Best fish for high-traffic areas?

[sharkie1025]

I have a 10 gallon set up in my high school science class that will be finished cycling soon, and I want to begin choosing fish for it. It's a relatively high traffic area, so shy fish won't be happy. What stocking do you recommend? My teacher really likes angelfish, so I was thinking of getting a small pair to grow out there and then bring them back home to put in some of my bigger tanks. Would that work? What other ideas do you have?

 

[sinibotia]

My suggestion is to not put anything in the tank that can't live permanently in a 10, so that no one who sees the tank gets any dumb ideas.

How about a colony of shelldwelling cichlids- neolamprologus multifasciatus? They're interesting and they're not shy.

 

[Fishobsessed7]

Shellies would be nice!^^^ (what Sini said)

If you are looking for something colorful you could do guppies or platies


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[Andy Sager]

You could go colorful with Swordtails, Guppies, Platies or action with Danios or some assorted smaller Barbs and Dwarf type Gouramis. Then there are the shellies ( as Sini suggested). I don't know that I would do Angels in a high traffic area no matter what size the tank so I wouldn't suggest those ( even tho the teach likes them. ) There are brackish water fish you could do or some marine fish as well but it depends on how much the school or you wants to spend.