Hi All,
I just setup my first aquarium. I cycled the tank and am very happy with my natural live plant type setup. Only thing I am sad about was that I decided to setup a 10 gallon tank and then after reading MANY websites, it looks like I should have picked a 20 Gallon as my first as it is better for the fish. Sadly at this point I am committed as I have the stand, filters, etc. all setup.
Filter is a Fluval U1
Anyway.. While investigating what type of fish I can place in a 10 gallon tank, I have begun to drive myself crazy.
So I wanted to have:
3 (1M:2F) Sparkling Gourami
1 (1M) Honey Gourami
6 smaller fish of Either (Endlers, Ember Tetra, Cardinal, Emrald Dwarf Rasbora, Galaxy Rasbora, Harlequin Rasbora) I really wanted the Endlers, but nobody seems to have them.
3 Cherry Shrimp and 1 Apple Snail for Cleanup Crew.
Plugged these into aqadvisor and came up with a few consistent problems.
It says that the Honey and Sparkling Gourami will fight, but when I read about those fish everything says they are peaceful unless you have 2 males. Is there any reason in particular that these 2 fish would not get along?
It also tells me that the Sparkling Gourami will become to aggressive during mating to be with any of the small fish. I have read on other sites that they will co-exist peacefully. Anyone have experience with this?
Some concerns I have that aqadvisor did not display but that I read about. I read that the Ember Tetras can be "sometimes" nippy, and that the Honey Gourami should not be with nippy fish. Anyone have these fish co-existing?
I also read that the Galaxy Rasbora's are endangered and should only be kept for breeding? I am not going to breed them, but I hope to give them a better life than some random person that throws them in a tank without doing any research. Would it be inhumane to put these in my tank?
I never knew this was going to be so complicated to create a fish community until I started doing research. Just wish I did some research before I got that 10 gallon. I am going to try my best to keep it a garden of eden for these guys... (just a small one)
I just setup my first aquarium. I cycled the tank and am very happy with my natural live plant type setup. Only thing I am sad about was that I decided to setup a 10 gallon tank and then after reading MANY websites, it looks like I should have picked a 20 Gallon as my first as it is better for the fish. Sadly at this point I am committed as I have the stand, filters, etc. all setup.
Filter is a Fluval U1
Anyway.. While investigating what type of fish I can place in a 10 gallon tank, I have begun to drive myself crazy.
So I wanted to have:
3 (1M:2F) Sparkling Gourami
1 (1M) Honey Gourami
6 smaller fish of Either (Endlers, Ember Tetra, Cardinal, Emrald Dwarf Rasbora, Galaxy Rasbora, Harlequin Rasbora) I really wanted the Endlers, but nobody seems to have them.
3 Cherry Shrimp and 1 Apple Snail for Cleanup Crew.
Plugged these into aqadvisor and came up with a few consistent problems.
It says that the Honey and Sparkling Gourami will fight, but when I read about those fish everything says they are peaceful unless you have 2 males. Is there any reason in particular that these 2 fish would not get along?
It also tells me that the Sparkling Gourami will become to aggressive during mating to be with any of the small fish. I have read on other sites that they will co-exist peacefully. Anyone have experience with this?
Some concerns I have that aqadvisor did not display but that I read about. I read that the Ember Tetras can be "sometimes" nippy, and that the Honey Gourami should not be with nippy fish. Anyone have these fish co-existing?
I also read that the Galaxy Rasbora's are endangered and should only be kept for breeding? I am not going to breed them, but I hope to give them a better life than some random person that throws them in a tank without doing any research. Would it be inhumane to put these in my tank?
I never knew this was going to be so complicated to create a fish community until I started doing research. Just wish I did some research before I got that 10 gallon. I am going to try my best to keep it a garden of eden for these guys... (just a small one)