Re: [GSAS-Member] colorful fish for tiny desktop tank

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

Those micro-rasboras (Boraras spp. I think) are even smaller than neons
and quite pretty. There are several species. I have kept the exclamation
point rasbora (Boraras urophthalmoides) myself and even had it breed,
although there was only one teeny survivor that appeared out of nowhere
(grin). Hmmmm....I have a couple small tanks that are currently fishless.
It may be time to buy more fish myself (grin).

Betty Goetz

> I like the idea of neons, and I think 5 to 7 would still be fine in that
> small of tank. Or like Betty said a Betta would be nice as well....but not
> with the neons, as we tried that, and he ate them!
>
> Trish
>
> --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [GSAS-Member] colorful fish for tiny desktop tank
>> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
>> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 8:29 PM
>> Howdy -
>> I'm doing some research for my better half.  We've got
>> the aquarium 
>> itch again and are planning on doing an AGA style teeny
>> tiny tank (2-5 
>> gallons) for his desk at work.  I've pretty much
>> convinced him to do 
>> cherry shrimp, but he wants some sort of colorful fish to
>> complete the 
>> picture(I talked him down from a nano reef).  I turned
>> him towards 
>> killifish, but according to the internets, they're jumpers,
>> and this 
>> tank will likely be open top.  Another of his
>> requirements is that 
>> they can handle slight temperature swings, he shares his
>> office with a 
>> number of servers and the temperature ranges from
>> 72-82º.  Neon tetras 
>> sprang to mind, but we're unsure how many would work in a
>> tank that 
>> small, and how comfortable they'd be in such small
>> numbers.  Any 
>> suggestions would help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Laurel
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