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Hi All,
I want to get a big school of smallish fish that do school together and stick to the top area of the tank, ideally not skittish ones...and something interesting....Also, not jumpers because it's an open top tank but there's a 13cm distance between the top of the tank and the water surface, plus a plastic lip of about 3-4 cm around the edge...
The tank is a round tropical pond of around 735l with current inhabitants 8 clown loaches, 9 denison barb fry and 5 SAE fry. When these grow it will be my max but none of them are top dwelling fish and a bunch of smaller top dwelling fish as dithers should do well as they'll have their own area. The water is 60cm high. The clown loaches have never attacked any fish longer than 1cm. They ignored platy fry for years(wish they didn't) so everything is safe as long as they are suitable to the conditions. I prefer if they live at least a few years, not just a year and a half...providing I don't kill them in a different way
The water is medium hard. The temperature is between 25-26C. The tank is planted below and above the water, still in the process of planting and growing...There are crypts, anubias, floaters and emersed plants so far.
I want to get a big school of smallish fish that do school together and stick to the top area of the tank, ideally not skittish ones...and something interesting....Also, not jumpers because it's an open top tank but there's a 13cm distance between the top of the tank and the water surface, plus a plastic lip of about 3-4 cm around the edge...
The tank is a round tropical pond of around 735l with current inhabitants 8 clown loaches, 9 denison barb fry and 5 SAE fry. When these grow it will be my max but none of them are top dwelling fish and a bunch of smaller top dwelling fish as dithers should do well as they'll have their own area. The water is 60cm high. The clown loaches have never attacked any fish longer than 1cm. They ignored platy fry for years(wish they didn't) so everything is safe as long as they are suitable to the conditions. I prefer if they live at least a few years, not just a year and a half...providing I don't kill them in a different way
The water is medium hard. The temperature is between 25-26C. The tank is planted below and above the water, still in the process of planting and growing...There are crypts, anubias, floaters and emersed plants so far.