Colorful, Characterful Fish

[jpappy789]

Personally I'd go with one dwarf gourami. Females are hard to find, they are more silvery I believe. If you do happen to find females, most prefer a trio (1m/2f). I'd stick with just one though.

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Killifish perhaps? Hard to find at a LFS though, and while some species are fine in a community, others are not.

 

[Ruben Tolon]

There are 2 commonly available killies though. The "golden wonder" and the florida flagfish.

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Aren't Florida Flagfish good bush algae eaters?

 

[euglossa]

Watch out for the Golden Wonders. They get fairly large and have wide mouths. They were always stalking my smaller fish and after I saw Flo with a danio in her mouth I found another home for them.

The danio she caught had a bent spine, not the healthiest or the fastest, but several others disappeared before I found the killies a new home.

Neat fish though. Very pretty and friendly. Flo loved to be petted. Just not good tankmates for small slim-bodied fish.

They mostly stayed at the surface, but would regularly submerge and hang out at the bottom to watch for careless danios. They reminded me of pike or barracudas.

Ellen

 

[boomerjr91]

I would say the rams or some kind of barb. I like my rosies... extremely active and they are like pirahnas when they eat. I also like gold barbs though.

 

[Ruben Tolon]

Watch out for the Golden Wonders. They get fairly large and have wide mouths. They were always stalking my smaller fish and after I saw Flo with a danio in her mouth I found another home for them.

The danio she caught had a bent spine, not the healthiest or the fastest, but several others disappeared before I found the killies a new home.

Neat fish though. Very pretty and friendly. Flo loved to be petted. Just not good tankmates for small slim-bodied fish.

They mostly stayed at the surface, but would regularly submerge and hang out at the bottom to watch for careless danios. They reminded me of pike or barracudas.

Ellen

but they are still worth keeping in the tank, if anything it's a good reason to get rid of the more boring fish like danios and such. some golden wonder killies and maybe a pair of dwarf acaras is much better than a school of danios and a dwarf gourami.

 

[wolf13]

greenfire tetra's might school with your bloodfins since they are very close relatives. cool golden green color with red fins, and very active little beasties.

 

[hmilstead]

Long finned Rosy Barbs would look great with your Bloodfins. Brilliant Color.

 

[mellowvision]

cherry barbs get great color when comfortable. most of the ones I see in shops are pale and bland, but mine are really dark, almost velvety with color (not like velvet the disease, but like paint on a velvet canvas.)