Ivana
11-13-2006, 03:20 AM
I'm going from a large tank to a smaller tank. To a 30 gallon to be exact. It's time to get rid of some of the fish, and i'm having trouble deciding who.
Right now, there are:
7 Kuhli loaches
10 Corys
4 Tiger barbs
1 red tailed shark
4 Black Skirt tetras
1 Blue Neon Rainbow
2 Flying foxes
2 Headlight Tetras
2 Rosy Barbs
3 fiddler crabs
4 Zebra Danios
and a partridge in a pear tree. No wait, that's a pleco.
Everyone has lived peacefully and harmoniously now for over a year, but i'm wanting a smaller tank, and to pass on the big tank to my boy. There's no way that they're all going to continue to get along in that 30, and half of them would probaby die anyway. There was plenty of height for everyone before, so the ones that liked the bottom could be left in peace, and the Danios had the top all to themselves.
So, who to lose?
The Tiger Barbs, i'm pretty sure I want gone. I may keep two, but right now i've got two of them cycling the new tank. If they live, they can stay. (Is that mean of me?) They're bloody huge, and hog all the food. They've grown into the bullies of the tank. Even with 4 of them.
I'd like to keep the red tail. If he's alone, he's pretty well behaved. I had a second one in the tank, and they were fine until they got bigger. Then the fighting started. So back to one only.
The Rosy barbs are pretty, but boring.
The Danios stay- I like them, even though they're not much to look at.
ALL the Corys stay. They're my favorites. The Kuhlis too.
The headlight tetras I could take or leave.
The Flying Foxes have their moments.
Pleco probably needs to be traded in for a smaller one- he's almost 6 inches long now.
The Black Skirts i'm neither here nor there on.
Crabs must stay. They're hysterically funny, and have lived quite well in the tank so far. The poor male can't get the females to give him a second look though.
The rainbow, i'd like to keep, but shouldn't there be more than one of them?
I like a nice, balanced tank, with some on the top, some on the bottom, and some in the middle. I've had fantastic luck with the setups i've had so far, but i'm having trouble deciding who to get rid of. The Tiger barbs *really* should go, but if i'm going to keep one, I have to keep them all. They'll cause too much trouble otherwise. And there's no way i'm going to be able to get the two out of the new tank- it's already planted and everything. It was a nightmare getting them out of the LAST tank.
So, cast your vote- who gets the axe? :)
Right now, there are:
7 Kuhli loaches
10 Corys
4 Tiger barbs
1 red tailed shark
4 Black Skirt tetras
1 Blue Neon Rainbow
2 Flying foxes
2 Headlight Tetras
2 Rosy Barbs
3 fiddler crabs
4 Zebra Danios
and a partridge in a pear tree. No wait, that's a pleco.
Everyone has lived peacefully and harmoniously now for over a year, but i'm wanting a smaller tank, and to pass on the big tank to my boy. There's no way that they're all going to continue to get along in that 30, and half of them would probaby die anyway. There was plenty of height for everyone before, so the ones that liked the bottom could be left in peace, and the Danios had the top all to themselves.
So, who to lose?
The Tiger Barbs, i'm pretty sure I want gone. I may keep two, but right now i've got two of them cycling the new tank. If they live, they can stay. (Is that mean of me?) They're bloody huge, and hog all the food. They've grown into the bullies of the tank. Even with 4 of them.
I'd like to keep the red tail. If he's alone, he's pretty well behaved. I had a second one in the tank, and they were fine until they got bigger. Then the fighting started. So back to one only.
The Rosy barbs are pretty, but boring.
The Danios stay- I like them, even though they're not much to look at.
ALL the Corys stay. They're my favorites. The Kuhlis too.
The headlight tetras I could take or leave.
The Flying Foxes have their moments.
Pleco probably needs to be traded in for a smaller one- he's almost 6 inches long now.
The Black Skirts i'm neither here nor there on.
Crabs must stay. They're hysterically funny, and have lived quite well in the tank so far. The poor male can't get the females to give him a second look though.
The rainbow, i'd like to keep, but shouldn't there be more than one of them?
I like a nice, balanced tank, with some on the top, some on the bottom, and some in the middle. I've had fantastic luck with the setups i've had so far, but i'm having trouble deciding who to get rid of. The Tiger barbs *really* should go, but if i'm going to keep one, I have to keep them all. They'll cause too much trouble otherwise. And there's no way i'm going to be able to get the two out of the new tank- it's already planted and everything. It was a nightmare getting them out of the LAST tank.
So, cast your vote- who gets the axe? :)