A Few Questions- Looking for some new critters to add!

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Jan 2, 2006
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Hi there.

I have a 10 gallon tank that currently houses:
-3 Lampeye killiefish
-2 Platys
-1 Shrimp
-1 Aquatic Frog (common kind)
-Another fish, unsure of what it is.. looks like a platy, acts like one too. Just different fins.

The tank has a filtration system and a heater.

I'm looking to add a few more creatures, and i'm wondering what I can do to liven things up a bit, as my other fish are a little bit laid back.

Preferebly something cheap, easy to come by and colorful. I was thinking guppies or something along those lines. Small is good, an inch or so is what i'm looking for.

I'd like to add 2 more fish, maybe 3- cramped, I know. But that shouldn't be too many right?
 
Many more would start to stress out your tank. It would be "cramped". However, if you have male and female platys they might porvide more fish for you soon.

Just curious, what are the differences between your ? fish and the platys?
 
Well I bought the lampeyes at petsmart.. They are about an inch in size each right now. Will they grow larger? The person there called them tetras, but a more knowledgable employee at another fish store told me that lampeyes are killiefish, not tetras.

I used to have 3 platys and a betta in this tank, and they passed on. This is why I was thinking I could fit 2 small fish in here again, as the shrimp and frog don't take up much space.

The fish are newer, yes. This means they will probably grow out a bit more.
Would two small fish do very much harm? The fish I have don't swim around much, they like to sit at the bottem. They all did fine when I had the other two which is why I thought guppies or something would be OK.

I am, however, concerned about the lampeyes now. How can I tell if they're going to grow up to be big?
 
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Anyway you can post a picture of them? Lampeyes are often sold as anything from tetras to rasboras because people don't have a clue.

Possible they may be Norman's Lampeye. I just read a post from someone who bought them labeled as "Lampeye Tetras" on another board, but that post was from 3 years ago :rolleyes:

Really need to have a picture if you want to know how big they are going to get.

Roan
 
Hmm. I'm new at tropical tanks myself, but it would concern me if platy's are just sitting around the bottom. I have platies in my tank and they are constantly swimming about, at all levels of the tank. I have found them to be a pretty active little fish.
 
Are your lamp-eyes this fish:
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/lampeyetetra.jpg
(Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)

Or this fish:
http://www.killi.co.uk/graphics/L_tanganicanus3.jpg
(Lamprichthys tanganicanus)

I've only seen the former at PetSmarts, not the latter.

I also have the misfortune of currently working at one. All of the stores that I've seen in the South-Central US (including Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas) follow the same planogram for their fish which includes the M. sanctaefilomenae, but not the L. tanganicanus. In fact, I've never even SEEN a lamp-eye killi at one.
 
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