TmanNZ Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've currently got a 55L Tank cycling which I was thinking about getting Koura for until I saw some Mountain Minnows in my LFS. I want to know as much about them as possible as when I google them I find their habitat etc but not stuff on keeping them. Are their any special requirements such as heaters or cooling in summer etc. Just anything you know about them, Please post! :bggrn: :thup: :bounce: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanityChelle Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/danio ... neubes.htm Second link down after googling them. It helped me heaps to set things up for them. They're awesome little fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 They can live OK with or without a heater. They originate from waterways around the white cloud mountains in China where it can get very cold. I have had them in ponds year round in Christchurch even with ice on the top in winter. They are easier to convert from hot to cold than cold to hot. You just turn the heater off and get them used to the new water in the pond and they are away. To go back to hot takes a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I have a school of about 25 in a 60L, they are nice and easy to keep, they don't need it but mine like the fast flow in my tank (~2000L/h in a 60L)and it does make them a bit more enjoyable to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I had 60 ish longfins in a 50L tank until I sold them recently, they definitely enjoy being in larger numbers as they're very social fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 and you could happily keep them with your wanted koura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TmanNZ Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 So what rule applies to stocking them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 From above replies it would appear that 1/2 to 1 fish per litre would be comfortable stocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 In a 55L tank I would recommend no more than 20 as they do like to zip about and like a bit of space to swim. 20 will look like a big shoal in a tank that size anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 In a 55L tank I would recommend no more than 20 as they do like to zip about and like a bit of space to swim. 20 will look like a big shoal in a tank that size anyway. Really? 60 looked small in my 50L, everyone was surprised when I told them there were 60 fish in the tank, most guessed around 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I agree, the 25 in my tank don't look like many, I am planning on getting more, and I have large amounts of rock in there cutting down water volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Each to their own.... I guess it depends how it looks on the eye, and what the environment will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TmanNZ Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I can keep them with a Koura?! :bggrn: hmmm... I'd rather have plants with wcmm then without. Makes them stand out more, well that's what it seems in the LFS Tank with them. I'll have to think, still got a few more weeks to decide :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 just a thought... Plant the tank out now, get the WCMM in a few weeks when cycled, let the plants establish for a few months then get a small koura - and give it plenty of hiding places. Might work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TmanNZ Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Maybe... thanks for the idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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