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From: buyno@voder.UUCP (Matthew Buynoski)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Need suggestions for "non-fish"
Summary: more fish??
	 bigger tank
Keywords: fish fresh-water community aquarium
Message-ID: <3040@voder.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 88 15:53:49 GMT
References: <21568@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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In article <21568@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes:
> I have a 10-gallon fresh-water community tank with two medium angelfish, two
> albino corydoras, a smallish chinese algae-eater, two platies and six neons
> tetras.  That's pretty much the limit, I know; to complete my quota, I would
> like to add one or two small "non-fish", i.e., crabs, frogs, eels, loaches,
	You are already overcrowded for a 10-gallon tank. I suggest that you geta bigger tank, like 40 gallons, for the crowd you have and additions. Most of 
the fish in that tank are pretty mellow (except the algae eater, which become
very aggressive when large) so you'll need to stick to gentle fish. I suggest
you get some loaches, although these are pretty common, really. If you are willing to feed live food, the African "spiney eels" (really a fish, not an eel) are
nice. Some of the gentler cichlids (Pelvicachromis, Apistogramma, even Cichlasoma Festivum (a bit large) or Discus (delicate) might also work.