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Re: [GSAS-Member] Mid-water fish



A native Pumpkinseed fish would be cool also. I don't think they eat plants and 
would be large enough for your big tank.

Susan


On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote:

> Thanks for the ideas, I'm not familiar with some of those and will have to
> look them up.
> 
> Right now, I just have 3 clown loaches, 2 blue botia, a couple of plecos, 1
> bolivian ram, 1 ameca splendens, and a gold algae eater. Only the ameca
> splendens ventures to mid-water or higher so the tank looks really empty.
> (Well, the clown loaches have learned to go hang out in the floating log.
> LOG!)
> 
> MS
> 
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM, <naturalart@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Friday, December 18, 2009, at 07:58  AM,
>> gsas-member-request@thekrib.com wrote:
>> 
>> Any ideas for what to replace them with? I was thinking about bosemani
>>> rainbows but I'm open to anything... that doesn't eat plants or murder
>>> fish!
>>> 
>> 
>> Hey Matt, I don't remember all what you had in your tank but some possible
>> upper and middle water candidates could be in the tetra group: Moenkhausia
>> pitteri (silver tetra) or              M. sanctaefilomenae. Thayeria obliqua
>> ( the less aggressive cousin of the penguin tetra), and the slightly more
>> boisterous Hemigrammis caudovittatus (Buenos Aires tetra). Pink tail
>> chalceus  (Chalceus macrolepidotus) dont move around alot and are medium
>> sized predators. I agree with Steev that rasboras are also a very good
>> candidate, they're hardy and easy to take care of. R. borapetensis or R.
>> trilineata among others would be good. And if your into slow moving, more
>> 'elegant' fish, a good medium sized gourami might fit the bill. Again, I say
>> all this not knowing what you have in your tank. Good Luck
>> 
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