robertmarda
Aquarium Advice Freak
I do not claim to be an expert in fish keeping. I have only had fish continuously since 1999 and am still learning about their care. I have read a number of books to learn about fish. Most of these books seem to not recommend the combination of fish I have in my 55 gallon tank. I want to know what you all think of the combination of fish I have in my tank.
My original goal was to have as many colorful fish as possible and in fact this still is one of my guiding goals.
I have the following creatures in my 55 gallon tank: 1 pleco (abt 8 inches), 1 convict chiclid (abt 6 inches), 1 crawfish (abt 6 inches), 1 bright red platy (male), 1 red wag swordtail (male), about 4 small clams, 1 emperor tetra, 2 diamond tetras, 1 painted glass fish, 1 lemon tetra, 1 black molly (male), 1 silver lyretail molly (male), about 20 mixed mollies (male and female - their parents are the black molly in this tank and a silver lyretail molly I have in a 10 gallon tank), 1 rosy barb, 1 tiger barb, and 2 common minnows.
Let me comment here that all are healthy and swim around freely. None seem to fear the convict chiclid and the convict chiclid never chases any fish more than a couple inches before giving up on the chase and he rarely does this even though the other fish will swim close to him. He has even been chased a few times by the pleco and has simply run away rather than try and fight. The convict chiclid is part of an experiment to see if this aggressive fish can live peacefully with all these community fish. He was about a half inch long (or maybe a little shorter) when I bought him in January 2002 and was the smallest fish in the tank when I put him in. He has grown up with all these fish in the tank except for the craw fish (placed in the tank 4 July 2002) and the red platy (placed in the tank 28 Sept 2002).
Will any of you give me your comments on this combination of fish in my tank? Don't worry if your comments are negative, I am quite sure few people have ever put these kinds of fish together in the same tank.
My original goal was to have as many colorful fish as possible and in fact this still is one of my guiding goals.
I have the following creatures in my 55 gallon tank: 1 pleco (abt 8 inches), 1 convict chiclid (abt 6 inches), 1 crawfish (abt 6 inches), 1 bright red platy (male), 1 red wag swordtail (male), about 4 small clams, 1 emperor tetra, 2 diamond tetras, 1 painted glass fish, 1 lemon tetra, 1 black molly (male), 1 silver lyretail molly (male), about 20 mixed mollies (male and female - their parents are the black molly in this tank and a silver lyretail molly I have in a 10 gallon tank), 1 rosy barb, 1 tiger barb, and 2 common minnows.
Let me comment here that all are healthy and swim around freely. None seem to fear the convict chiclid and the convict chiclid never chases any fish more than a couple inches before giving up on the chase and he rarely does this even though the other fish will swim close to him. He has even been chased a few times by the pleco and has simply run away rather than try and fight. The convict chiclid is part of an experiment to see if this aggressive fish can live peacefully with all these community fish. He was about a half inch long (or maybe a little shorter) when I bought him in January 2002 and was the smallest fish in the tank when I put him in. He has grown up with all these fish in the tank except for the craw fish (placed in the tank 4 July 2002) and the red platy (placed in the tank 28 Sept 2002).
Will any of you give me your comments on this combination of fish in my tank? Don't worry if your comments are negative, I am quite sure few people have ever put these kinds of fish together in the same tank.