catfish are an exception, they tend to be peaceful, but they need to be in a group and can be picky about food. Barbs can be problematic, especially tiger barbs. The various "sharks" are usually OK, although all can grow large and often don't get along with others of their own kind. Red-tailed black sharks are an example of a fish that should be either kept as a single specimen or in a large aquarium. Cichlids in generally are no-go for a community. The rams and other dwarf cichlids are OK, but after that the most community minded is the kribensis and even they can turn into little psychopaths. Avoid puffer-fish. They look cute, but get nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainjil Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Thank you both for your replies, very helpful. Yes, I did realise that the Angels and Clowns can both get quite big - could you give me advice on how many fish I should restrict to for a 140 litre tank? As for the neons, I was told that after I put them in - I was also told though that after 10 months if they haven't eaten them they probably won't? That might be wishful thinking though! Have you got any helpful website links where I can go and see what all these fish species look like? Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 I personally haven't found a website with both good info and good pictures, but try these for lists of fish. http://www.aquahobby.com/e_gallery.php (with comments from people who have kept the fish) http://www.webcityof.com/mifftitl.htm (lots of info, but very techinical, small pictures) http://www.fishindex.com/library/ http://fish.mongabay.com/fish.htm (indexed by latin name unfortunately, no pictures) If you have a fish name you can also just google for it and that will often turn up a lot of useful info and pictures. You will also discover that for some species there is a lot of contradictory information. These sites have a lot of good general info, but few pictures: http://www.thekrib.com/ http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/index.html The FAQ on thekrib.com has a list of fish to avoid and fish that are easy. A final note about the angel vs. neon issue. If the angels are small then they won't be going after the neons much yet. Cardinal tetras are a similar fish to neons and are slightly larger, I've seen a lot of people keep them with angels, they might be worth a try (although I've never tried it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Did you also realise that neons are the natural prey of angel fish ? Ive got 4 angels and 1 neon in my tank, and the angels never attack the neon. Its been there for about 2 months. If you keep them well fed it shouldnt be a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainjil Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Well, I guess you never know when the tide can turn but my angels and neons have lived in harmony together for 10 months so far. Here's hoping! I talked to my local fish man and he said that if worst comes to worst that live bait is really good for the angels! Don't really like entertaining that thought! :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Dont worry about it, It should be all good. I would provide some small hiding places and keep the angels well fed (you should be doing that anyway ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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