"wow" fish for a 6.6G Edge

[FWFishTanks]

I have a fluval edge 6 gallon that is currently uninhabited (lost my previous fish)

I want fish that will give another hobbyist a wow factor, but it has to be pretty cheap. I was thinking a dwarf puffer. Any ideas? It can be more than one fish

 

[Anders247]

Scarlet badis.

 

[sinibotia]

scarlet badis, dwarf puffer, celestial pearl danios, peacock gudgeon?

 

[Anders247]

I disagree with the CPDs and the gudgeon, they need at least a 10g.

 

[serena00]

Scarlets


36g semi-aggressive
20g community
10g betta, nano fish, shrimp
3g betta

 

[Gillie]

This would make a wow setup especially if planted,
6 blue neon rasboras, 4 flame jewel badis and 6 blue tiger shrimp.

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[FWFishTanks]

I am going to plant it when i get new led bulbs, those rasboras seem nice, could they take 72 degrees?

 

[Gillie]

I am going to plant it when i get new led bulbs, those rasboras seem nice, could they take 72 degrees?

It would be the minimum.

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[FWFishTanks]

what about rasbora brggette? those guys look pretty cool

 

[TheresaM]

Scarlet badis are great little fish but they do tend to be shy, I know folks here on the site who keep them and the fish are rarely seen.

Personally in a 6g I'd do a good-sized group of one of the micro rasboras (chili, Phoenix, exclamation point, etc).

Or go with a pair or trio of killies!

 

[FWFishTanks]

What about rasbora espei? I saw those at my lfs today

 

[Gillie]

What about rasbora espei? I saw those at my lfs today

Those could work.

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[Autumnsky]

Sundanio Axelrodi 'Blue Neon' also sometimes called a different name like Blue Neon Rasbora I had mine in my 6.6G Edge for a couple years, then they died off.
Sorry it is a bad pic but they are like little blue neon lights zipping around the tank. There are also green or red. They need excellent water parameters..

Or Chilis aka Boraras Brigittae.

 

[FWFishTanks]

I'll probably get some sort of dwarf rasbora for the edge, that would look sick!

Here is the tank as of now;

 

[cgthebeast]

The smaller wild types of betta would work such as B. flax


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[FWFishTanks]

I didn't want to do Bettas because of the small area to get oxygen, my last betta had to be moved because of that I think

 

[threnjen]

In my 5.5g I have a group of micro rasboras, they are pretty awesome. We had a tough time picking between the rasboras and scarlet badis but I'm glad I went with the rasboras since we can have a full shoal instead of just a couple scarlet badis.

Mine tend to be jumpy though =/ 2 have died from jumping out of the tank.

 

[jetajockey]

I keep a mix of CPDs and dwarf emerald rasboras in a spec V.

 

[FWFishTanks]

Some great ideas guys, whatever my lfs has when time comes, I like the dwarf rasboras and badis. To be continued...

 

[serena00]

bad quality but here's one of my Pygmy rasboras in my 5.5g


36g semi-aggressive
20g community
10g betta, nano fish, shrimp
3g betta