Recommend some community fish

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Mudfrog

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Hey guys.. I have little experience with community fish. I'm looking for some dither fish for my Fire Eel tank. They need to be fairly peaceful and definitely not shy, I'd prefer a schooling fish. I have a Power Glo bulb on the tank so if the fish has blue coloration in it that would be a plus. Lastly they need to be accessible at places like Petsmart or Petco.. I don't intend to special order any community fish.

I'd prefer the fish to reach in the 3"+ range as the fire eel could snack on it. The eel is still small so I'm not worried about that yet.
 
AquaticAustin

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My favorite schooling fish are emperor tetras. They are a medium size schooling fish and the males will reach 3". I just really like their colors and the males have like a fluorescent blue eye and tip on their display fin and females have a fluorescent green eye.
 
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I would recommend some Rosy Barbs. They grow up to 5 inches, and are rather speedy little things, They aren't always peaceful though, so keep them in groups of 5+. Learned that the hard way:) And yes, they are available at Petsmart.
 
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Giant danios. Pretty colorful, get around 4", and great fun to watch. They are incredibly fast so it is unlikely that even small ones will get eaten.
 
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I had Giant Danio's as dithers in my old Dovii setup but they did not last through the night. I really liked them but I don't recall them having much coloration. I'll have to look into them some more.

Will they eat the plants in the tank? I had silver dollars once and I could not keep any live plants.
 
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Mudfrog said:
I had Giant Danio's as dithers in my old Dovii setup but they did not last through the night. I really liked them but I don't recall them having much coloration. I'll have to look into them some more.

Will they eat the plants in the tank? I had silver dollars once and I could not keep any live plants.
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Silver dollars are one of those fish that have a particular fondness for plants...none mentioned so far share that trait.
 
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