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Deciding on a centre piece fish?
So with my stock chosen, I wanted consider a centre piece fish - perhaps two of its kind if possible. I have a planted (mostly java fern) 30gal (3ft long) tank with an Eheim 2213 classic canister and I'm still waiting on a new water pump. The tank should have soft-ish water at pH7 with a temperature of 24 degrees (25 max) if that helps.
Current chosen stock:
5 Sterbai Cory
8 Leopard Danio
8 Black Phantom Tetra (or Flame Tetra, depending on what's available at my LFS)
I cannot have a Betta fish, I'll say that now. I go on 2 sometimes 3 week family holidays and I'd be too worried about it getting fin rot while I'm away and unable to do water changes (wouldn't dare trust my neighbours to do it and I don't have any friends or family that live close).
Fish considered:
2 Dwarf Gourami
2 Rams
Yeah, my ideas are pretty limited. Could I have a few suggestions?
2 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
I would look at 2 Sparkling Gourami
- 8 years ago
Well, I have heard that male dwarf gouramis can be agressive toward each other and to other fish. I have also read that they are very sensitive to everything and are very disease prone fish, not easy to take care of. I don't know too much about gouramis, I have one and it's already sick :( That being said....
I would go with rams. They do best in groups of two. I think Blue Rams or Bolivian Rams are stunning, if you haven't decided what kind of ram to get. They can be agressive, but when in groups of two (one male, one female), they are less likely to fight with the other fish. I don't have any rams, but I have read about them on multiple aquarium forums that I cannot remember the name of (oops).
If worse comes to worse and the fish are fighting each other, just take the culprit out for a little bit (you can put it in a bucket with aquarium water or something like that if it's a bigger fish, if it's a smaller fish, you can just put it in a large bowl... It's only temporary). Rearrange the plants (if possible, maybe before they've taken root?) and slant the substrate differently. Move other decor as well, if you have it. This will disorient the fighting fish and make him/her feel like he/she is in a new tank. No territories.
Good luck :)
