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English woodland Long overdue update

Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Hi all,any suggestions for fish,i need to have something that are not going to jump out as its open topped,ones i have thought of so far are rasbora maculata,galaxy rasbora,any suggestions for other small species appreciated,
regards,
john.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Looking great john. Good vision.

Regards to fish, I cant really help. My fish choice, is always poor.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

My old favourite Dario dario (scarlet badis) would probably look great in there, as would sparkling gouramis. Or for something slightly larger to complement a small group of raspbora you could look at a trio of one of the Badis sp. or a non-splendens Bettas.

Or if you want something exceptionally charismatic for their size, you could probably get 3 dwarf puffers in there, although there might not be quite enough cover for them until the plants grow in a bit.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

john starkey said:
Hi all,any suggestions for fish,i need to have something that are not going to jump out as its open topped,ones i have thought of so far are rasbora maculata,galaxy rasbora,any suggestions for other small species appreciated,
regards,
john.
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English Woodland?

Surely there's only one fish to chose...

Stickleback :wave:
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

There's so much hight I'd suggest a deeper bodied fish, bentos tetra or white fin, black phantoms, something like that.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Thanks for all the fish suggestions,i want to go with small fish so i am thinking maybe galaxy rasboras,or rasboras maculata,but i am still undecided, :rolleyes:
cheers ,
john.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

hogan53 said:
Hi John
What about cherry barbs or ember tetras.
hoggie
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Hi Hoggie,now cherry barbs i do like,they were one of the first fish i kept back in the 70,s when i was a youngster,ember tetra,s is a nice fish too, oooooo choices :lol: ,
regards,
john.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

have you thought of dwarf livebearers, like dwarf platties.
If you are thinking about something etherial looking why not feather/ribbon/swallow livebearers/endlers.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Hi John
I like the deep cherry red colour of the male tetras and they don't grow that big.3/4inch
I have some ember tetras these are even smaller in size.
hoggie
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

embers are nice, but i'm partial to platinum tetras. how about a few pencil fish?
 
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Mark Evans said:
embers are nice, but i'm partial to platinum tetras. how about a few pencil fish?
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Pencil fish,never thought of those sounds a good idea Mark :thumbup: ,cheers mate.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

I have found this fish whilst searching around,its called Microdevario kubota,s (formerly micro rasbora kubota,s)it looks a lovely little fish and i think a few of these would suit my nano very nicely,Has anyone ever kept these fish ?,i read on the PFK site that maidenhead aquatics oxford had some for sale a while back for £1.75 each,

cheers john.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Yellow Neons? I'm pretty certain George kept them in his very first nano. A beautiful fish once coloured up.
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

I'm going to second the pencilfish. I have these in my 2' and although they are the only inhabitants other than shrimp they shoal together and have done for 3 years. I'm in the process of starting a 3' on the lines of a Yorkshire Dales beck for them and for a tank based on an English landscape I think pencilfish are perfect. Any of the really bright coloured fish, although beautiful, wouldn't look "English" if you follow my drift. That's my take on it anyway...
 
Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

I forget what the real red one is called, but it's a type of pencil fish. when coloured up there stunning.

This was from early Autumn blush

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Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE

Ohh I had forgotten the Pencil Fish, I think those pictured are the Dwarf Coral Red
 
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