Good Community Fish
This section contains fish that will live happily in a mixed community are not usually aggressive and do not require special attention to diet.
Good community fish. The possible species are the following. This popular aquarium species is often one of the first fish a beginner aquarist will buy. Provide enough space for each fish.
Thespecies is commonly called the pearl danio which refers to the pearl like sheen of the body. Don t mess about with numbers and opt for a shoal of a good 12 or more for a well behaved and active community fish. You will find that in most community tanks not all the dwellers occur in the same natural habitat but what the aquarist does is try to find those that can co habit without pulling each other s head out.
Many fish are shoaling fish best kept in schools of 10 or more. Similarly arowanas flowerhorns oscars and other similar fish will not bother a fish of a similar size but if that fish can fit into their mouths they won t think twice. Most of these fish are commonly available in aquatic stores.
They reach around 2 2cm in length and like to be kept in groups. Kept in large enough groups these fish will be gregarious amongst themselves but this boisterous behaviour will not spill over to other tankmates. In fact there are a few species that actually make ideal community fish.
Some others such as siamese fighters are loners best kept alone. They are a great choice for small community aquariums due to their peaceful temperament. A community tank is an aquarium that can contain more than one species of fish or aquatic animals.
These fish are very peaceful not aggressive and very good community fish. For a freshwater community tank of 100 300 liter capacity a good combination would be several varieties of compatible tetra fish and barbs. Great community fish danio albolineatus is a widely available species that is a great addition to most community aquariums.
Here is a list of peaceful community fish for your freshwater tank. Congo tetras are the best freshwater community fish for schooling in larger tropical aquariums because each is relatively big in size and they should be in a group of at least 6 companions to be comfortable. Barbs does best when kept in a school preferably 6 or more them.
The beautifully rosy colored cherry barb is one of them. Most will live happily in fairly soft to medium hard water and within a reasonable ph range around neutral.
