Which type of fish like vertical swimming space

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

Well i have a hexagon tank and i realy dont know what to put in it i know i want it planted but thats about it should i do discus or should i get small fish should i do neaons and regular fish or go for odd ball fish can you give me some ideas and advice?

M_wm · Senior Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

I think guppys would be good

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

Would this work
3 blueberry tetras
1 baby whale
1 albino redtailed shark
3 zebra danois
1 apple snail
1 coolie loach
3 Albino cory cats

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

How many gallons is the tank?

-Chelle

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

A 35 gallon

Shineillusion · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:24 am Post subject:

If the blueberry tetras you're looking at are the same as the blueberry tetras I've seen elsewhere, please don't buy them. They're not blue by nature, they're dyed. Not only will the dye fade in a few weeks, and you'll have white tetras, but the dying process is very stressfull and a lot of fish die. Those that don't have shorter lifespans than their undyed cousins. The same is true for strawberry tetras. They're just white tetras that have been dyed.

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

hooterhead · Member Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 86

we say BOO to dyeing

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

I'd also drop the baby whale and the albino shark. They get fairly large and a hex tank doesn't have a very large footprint so they wouldn't have much swimming room. I'd also pick either the kuli loach or the cories, because again, with a small footprint, the bottom of the tank would look a bit crowded with all those bottom dwellers. The apple snail will be fine (as long as you don't have live plants). And although a longer tank would be ideal for the danios, I dont' think a hex tank would be too bad for them. You could probably fit a single angel fish in there (they do good with tall tanks), but you'd probably have to drop the danios because they could get eaten.

-Chelle

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

what are some nice freshwater water fish who enjoy these conditions?
35 hex tank
live plants
air pump
7.0 ph
price doesnt mater

sakura.seppun · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject:

Goldsust Mollys and Sunset Platys are very attractive fish and I've never had a problem with mine, they seems to thrive in most anything. I'm no expert though.

sleeper · Member Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 90

Hey, if you live in the DC area, I have a bunch of community fish I'd love to give away... virtually all of them could do a 35g hex...

mollies, neons, serpae tetras, guppies, several varieties of platies ...

pinky_12_10 · New member Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 9

You should do 3 red breasted piranahs

Aqueous · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

3 RBP's in a 35 gallon hex tank would be a horrible idea. RBP's can reach 12" so there's no way 3 of them would fit since hex tanks are taller than they are wide.