tiny fish list (around an inch or less) - Page 2

beckdg · #11 05-02-2010, 11:06 PM

the whitecloud will most likely enjoy the cooler water. i believe a common name for the white cloud is mountain minnow.

mosquito fish also...

froggsong · #12 05-02-2010, 11:14 PM

yup, they do pretty well. Common guppies do well too, IME. Fancies CAN do well, but most store bought ones don't survive long. Their offspring, however, will do, well... swimmingly...

taipan · #13 05-03-2010, 01:21 AM

Whilst on the subject of small fish how about the "sparkling gourami" Trichopsis pumila at just over 1" in length.

beckdg · #14 05-03-2010, 01:51 AM

done.
thanks taipan.

boabab95 · #15 05-03-2010, 12:38 PM

so these fish will do well in vivs??

beckdg · #16 05-03-2010, 12:52 PM

it wouldn't be a viv if there were fish in it... unless you're very creative with your fish - water relationship, lol. sorry, couldn't help it.

pssst... this is the palu section... and that's kinda the point. some might require bigger water portions for schooling or may be pretty active. as it is it's a list to start your research. over time there should be enough info that you don't have to search far.

boabab95 · #17 05-03-2010, 04:21 PM

oops, lol forgot that whole part... well, okay then.

Greg H. · #18 07-07-2010, 01:10 PM

For those that like US native fish species ( and a number of them are surprisingly colorful and smaller - although not quite tiny ), Jonah's Aquarium ( Jonah's Aquarium...Occasional Fishes ), is a good place to start, and they usually have photo's of a number of native species.

In the spring Jonah's Aquarium often carries a number of the smaller ( adults less than 3 inches and sometimes even less than 2 inches ) native fish species for sale.

trayp · #19 09-18-2010, 09:53 PM

has any body ever tried dwarf pufferfish? I was actually thinking about a few of these when i finally getting around to finishing my palu. I have kept these in the past when I had planted aquariums and they are great at disposing of unwanted snails. They are however very aggressive towards long finned fish so I wouldn't recommend them with anything such as fancy guppies because they will tear them to shreds (even though dwarf puffers max out at about an inch).

Yemeyana · #20 11-30-2010, 01:41 PM

I hear Carinotetraodon shouldn't be kept with anyfish but Otocinclus...

How about Indostomus crocodilus? Hard to feed, but very small and adorable. I don't know if or how they'd go in a paludarium though.

Did you mention ricefish? There'a gorgeous new one that's been discovered, it looks like it's going to sell really well.