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i have a 3ft tank that i am setting up can anyone recomend some fish to keep in it (no cichlids).

 

i am tinking of having

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How about Swordtails. (I prefer the green natural) Platys, corydorys, Pearl Gouramis.

Stay away from Mollies unless you have a small amount of salt added to the tank.

Zebras, Mountain Minnows, the list is quite large for a community tank.

Have fun.

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although you have to keep cichlids in pairs or trios ,a fine display (provide plenty of nooks and crannies) are lake malawi cichlids ,unlike the usual ones the more you put in the less hassel you get provided plenty of cover (bog wood entanglements or field land drains are excellent) once most of the inmates have their little home they rarely wander far and only show aggresion rather than kick the crap out of each other :)

cichlids are by far more entertaining than guppys or neons :)

the trick is good filtration ,forget undergravel filtration with cichlids (unless you use a permiable membrane just under the gravel surface) as they love digging an external or internal power filter is best.

 

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When I put a red-tailed shark into my tank, the smaller fish disappeared, one by one! My favourite tank fish are 'flying foxes' (quite barbel-esque), cherry barbs, and corydoras (leopard-spotted are especially cute). Neons just sit around looking pretty. Cardinals are prettier, but still don't do much. Guppies, on the other hand, are too busy for my liking.

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When I first got my tank which isnt quite three feet I had:

 

Red Tailed Black Shark,

Swordtails,

Clown Loaches,

Neon Tetras,

and something which I am not sure what it was - silver with a black and silver horizontally striped dorsal fin, and greysih tail, vaguely shark like.

Tight Lines,

Matt AKA "The Kid!"

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Id start by choosing the plants if your a begginer or just like plants to look after themselves id go for things like the Cryptocoryne verietys thers loads of them and they grow from really small to quite big, or amzon sward and hygrophila plants are easy to lookafter.

As for the fish id personely go for 2 angles as the specimen fish wich if fed well spawn on yor plants then any type of tetra thers loads to choose from about 8-10 of them a shoal of corrys bout 4-5 then probably an ansistrus plec or the bristle nose ones are good, theyl help keep the algee down, stay away from the sail fin plecs they grow massive the biggets iv seen is around 2ft.

 

hope that helps, sorry bout hte bad grammer.

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Contrary to Yellow's advice, I would not suggest keeping angels with neon tetras. I did when I first started, and only provided the angels with food :( For the same reason, I will advise you not to keep a siamese fighter or a red-tailed black shark with your tetras either. I have witnessed all of the above eating small fish. Basically, every small fish could be food for a bigger fish :(

 

Guppies will, if you are not careful, quickly breed and take over the tank. A plecostomus, whilst looking big, is a perfect addition to a community tank, as are khuli loach which will slither frantically around your tank looking for food to scavenge.

 

You could also look at various danios (pearl and striped would be ideal for your tank) or glass catfish (avoid the coloured variety though, they will have been dyed).

 

Many of these fish are shoaling however, and will be far happier if you buy something like 10-12 minimum. I used to have a plant tank, where the only fish was between 15-20 neon tetras. That had to be the best looking tank of the lot!

 

Take care :)

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