mts sufferer Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Hi Guys My 12 year old sister is getting her first aquarium this week end. She is getting the aqua one 380 aquarium which is 34 litres. http://www.redwoodaquatics.co.nz/product_pcid_795.html She wants to get a dwarf gourami, some cories, some Zebra danios, some guppies, some kind of algae eater and some kind of tetra or some harlequin rasboras. She knows there is no way that she will be able to have all of these fish in such a small tank. What would be the best fish for this tank, is there any that aren't suitable or aren't compatible from her wants list or is there some other fish that are more suitable? She is most interested in some cories and the gourami. Also is there another better kind/brand of tank out there that is about the same size (no wider or longer than 500mm and 320mm, is in the same price range, still comes with all the stuff and is available in Christchurch as I haven't heard all good things about this one thanks :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Once its up and running for awhile she should be fine getting a pair of dwarf gourami - smaller ones like honeys and reds, a few guppies - go for just males or the tank will look like a bowl of fish soup after not too long and a small group of dwarf corys - pandas and pygmys etc. Also a couple of otocinclus cats would be fine in there aslong as there's a few plants for them to graze algae off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I would avoid the Zebra danios, go for a small group of harlequins if you must, but smaller fish such as emerald eyes and microrasbora, if you go guppies, go male only and you should be ok. as for the gourami, make sure the tank is humming nicely before ading them, plus adding them last prevents a lot of aggression issues. The honey gourami are better as they get smaller, and the gold ones are stunning. another option would be a short fin betta (longfins dont like the surface filter unless you create a quite area for them.) or if you can find them Badis make good options too (is anyone seeing a terend here ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts sufferer Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Ok, so I was thinking 4-5 panda cories, a dwarf gourami of some description, maybe a few ottos, a male guppy and a small group of either emerald dwarf raspora or celestial pearl danio. Does that sound all right? Does anyone know emerald dwarf raspora are available in New Zealand because I haven't seen any before? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 the emeral dwarf rasbora, i.e. Microrasbora ethromycron easily available, and on the lists atm, just ask your LFS to order them in. my personal favorite, the emeral eye rasbora doesn't look like much, but they have a glowing green patch under the eye that can be seen from across the room. p.s. good luck finding Celestial pearl danios, they are around but no one want to give me any I'd try a group of 3 or so guppies to avoid any problems with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts sufferer Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanks, so either emerald green raspora or the dwarf emerald raspora, :slfg: the names are pretty much the same and three male guppies as well as the other fish. How many raspora do you think would be a good number? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 I have 6 emerald eyes in an AR380 and they school together nicely, and theyre about the same size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts sufferer Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 So it's going to have 1 dwarf gourami (added last), 3 male guppies, 5ish panda cories, 6ish emerald eye raspora or emerald dwarf raspora, and maybe a couple of ottos. Sound good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Yep sounds Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 sounds like fun to me !!! post some pics when its all settled in :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mts sufferer Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 My sister got her first fish in the weekend, she finally saved up enough money to buy five panda cories, to replace to its current occupants of some "borrowed" guppies of mine. Sorry about the dodgy photo they never stop moving. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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