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I saw it in the store some 2 days ago and found it eye catching. I need to know about:
1. The maximum size
2. Minimum number in aquarium
3. Which of these are suitable companions:
- neon tetras
- dwarf neon rainbowfish
- western rainbow fish
- guppies
- giant danio
- red zebra danio
- ram cichlid
- corydoras
- swordtails
- pencilfish
- cherry barb
4. Other informations that I need to know

To answerers who can answer all my questions will get 10 points and to other answerers thanks a lot.

my neon dwarft rainbowfish i had 3 and 3 guopiies 4 died and i have 1 neon dwarf rainbow and one guppie and i have 2 honey gouramis and 4 neon tetras the neon drarf rainbowfish doesnt let the guppy go anywhere if it does it attacks theguppy whatshould i do before it gets serious

I have a large tropical fish tank and would like to breed some tropical egg laying fish. I have looked on the internet and it seems that minnows or neon tetras would be a good idea. I assume I will need to get a seperate tank to breed them in. Whats the minimum tank size needed to breed some minnows (possibly white cloud mountain) and how many male/female fish should I buy? Do they need a pump, filter and heater?? Thanks
I will only keep the fish in a seperate tank whilst they spawn after that they will go into the tropical tank.

ok i got 25 gallon tropical fish tank and im going to add a bristlenose plec (tank bred grows to 12cm max) and some neon tetras and maybe some platties but i dont know what kind of plants i will need or what habitats these fish prefere like bogwood or stones or plants etc please help me people im a noob to all this lol thanks in advance

Today, I got 2 male threadfin rainbowfish. I floated the bag in my 10g QT for about 10 minutes, then netted them out of the bag and added them to the tank. Since then, they’ve been sitting on the bottom, not moving much and breathing heavily (although now their breathing has gotten much better). They’ve also got slightly clamped fins.

Is this just normal stress behavior from their move? It’s been several hours now. When should I start to worry?

There’s good aeration from the filter, with amild current. I added de-chlorinator, and the water’s been sitting for a week The tank isn’t cycled, but they’re only staying there 2 weeks, so it won’t be a problem with frequent water changes and AmQuel.

There’s already a brochis splendens and three corydoras similis in the tank, doing fine. They were added several days ago. I only have one QT ~_~. I did a 25% water change yesterday, and have 0.25 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 0 nitrate right now. (gonna do another change in a moment)
They will end up in a 20g with the corys, 3 danios, 5 white clouds and maybe some neon tetras. I was planning on getting 3 females too, but I thought the QT was a bit crowded already. Although I suppose I could add the females now if I’m religious about keeping the water pristine. The rainbows have started to move around a little, so it looks like they’ll be okay. They’re still not 100% yet, though.