Dither fish for A borelli

[Don cheech]

question do you think leopard danios would be good dither fish for A borelli if not any recommendations this will be a 29 gallon
Thanks

 

[christian62]

Il vaut mieux mettre du tétra avec des Apisto pour deux raisons. La première la qualité de l'eau n'est pas la même pour une bonne maintenance des Borelli. Et la deuxième la provenance des deux espèces ne sont pas du tout la même.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

leopard danios would be good dither fish for A borelli

No. Too active and fast <"for a dither">.

any recommendations this will be a 29 gallon

<"Black-Neon Tetra"> (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)? The might be a bit big? <"Ember Tetra"> (H. amandae)?

They both should be reasonably easily obtainable. You might be able to find <"Hyphessobrycon elachys"> or similar and they should do as well. I also like Hemigrammus rodwayi, @Mike Wise may have tried <"them as a dither">?

I'm a "tabby" (and silver) fish fan, but <"others prefer more colour">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Don cheech]

Hi all,

No. Too active and fast <"for a dither">.

<"Black-Neon Tetra"> (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)? The might be a bit big? <"Ember Tetra"> (H. amandae)?

They both should be reasonably easily obtainable. You might be able to find <"Hyphessobrycon elachys"> or similar and they should do as well. I also like Hemigrammus rodwayi, @Mike Wise may have tried <"them as a dither">?

I'm a "tabby" (and silver) fish fan, but <"others prefer more colour">.

cheers Darrel

Thanks

 

[Yvonne G]

@christian62 - please translate your response to English

 

[anewbie]

I've used kubotai rasbora and guppies with borelli. kubotai are very active but stay near the top....

 

[christian62]

Il vaut mieux mettre tetra avec Apisto pour deux raisons. La première qualité de l'eau n'est pas la même pour un bon entretien du Borelli. Et la seconde, l'origine des deux espèces n'est pas du tout la même.

 

[Don cheech]

question do you think leopard danios would be good dither fish for A borelli if not any recommendations this will be a 29 gallon
Than

 

[Don cheech]

II was wondering do you even need dither fish if you are not looking to breed if not how about going with some tank mates

 

[Ben Rhau]

If you want to breed, it’s better NOT to have dither fish.

 

[anewbie]

If you want to breed, it’s better NOT to have dither fish.

Naively I thought for harem breeders there was some advantage of dither fish as it keeps the male entertained while the female is doing her thing. Of course if ones sole purpose is breeding; removing the male is probably the better option (if you can catch him )