tiny fish list (around an inch or less)

[beckdg]

some updates done.

[cuervo25_1]

The Virtual Aquarium of Virginia Tech--Minnows

There are many on here that are in the 2 inch range, some of which are ones I am planning on using in mt first big palu

[grrrit]

Hey beck,

I'm going to be starting a 90gal viv and I'm thinking of building a palu instead. What would be a good colorful/tiny fish for me. I'm planing a waterfall to a foot long "stream" that would flow into a pool in a corner. I want to separate the stream from the water below the false bottom. And build the pool like a bathroom sink that is separate with a overflow hole and back into the false bottom. Hopefully I can adjust the flow just right so that it makes it up the 20" waterfall with the overflow keeping up.

Oh yea, the tank will be mid 70's- room temperature.

[beckdg]

i think you may be getting ahead of yourself. you'll have to see what the flow is like as well as how much volume/area is left for fish before even considering species. i'd suggest you look through some of the species up there and familiarize yourself with the profiles of a few you like and try to source them. some of those fish will only come around so often. if you limit your sources or don't have a good importer with good contacts willing to go out on a limb for you, some of them might be only available every couple of years.

as for your temperature... you'll surely want to confirm that before picking a species as well. a 90 gal is a big tank and heat rises, so acceptable temps in the water section may need maintaining.

overall... if i were to suggest a species, i'd normally suggest something very easy and/or mundane/common assuming anyone who needs my help picking is rather new to fish keeping in general. thus having something that's more hardy and probably available everywhere at a reasonable price i think are good attributes in those scenarios.

so, if you really want something flashy, beautiful, different, etc. ... i suggest you familiarize yourself with the nitrogen cycle and your tank in it's running form prior to making a definite decision.

sorry to be a killjoy... and i hope i'm not talking to a weathered pro who's going to take offense to my assumptions. hopefully you understand it's just a better safe than sorry situation.

[grrrit]

Oh I totally understand. And the only fish I've kept were for an alligator snappers tank. I believe they were some sort of guppy or maybe rose reds. But in a months time the palu should be somewhat established and I can do some water tests. Some sort of hardy fish that would/could eat fruit flies would be best. This tank will home a 4-6 group of d. Auratus poison dart frogs as well. And its the only tank allowed in the living room so I kind of want to go all out on it.