Stocking a 12-gallon? - Aquarium Advice

ADW76 · 10-25-2009, 01:00 PM

Hello All:

I got my hands on a 12-gallon Eclipse aquarium and need some advice as to how to stock it? I'm hoping to find some semi-aggressive to aggressive fish to put in there. My main tank (30-gallon) is a peaceful community and was hoping to get away from that a little with this tank. I know its small, but there must be a few options for it. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks a bunch.

Vikesfankevin · 10-25-2009, 11:12 PM

Well Zebra Danios stay fairly small and they are always chasing. You could try like 6 of them in there. Serpae Tetras stay fairly small also. If you want more than one kind you could try like 4 of each. That will get you some competition for sure.

mcgrady7761 · 10-26-2009, 12:40 AM

1 gsp

fishboy444 · 10-26-2009, 09:15 AM

tiger barbs are semi-aggressive,green tiger barb,sword tail,rosy barb.

Vikesfankevin · 10-26-2009, 05:57 PM

Barbs are nice and start small but they will outgrow that 12 gallon tank. They would need to be moved into a bigger tank in the future.

fishboy444 · 10-26-2009, 07:43 PM

True.ADW76 are planning to upgrade?

ADW76 · 10-31-2009, 11:51 AM

I'll probably upgrade eventually... but not right away... and my experience with getting fish that will outgrow a tank, they'll outgrow it way before I'm ready to upgrade. Its too bad too, I was really diggin' putting Barbs in there, but they would NOT play nice with the fish in my 30-gallon tank if I had to move them.

There are 7 fish in my 30-gallon that are not compatible with barbs because of their large fins (Betta, Black/White Skirt Tetras). I also don't think I could move all 7 to the 12 gallon - it would be a little overcrowded I think.

Anyway, thanks for the responses... I'm really not sure what to do yet. Might have to just go community again and get some peaceful fish. Maybe a nice big Neon Tetra school or something...

blue71 · 10-31-2009, 12:20 PM

you could do some Harisonii pencilfish, they're pretty cool.

blue71 · 10-31-2009, 12:24 PM

But keep in mind that you really need to watch your parameters, the eclipse filters are cruddy, I had a few of them and they could not keep up with the waste created by a betta, a dwarf gourami, and 2 glowfish. Make sure you do water changes!

ADW76 · 10-31-2009, 02:25 PM

what is a gsp?