Killa Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Howdy, So, I need a few ideas here. I have two tanks at present. In my planted community tank I have loaches, balas, a small rainbow shark, a large sailfin pleco and a hive of bristlenose. To my disgust my girlfriend introduced 3 cichlids. I let it go for a while to not insult her but I really want to get rid of them. She is putting up a fight because they add colour to the tank. What are some fish I can get that are really colourful, active in the tank foreground and will work with my current tankmates so I can talk her into replacing the cichlids? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heintz.G Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 A school of Cardinal Tetras + a small school of black Neon Tetras for contrast, would look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Sounds great. I have Cardinal, harlequinn and rummy nose in with my discus tank. I love them for a very lively colourful school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkevnito Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 How big is tank? Some german rams would be nice? a few female bettas? Gouramis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted August 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I've only seen Juvie german rams at my lfs, do they mature to more colour? I love dwarf gouramis but the mrs isn't sold on them, IDK why. Tank in question is 250L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkevnito Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Not too sure if they have more colour as they mature, i have only ever seen matured. but i would assume they have more colour when they age.. Killifish would be nice too but i would imagine your local fish stores wouldnt have them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 I haven't seen Killifish but I could always order them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter m Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Guppies aquarium supplies at Burleigh has some killies in store at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAquaHolic001 Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 On 26 August 2016 at 6:59 PM, Killa said: I've only seen Juvie german rams at my lfs, do they mature to more colour? I love dwarf gouramis but the mrs isn't sold on them, IDK why. Tank in question is 250L They certainly do. When they are very young they actually have bars and no colour and whenever they are in lfs's they seem to have very washed out colour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 I've always overlooked the Rams just because of what I've seen in my LFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
