small Paludarium fish species

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I have a 20"X20"X30" tank I ma making into a dart frog paludarium. I decided to fill the bottom 6-8" with water because 30" is just so dang tall that it would be hard to pump enough light down there anyway.

There will be plenty of water volume for a few fish, because I am building it so the land part will sit over a hollow cave area.

So can anyone reccomend my a couple of small (and preferable common so I can get them locally) species of fish that will do well in a setup like this? Right now I am thinking of fancy guppies or neon tetras.
 
I am well aware of the swimming abilities of darts. Nowhere did I say that I was building a death moat with no escape. Thanks for assuming that I am a moron.

But..I know very very little about fish, so let's hear about them!
 
I think I am going to do a few guppies because they like fruit flies, which I will be feeding to my frogs anyway. Also a small cat for algae control. Are freshwater snails strictly aquatic? IE, if i put them in will they come out and molest my frogs?
 
the Dregs said:
I think I am going to do a few guppies because they like fruit flies, which I will be feeding to my frogs anyway. Also a small cat for algae control. Are freshwater snails strictly aquatic? IE, if i put them in will they come out and molest my frogs?
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what do you exactly mean by 'cat'...most fish commonly referred to as "catfish" are corydoras species, which dont really eat all that much algae, if any. For that small an area, an oto would be about the only thing available. But make sure they get more than just the algae available. Sounds cool, pics would be awesome when setup! :)
 
By "catfish" I meant this little guy here. Will he eat flake food and/or fruit flies as well as the algae?

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Do you think snails would be a good idea as well?

And i will post pics as well! With my odd tank set up I am going to have to get very creative..I wish I could adequately explain it with words.
 
Thats an oto...IME I havent had them eat flakes but I have heard on rare occasions they may, no idea if that is true or not. There are pretty strict algae/algae wafer eaters.

Snails would be better IMO. My pond snails sometimes stay above the water line, but I dont know if they would get too far out of your water.
 
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