a stocklist for a heavy planted 14 gallon tank

something i can breed and a good chance of fry surviving and also colourful.Any thoughts please ph is at 6.8

how about some lovely german blue rams ... or even the gold variety ...... maybe some apisto's , a few double reds would look really stunning in contrast to the greens of the plants

almost forgot ..... i recently got my hands on some lovely white angels , which also look really cool against the plants in my tank

to small for angels and rams i think

Killies?

I have a pair of Nanochromis transvestitus, lovely fish, like Kribs on a weight loss program but lovely, not sure about 14 Gallons, maybe you'll be lucky, some pairs are angels others...............




Kev.

Rams are nice Endler's guppies, group of galaxies or emerald rasboras could look nice. Pygmey corys are great to keep and good fun with breeding them.
Tom

i've had a large pair of angels spawn in a 60 litre tank before .... wot about a pair of paradise fish ,Macropodus opercularis , could be interesting ... and from wot i have seen of them in the past .... very colourful

I was just about to say endlers before Tom beat me to it. There are loads of new strains available in the last few months and you can get females fairly handy these days too. The celestial pearl danio (galaxy rasbora) are lovely to but they aren't so handy to breed. I think Darren (platy252) has bred them though.

galaxy rasbora r far to expensive for the size.I was thinking 5 red gouramis and some corys or 4 blue rams and a few corys

nanochromis tranvestitus r so nice is it hard to get a pair and could i have something else with them

Ok, not overly colourful but these little beauts are a fail safe re hardiness, sexiness, availability, bull dog like attitude and constant reproduction.... I give you.... www.africancichlids.net/gallery/lamprologus_ocellatus_gold7.jpg

A little Gem, oh flip, I forgot, low ph and planted, hmmmmmm, you can change your ph you know!

Kev.

nice but let me ask a stupid question what about convicts i am thinking tank to small

No! just bleedin' mental, unless you need live food!

Kev.

Trust me, steer clear of the convicts in a tank that size, breed like crazy and can be aggressive. There are some great Apisto species out there that would be just as entertaining to watch and very colourful and they stay small.

Jay

apistos? www.apisto.pl/galeria/index.php many pics of different type of apistogramma and not only. small, colourfull, not convict but it's heavy planted tank yeap?

what would be best lfs for a good selection of apistogramma

Hard to be unbiased suggesting one, best thing to do is ring sponsors, see what they have, visit, research your choice via the Forum or the web, then decide.

Kev

cockatoo cichlids what u think on breeding and tank size for them and if r common in lfs

What are tank dimensions?

Dwarf cichlids tend to do better with more floor area than volume.

Personally, for something that small, try 4-6 ottos, 12-15 embers and if you can find them, 1 male and 2 female Dicrossus filamentosus.

All will be happy with each other. Blackwater extract or peat would be good for them and the plants.
(Yes, I know embers come from white-water with s.f.a. plants, but they seem happier in planted tanks with brownish water. Go figure! Just keep the oxygen levels up.)
Note: they are incredibly inquisitive, sometimes to the point of stupidity. If they think they can fit in a gap, they probably will succeed. Filter intakes are a favourite. Similarly, filter outlets when maintaining! However, after a couple of them have done Hari-Kari this way, the rest usually cop on.

A great addition would be dwarf(8) or black-wing(6) hatchets.
However, I wouldn't hold my breath on getting hold of these any time soon.
You might get away with 4 marbles.
To keep hatchets happy and stop their suicidal tendencies, aim for about 30-50% floater cover. (Or one good Nymphea!) The general idea is to not give them enough free surface length to take a running-jump. (Out of the tank!). Sometimes they do this when they are scared (no floaters would be the usual reason for this).
When they get used to things, they sometimes (there's always one!) decide that leaping straight into your lap as you pass the tank is a far more effective begging for food strategy than crowding the front of the tank and wagging their tail with the rest of the fish. Thankfully, they can survive about 2 minutes on carpet.....
To discourage this, don't feed them till you have been in the room for about 1/2 an hour.



Another, very different, idea:
Corydoras pygmaeus. 20 of them!

i dont want any common fish i need to get something interesting tank size length 60cm height 31 cm with 30 cm.Do u think corys r interesting in a big group

They are far more interesting in a big group than in single digits.
However, Pygmaeous behave very diffirently to other Cory's. They shoal mid-water.

With that size tank, if doing apisto's, 1 male 2 female will work, just put something to divide the tank into 2 teritories(common sword/ bed of crypt balinase....)


Then again, try breeding the embers!

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