mcmillanm Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hi, I've set up my new tank which is an Aqua 850 165L tank and all it's inhabitants seem to be doing fine so far. At the moment it contains platys, chain & striata loaches, some albino, bronze and emerald (a result of my bronze & albinos getting together?), a golden bristle nose & 4 Otto cats. I'm also going to transfer some rummy noses and black neons in the next few days. I'm thinking of selling my platys in the next few weeks when everything is settled & wanted some ideas of what fish may go well in there. I originally thought angelfish but now not so sure... I've Lready got mollies, swordtails, dwarf rainbows & a pair of butterfly cichlids (which are all lovely) in my other tank. I also thought about discus but not sure if tank is big enough or that I'm experienced enough for such expensive fish :roey: . I also intend to take a trip down to HFF in the near future to have a bit of a chat and a look. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Gourami would be worth a look? Or were you wanting something a bit less common? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks Ismart, I forgot to mention that I already have a dwarf blue gourami in there which I got as a feature fish for my previous 'fry' tank. I was told that gourami's prefer to be alone in a tank - is a 165L big enough for two of them? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 yeah, that'd be fine for two or three even. I had eight in a 240 litre and have two in a 60 litre now? They're fine with each other, never had a problem with them fighting or being stressed. Thats for both dwarf gourami and the larger pearl and opaline gouramis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks Ismart, I may loil into getting a couple more as they have great personalities too. Hmm, to get more of the same (I have a gorgeous sparkling blue dwarf one) or a couple of other colours... Will have to see who grabs my eye at the LFS next time I get there. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattythecatty Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have Rainbows in my AR850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I was trying to find Phoenix44's planted tank thread to show you, at one stage he had lots of gourami in there and I think it is a 3 foot tank so maybe similar size to your ... this is the best I could do, hopefully someone else knows what the name of the thread was http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=55139 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi, Thanks for ideas :slfg: I think I've just decided to add two pairs of boesemani rainbow fish as they are both stunning to look at and peaceful LOL. I have two dwarf pairs in my other tank and they are lovely, showing off their colours all the time. Will let you know how I get on. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostknife Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 try the rainbows there s guy not far from remurea that sells them on that other site thats where i got mine from its alsome to watch them grow and see there colours come though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Cheers, I got my dwarf rainbows in my other tank from him so emailed him last night and am going to buy his last two pairs - yay! :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 It's a 4ft tank Sophia Original thread is http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=45578&p=495297&hilit=my+200L#p495297 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 yep that's the one! thanks about page 30 has the gourami :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Thanks Sophia & Phoenix, I found the gorgeous little gourami's on page 28 & in the meantime got sidetracked reading about a whole lot of other stuff LOL... Phoenix - did your gourami's bash each other up or get along just fine? Getting a red flame dwarf to go with my blue may be a plan - hopefully they will be ok with 2 pairs of quick gouramis... Another idea I have for the future is a team of 6-8 blue conchu tetras - has anyone had any experience with these & think they will be ok with gourami's, ottos, Corys, rainbows & a few platys? Or another type of schooling tetra for mid to top levels that would look effective on dark gravel & plants? :cofn: Cheers & thanks for the ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Oops, I meant hopefully the gourami's will be ok with quick rainbows & maybe blue conchu's. :gigl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yeah, I still have the gouramis in the tank and they all get on just fine. The dwarf varieties are really peaceful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Apparently there are no more imports of dwarf Gourami because MAF is blocking them because of disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I just rang HFF in Mt Roskill and he said he had plenty of dwarf neon reds in stock - phew. :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 yeah, I plan on getting more before they're all gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmillanm Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Went to HFF in Mt Roskill this afternoon and picked up a gorgeous dwarf neon red to go with my dwarf blue. Was told they can be territorial so will see how these two get on before adding another one of each in the future... They had quite a few of these there though as well as some dwarf chocolates and honeys I also saw some silver tipped tetras which I may get 10 of in the future for their schooling/shoaling nature - they looked stunning and aren't known as fin muppets as the blue cochues can be. Will have to get the hang of photo bucket so that I can post some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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