The Orb’s filtration is too poor for messy Goldfish and not suitable for top dwellers like Gouramis or Bettas. Due to its shape it’s only suitable for mid-dwelling fish which are not overly active.
Once you’ve cycled the Orb, I would recommend going with something colourful and simple, such as Guppies, Endlers or Platys, stick with males ONLY, breeding females is just too much of a headache, and they’re also relatively low-waste producing.
The important thing with Orbs is to UNDER stock them! Their narrow top means there’s not as much surface area compared to a rectangular tank of the same volume, therefore less oxygen exchange and less stocking options. Technically they’re also taller than they are wide, and tall tanks aren’t that great as fish are lateral swimmers!
I would just deck it out nice with some silk plants and go for 5 male Platys or Guppies. If livebearers aren’t your thing, a shoal of 6-7 small Tetras like Neons, Glolights or Cardinals may work, but they don’t have as strong personalities as the livebearers.
DO NOT be tempted to ram it full of fish or go by silly rules like that "inch per gallon" thing which doesn’t work.
# 26 May 2010 at 8:53 am
Tania said:
you said tropical so I’m going by temp., not assuming you mean saltwater. I only have experience with freshwater fish.
I like white clouds, cherry barbs, and dwarf gouramis. none of these fish get large, so you can have more than one fish in the tank. they’re also easy fish to keep. if you don’t mind having a single fish in the tank, an ornamental goldfish might be nice, though they’re not tropical fish. I like Ranchus myself. you could have more than one, but I’d do one and let it grow big.
The Orb’s filtration is too poor for messy Goldfish and not suitable for top dwellers like Gouramis or Bettas. Due to its shape it’s only suitable for mid-dwelling fish which are not overly active.
Once you’ve cycled the Orb, I would recommend going with something colourful and simple, such as Guppies, Endlers or Platys, stick with males ONLY, breeding females is just too much of a headache, and they’re also relatively low-waste producing.
The important thing with Orbs is to UNDER stock them! Their narrow top means there’s not as much surface area compared to a rectangular tank of the same volume, therefore less oxygen exchange and less stocking options. Technically they’re also taller than they are wide, and tall tanks aren’t that great as fish are lateral swimmers!
I would just deck it out nice with some silk plants and go for 5 male Platys or Guppies. If livebearers aren’t your thing, a shoal of 6-7 small Tetras like Neons, Glolights or Cardinals may work, but they don’t have as strong personalities as the livebearers.
DO NOT be tempted to ram it full of fish or go by silly rules like that "inch per gallon" thing which doesn’t work.
you said tropical so I’m going by temp., not assuming you mean saltwater. I only have experience with freshwater fish.
I like white clouds, cherry barbs, and dwarf gouramis. none of these fish get large, so you can have more than one fish in the tank. they’re also easy fish to keep. if you don’t mind having a single fish in the tank, an ornamental goldfish might be nice, though they’re not tropical fish. I like Ranchus myself. you could have more than one, but I’d do one and let it grow big.
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