want some pretty fish for my 20 gal

[beanerz]

I wonder if anyone has any suggestions...i want some colorful, fancy looking fish to keep in my fw 20 gal.

it's almost done cycling and i have added a snail and two small tetras.

any suggestions would be very grateful

[muddskipper26]

get some galaxy rasboras.

[beanerz]

i heard they are being threatened by over-fishing.

[fishcatch22]

i heard they are being threatened by over-fishing.yeah... I wouldn't reccomend buying them unless you want to breed them.

i'd get 4-5 more of the kind of tetra you have, a dwarf gouramis, and a BN pleco.

[jm1212]

what kind of tetra do you have?

[beanerz]

what kind of tetra do you have?

um i dont really know...i recall...something about "fire" or "flame" being in their title. my camera isnt working so here's the description i can give you.. silver with a few thick verticle stripes on the first half of the body and red fins with black tips....if that helps

[lucky777ca]

I would say that they are Flame Tetras or Von Rio Tetras (Hyphessobrycon flammeus), which would be described by the silver body on the first half, a few vertical black stripes, and red on the fins of the fishs

Picture from http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/vonriotetra.htm:
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/vonriotetra.jpg

At the start, I was thinking that it was a Black Phantom Tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus) but it wouldn't fit with the same being fire or flame.

From about.com (http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/characins2/a/blackphantom.htm):
http://z.about.com/d/freshaquarium/1/0/f/B/tetra014.jpg

Hope this is your fish :)

[jm1212]

you should get some more tetras, and then you can add a dwarf gourami as your centerpeice.

[daayda3]

red danios!!! I love them:D
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[beanerz]

I would say that they are Flame Tetras or Von Rio Tetras (Hyphessobrycon flammeus), which would be described by the silver body on the first half, a few vertical black stripes, and red on the fins of the fishs

Picture from http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/vonriotetra.htm:
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/allpets/fish/vonriotetra.jpg

At the start, I was thinking that it was a Black Phantom Tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus) but it wouldn't fit with the same being fire or flame.

From about.com (http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/characins2/a/blackphantom.htm):
http://z.about.com/d/freshaquarium/1/0/f/B/tetra014.jpg

Hope this is your fish :)





yea the flame tetra seems about right.


thanks,all. i want to go check the lfs....but they dont make me very happy with their selections anymore


has anyone bought fish online