what fish swims in middle level of water?

A betta will swim in the middle....dwarf gourami............umm......(trying to think of fish that will do well with just one).......tetras will swim in the middle towards the bottom, but they like to be in groups and you have plenty in there already......ok.....a betta or a dwarf gourami, that's all I can think of at present. I am thinking that those danios are going to drive you nuts before too long. I had some of those and am glad I don't have them any longer..they never STOP moving.

Good luck with your orb.....sorry about the food thing...lol....happens....just make sure you get that gravel vac so you can clean that all out or you will have major ammonia and algae problems. Do water changes every day and read the sticky on cycling your tank. It takes more than 2 days to do that and you'll have to keep an eye on the readings for weeks to know when the ammonia spikes and then the nitrites.

All the best ! :)
 
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Harlequin Rasboras are great schooling middle-swimmers. I have some Lambchop Rasboras and they are great. They are beautiful fish, but hard to find in the shops, so if you see them, grab them - and then send me an email where to find them because I would like a dozen or so more. :-)

Here is a Lambchop description, and a really good picture - that fluorescent orange and iridescent gold color in the pic is pretty accurate:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27073

Also, Cherry Barbs look nice and seem to be middle-swimmers. I don't have any yet, but I have been watching their behavior a lot at the LFS because I like them and I am thinking of getting some.
 
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When my daughter was 2-3 years old we had goldfish in a 10g in their room. Until the day she decided to feed them. An almost full container of Tetra-Min. OMG, what a smell. 2 were dead before we found them, the other went into a bowl of water with an airstone. After a few days of just floating listless as the top he seemed fine. We had 'Lazurus' for several more years, then gave him to a friend with a larger tank.

I would keep the white clouds and either a dwarf gourami or a betta. I would get the DG, maybe a red flame DG.
 
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Guppies will hang around the top but neon tetras are very small fish that hang pretty much anywhere but mostly the middle. You do seem over stocked though
 
thanks guys looks like i am all set! Though i do wanted the rasboras, but definitly overstocked for a school of them, so not going to get anymore fishes.

1) fishes are swimming everywhere now, not just the top.
2) left over food from the half bottle spill all got eaten by my 6 red cherry shrimp. i think i love those guys more than the fish!! too bad they are so hard to see!
3) complete test today(no water change yet) showed:
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 5ppm
ph: 7.5

which indicates the biospira i added yesterday had worked like a miracle! You guys think the risky initial break in period is over for this fishbowl? :clap: :clap:
 
First, I'm glad you didn't add more fish, that your fish are swimming all over and that your readings are good.

I have used Bio-Spira myself and would therefore suggest that you continue at least every-other-day testing, but daily would be better - for at least a few weeks (perhaps less often as time goes by unless you start to get readings on ammonia and nitrite, in which case, start doing readings every day). IMO, more Bio-Spira after a while (esp. if you start to get nitrite readings) should help. Most reports are that Bio-Spira speeds up a cycle and doesn't eliminate the spikes, so you'll need to keep a close eye on the ammonia and nitrites.

If the readings stay where they are, be sure to do weekly water changes (if readings go up, you'll need to do them more often). And be sure to get that gravel vac and use it when you do your water changes.

Congrats,

Liz
 
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