hdp Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Early December we are planning to buy a 2ft tank. My aim is to try and put our 3 females into this tank along with some other fish in the hope that they all get along nicely and I that way I have more space and tanks for any of the babies I still have. Anyway at the moment as my knowledge of what I can and can not use is very limited I was thinking along the lines of a couple of clown loaches, a couple of platties and half a dozen neon tetras with the 3 female fighting fish. Will this work? Is it to many fish or not enough? Will they get along or not? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiPS Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Clown loaches will get way too big for a 2 ft tank, and they prefer to be in larger groups. Neon tetras should be okay, but they also work better with a larger group -- say 8 or 10 minimum. Albino corys seem to get along with bettas and neons, too, but you should have at least 3. A 2ft-er with 3 or 4 female bettas, 3 corys and a bunch of neons should be plenty (and pretty)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peta Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 make sure you have a back up plan in case the girls don't get along... ( I learnt that the hard way ) Two are mine are seprated from the others for bad behaviour. (permantely) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdp Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Back up plan would be to put them back in their current tanks. If it works then I will have room for the babies that make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdp Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Well I have managed to talk the missus into allowing me to buy a 3 foot tank so will need to work out what else to put in. The children want a Bala Shark. From what I have read they will be ok but once they grow to full size the neons might become dinner. Any suggestions would be gladly welcomed. On another note a friend has a five foot tank and is thinking of selling it and if I can beg well enough I might be able to buy it so will be looking for even more ideas. I liked VickiPS suggestion and that was the intention and wouldn't mind probably still going with that and adding some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I have a 3 foot that I used as a female community tank for a while, they did fight but I made sure I had lots of hiding spaces in there for any picked on fish to hide in. A Bala Shark wouldn't really go with the female bettas either, from what I know of them they will try and eat anything once they get big enough. I'm actually considering getting a few to put in with my Tiger Oscar for company and he can handle their aggression, being a large fish himself. As a matter of fact I have so many hiding places in my tank that I actually forgot I had a clown loach in there, as well as my adult male BN, he's been hiding so well I assumed it was dead and eaten by the corys, they can finish off a carcass so fast that sometimes u only get a glimpse of it before it's gone! In my 3 foot I have the following fish: 3 Butterfly Rams (2 of which are a breeding pair, which is cool coz they are monogamous) 4 Pepperd Corys 3 Bronze Corys 2 BN catfish (breeding pair) 1 Peppermint BN (male) 1 Female Betta 1 Clown Loach 3 Bumble bee goby's I am currently looking at getting some more cory's, I love the panda ones they're so cute and some more butterfly rams also. I'm looking into some other American cichlids to go with the Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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