Tiny fish suitable for 9"x6"7 tank

**Tony** · 6th Jun 2008, 10:05

Hi All,

I've bought a low tech 9"x6"7" nano tank with 9W light, hang-on filter and soil. And is looking for very tiny and colourful fishes to fit such environment. Could anyone suggest suitable type and quantity?

Galaxy? Boraras brigittae? And some sakura shrimps?

**Panut** · 6th Jun 2008, 10:10

Sakura shrimps

**Shadow** · 6th Jun 2008, 10:17

Boraras brigittae should be small enough

**beetlejuice403** · 6th Jun 2008, 19:17

Originally Posted by Tony

Hi All,

I've bought a low tech 9"x6"7" nano tank with 9W light, hang-on filter and soil. And is looking for very tiny and colourful fishes to fit such environment. Could anyone suggest suitable type and quantity?

Galaxy? Boraras brigittae? And some sakura shrimps?

Hi Tony, think I've the exact set-up as you also...

I'm housing 8 Neon Tetras inside currently with 1 Ramshorn Snail & some common (don't know from where) snail which had multiplied without my permission...

One thing you may need to note (sorry if you are already an expert in this hobby, just to share my painful experience...) is not to house too many fauna in it as it may lead to excessive bioload like mine previously... Below are my stocklist initially (at the advise of LFS owner that sure can one...):

20 Neon Tetras
10 Cherry Shrimps
2 Otos
1 Common Snail
Java moss
Nana

Had an ammonia spike due to excessive bioload, all cherries died

, left with 8 survival Neon & snails - shifted my 2 otos to another tank...

Remember, any change in water parameter will be far more drastic in such nano tank as compared to bigger ones... Learnt a very heartpain lesson from this...

**torque6** · 6th Jun 2008, 21:08

Originally Posted by Shadow

Boraras brigittae should be small enough

boraras.

this japanese website was the one which lead me to buying them for my 10L tank initially, i will probably get another 3 female bringing to a total of 6 for my new 27L.

http://www.rva.jp/cogata/boraras_brigittae.htm

**Shadow** · 6th Jun 2008, 22:08

my boraras brigittae is much red-er that the one on the link picture

**torque6** · 6th Jun 2008, 23:01

those pics are females

boraras B. noticable by their orangey/pink flank and transparent fins. The males have redder flanks, with red fins outline in black.
http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwate...aras-brigittae

**Shadow** · 6th Jun 2008, 23:05

yeah but even my female brigittae isn't that transparent. This is more like the color when you just bought the fish

**torque6** · 6th Jun 2008, 23:10

ya, the pale pale pink type of color. Only my two males became very red, but the solo female maintains its sickly pale color. However, looking forward to introducing more females to the tank with my upgrade as the alpha male spends a large amount of time chasing the other male, i need to balance them out.

I find them good indicators for water quality as well.

**dnsfpl** · 7th Jun 2008, 14:03

Originally Posted by beetlejuice403

Hi Tony, think I've the exact set-up as you also...

I'm housing 8 Neon Tetras inside currently with 1 Ramshorn Snail & some common (don't know from where) snail which had multiplied without my permission...

One thing you may need to note (sorry if you are already an expert in this hobby, just to share my painful experience...) is not to house too many fauna in it as it may lead to excessive bioload like mine previously... Below are my stocklist initially (at the advise of LFS owner that sure can one...):

20 Neon Tetras
10 Cherry Shrimps
2 Otos
1 Common Snail
Java moss
Nana

Had an ammonia spike due to excessive bioload, all cherries died

, left with 8 survival Neon & snails - shifted my 2 otos to another tank...

Remember, any change in water parameter will be far more drastic in such nano tank as compared to bigger ones... Learnt a very heartpain lesson from this...

wow your fauna is roughly the same as my 2 feet tank

**Tony** · 7th Jun 2008, 20:12

Hi bettlejuice,

Thanks for sharing with me your experience. I'm new to this hobby.

Would 12 galaxy or boraras be too much for such a small tank?

Torque6 and Shadow,

The link with the blood red boraras sure is a beau! Any idea where I can get those very red boraras? Also, what kind of dry food to feed these little ones?

**torque6** · 7th Jun 2008, 20:47

try biotope, its the fair right tank infront of the entrance. I only have 3 of them, so i feed them hikari micro wafer pellets. I break each pellet with a tweezer in 3 portions and feed accordingly.

**Tony** · 8th Jun 2008, 10:30

Thanks Torque6, I'll be passing by C328 next week to try my luck, even posted a WTB in the market place too

If still not found, will go biotope, as that place is a little inconvenient for me.

Cheers!

**torque6** · 9th Jun 2008, 03:04

c328 has them, sorry i didnt at first ask which was a more convenient LFS for you. Just ask the Mrs Toh, you want the 80cents red mosquito fish and she will point you to the small tanks with nails on the right of the cash counter. Do note however, the fishes has been there for quite some time and are quite unhealthy, i have lost about 2 of them within the first week upon introducing them to my tank.

**Tony** · 9th Jun 2008, 11:28

Hi Torque6,

Wow! You are very resourceful

Thanks for the alert. And the last question is how many would be a good quantity to fit inside my mini tank? 8?

**torque6** · 9th Jun 2008, 12:49

I have 3 of them in my 10L tank now. I had 4 previously but it looks alittle overcrowded.

**Tony** · 9th Jun 2008, 13:52

Thanks Torque6, I'll keep it to 3 as well. I've already place a java moss carpet and elodea as background for the tank, now waiting for the final touch (the fauna)