what are the most colorful community fish?

[aggrocichlidfan]

give me your input. i started a 55 gallon community tank and my mom wants bright colorful "pretty" fish. LMK your inout :) thanks

[Mzungu]

Do you have any fish in there yet?

[aggrocichlidfan]

nope not yet. i know my mom really wants some fancy guppies and neon tetras

[Mzungu]

Well, those are two pretty colorful fish. :)

Show her some pictures of gouramis, barbs (rosy barbs, Odessa barbs, etc.), some of the larger tetras (Congo tetras, etc.), and maybe even GloFish. There are some really great community fish out there. :)

I would get some catfish for the tank, too. Probably a couple of bristlenose and a huge school of corydoras. They are nice looking, small, and very cute.

[Brownsnoutuk]

african community with yellow labs and demasoni.

[Mzungu]

Not sure I would call demasoni a community fish. ) But they are colorful...

[Complexity]

Get cardinals instead of neons.

Cherry barbs (red males)
Torpedo barbs
Rainbowfish of all kinds
Kribensis (only 1 pair)
platties, swords (depending on the ones you get)
rummynose tetras

There are a lot more, but that should get you going.

[Mzungu]

Ah, Rainbows! Thank you. I knew I was forgetting something! :)

Yes, Rainbows would be my #1 choice, along with the bottom dwellers I mentioned. In a 55, you could get a few types of rainbows. They're a beautiful fish, all of them.

[newb]

mayber german ram, white clouds

[supadave]

All male tank African Hap/Peacock/Mbuna tank. One or two from each group should be fine... just make sure that they are all male. Also you should be able to pick up most ...if not all...of the below fish at the auction tomorrow. They will also be much cheaper than LFS prices.

Hap
Taiwan Reef
Super Red Empress
Electric Blue Ahli

Peacock
Anything in the Aulonacara family

German Red
Rubescens
Sunshine Peacock
Ngara Flametail
Bi-Color 500

MBUNA
Yellow Top Mbamba (Less Aggressive than Demasoni)
Demasoni
Yellow Labs

Catfish
Pretty much any would be fine. I'm just partial to Clown Loaches

[aggrocichlidfan]

we ended up getting 5 cardinal tetras
1 german ram (my fav.)
2 black widow tetras
and two orange mollies
so far so good :)
if anyone has any colorful communtiy fish for sale let me know :)

[Complexity]

we ended up getting 5 cardinal tetras
1 german ram (my fav.)
2 black widow tetras
and two orange mollies
so far so good :)
if anyone has any colorful communtiy fish for sale let me know :)

Double the number of cardinals you have. They are shoaling fish and having just 5 is really a small number. 10 would be better (20 even better, but at least 10 would be good).

Check on the black widow tetras, as well, since most tetras are shoaling fish. I'm not familiar with this particular fish, but one of two things can happen when a shoaling fish isn't in a large enough group. They'll either get stressed to death or they'll become aggressive.

Everything else should be quite happy in the tank as is.

[Mzungu]

Where did you get them?

[aggrocichlidfan]

a LFS called pets place

[ssrprelude]

+1 Rainbows. I have a 55g full of them. Bosemani, Irain, Neon Dwarf, Threadfins, ect.... A shoal of Cardinal Tetras or Rummy Nose and fancy plecos.