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I have Tiger barbs at the moment but they dont seen to stay mid water or towards the upper layers as i wanted them too. I need help finding some mid to top dewellers that will always stay within the upper layers. so my clowns can have the bottoms layers to them selves.

Any suggestions would be good?

How about some Danio's or Devario's...etc.

A large group of Danio Dangila is most impressive in a large tank.

http://www.danios.info/index.asp

Nice fish Graeme. I'll keep a look out around my lfs.

Any other suggestions?

yeah danios always stay near the top. only problem i have found is that MY loaches eat all of my danios. they eat them before any other fish in the tank. i would suggest using the jumbo danios. i saw a few at the store that were a good 3" long and 1/4" width. the only danio that survived in my loach tank was the largest and he was close to this size. everything else became loach steak.

from that link i had the danio rerio. there is a blue variety as well. the loach seemed to eat these danios first opposed to the zebra striped danios.
this is what my danios looked like. the zebras and these. but there were also some just like this but light blue color. the loaches would eat the blue ones first.
http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/d ... d_w180.jpg


supposedly these are the blue danio but they looked bluer than that.
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/c ... _C1269.jpg

generally the long fin danios would dissappear first. the zebras last.

i went through a good 30 danio before I actually stopped buying them. I did an actual test to see if the loach were actually the fish eating all the danios. i put the loach in a new tank. then threw in 6 danios and they all dissappeared the next day. i find my loach seem to eat any fish smaller than 1". so cherry barbs are the smallest i go on tank mates with the loach. i have read and many people tell me that they have no problems with their danios. i also find my rasboras dissappear as well if they are not really bulky and fat.

Watch out for those Giant Danio's though, mine try to commit suicide everytime the lid is off for more than a few seconds.

Some times it's a race to see who gets to the fish quickest, me or the dog so far though I'm quicker

I have a few "golden wonder" killifish, and a few australian rainbows that stay mid and top quite nicely... Also a couple of female betas....

Hope that gives you some ideas?

Dave, were you planning on keeping the Tiger Barbs or trading them in for something else? You may find they limit your choices somewhat otherwise.

Emma

Hi all those are nice fish but fancied soemthing alittle different.

Emma, no i'm going to trade the tigers in as not many fish will be suitable with these.

You should take a trip down my way, Dave. We've got loads of top/mid-dwelling Asian fish to choose from. Barbs, Rasboras, Danios, Rainbowfish (amongst others) in abundance!

Emma

Look here Dave! >> http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=5115 Larger the group the better! These chaps are rare in the aquarium trade. I'm sure Emma has some in stock.

Nice fish, what are they?

How big do they grow?

Emma, i'll have to make some time for a trip down your way soon as i have to see your selection of fish.

Dave, they are in the link i posted above. Inlecypris auropurpurea

http://www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio37.asp

Graeme Robson wrote:I'm sure Emma has some in stock.

Arrrg! Not many left at the moment, going to try and get some more in soon. Got plenty of other nice stuff though!

Emma

Before mid-March if you can Emma!

Right-o boss!