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Post by michelle8231 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:10 pm

I have two weater loaches, three guppies, a pleco, agold fish, 2 albino cat fish and two golden apple snails. They are in my 100 gallon tank and i was wondering what other kinds of fish i can put into my tank. I have been to a few pet stores but they don't seem to know to much. Also my tank is a cold water tank. thanks for the help

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Post by andyroo » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:38 pm

Michelle,
What kind if catfish?
Maybe post a photo.
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Post by andyroo » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:41 pm

Also, what constitutes "cold"?
Where are you?
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Post by michelle8231 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:46 pm

my tank is at 72 0F and the cat fish is albino corydoras .

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Post by Diana » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:23 am

I see a few issues with the tank as it is now.

2 weather loaches- Prefer more of their own species. Many pester the snails to death.
3 guppies- warmer water fish, but adaptable. Will get eaten.
1 pleco- What species?
1 gold fish- Will eat the Guppy, and may try to eat the Cories, and choke on the spines.
2 albino cories cat fish- If they are Albinos of the C. paleatus species, then they may get large enough to avoid the Goldfish for a year or so.
2 golden apple snails- Loaches may pick at these guys until they are too shy to come out of their shells.

I see 2 ways to go here:
Go large, 3 Golds, 6 Weather Loaches, and no other fish.
Go Small: 6 Weather Loaches, 12 Rosy Barbs, or other 3-4" Barb or Giant Danios, Pepper Cories (albino or regular, and there are other cories that do well in the low 70sF) or other cool water fish.
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!

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Post by michelle8231 » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:53 am

i have had these fish in this tank for over a month now the snails are doing really well and are active all the fish seem to be getting along really well

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Post by Ashleigh » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:02 am

What 'seems' will be short lived. As far as you can see visually things are going ok, you dont know what goes on after lights out, weathers will pester and eat snails if they get a chance.

Also a month is not that long to have all these fish together-when the goldfish grows it will not see the guppies as tank mates anymore....nor the corydora, which poses a slight problem. Corydora have sharp spines on their pectoral and (I think) dorsal, and when threatened basically 'tense' up and those spines stick out, now if your goldfish takes a fancy and tries to eat it which i can guarntee it will at some stage, you will end up losing both fish. Once that corydora is in that goldfishes mouth you have no chance of getting it back out.

What is being said to you now is in the best interests of the fish you keep, Diana is a very experienced keeper and I would not doubt any of what she has said.

Ashleigh

Edit; typo!

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Post by andyroo » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:51 am

Begin at the beginning: What's your favorite fish/animal a) in your tank now and b) at all (dream animal) ?
Build your ecosystem around that animal: tank-mates, plants, current, temperature etc... Take pride in making that animal as healthy, happy and "emotionally rounded" as possible. Then send us pictures

If stuck, here's a hint: choose based on personality. Beauty gets tired. Use pretty fish as the tank-mates. I suppose there's a bigger life-lesson there....

Too bad your pet-shop wasn't more helpful in this at the beginning, that sort of thing is chronic. But you're with LOL now- the grand wellspring of nice-fish knowledge.
And there's nothing wrong with taking a fish back to the shop and demanding a trade-in based on dumb service.
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