smallest fish you can find

[mrairportjunke]

ok i am trying to compile a list of freshwater aquatic creatures  :P that dont get much bigger than say 2 inches maybe 3.  this is what ive got so far

Jelly Bean Tetra 1.5"
Dwarf Puffer 1"
Kuhli Loach 3"
Otto Cats 2"
Neon Tetra 1"
Cardinal Tetra 1"
Guppys 2"

anything to add to the list please help,  and list the max size thanks.  
what im doing is tryin to compile a list to decide what i wanna mix together in a 30 long for a mix of tiny fish and live plants.  i dont have a 30 long yet but thats the next project.  im planing.  thanks

[eklikewhoa]

Re: smallest fish you can find

Cory cats
Celestial pearl danios
Tons of different tetras
Tons of different barbs
Most apistogrammas
Some hatchefish
Lots of danios
Some rainbowfish
Just about all decorative shrimp
Snails
Rasboras
Boraras
Some loaches (like sidthimunkis)


There are probably millions!

[mrairportjunke]

Re: smallest fish you can find

thanks bro. ok. let me narrow it down. let me go smaller.  say size 1" - 2".  and make it fish that i can actually get fairly easy.

[Fire_chair]

Re: smallest fish you can find

I think there are a couple different dwarf Gouramies that stay around an inch or two.

[Philbert]

Re: smallest fish you can find

I have some Sailfins that won't get over 2", if that.
Most Platys
O-Cats

[screename]

Re: smallest fish you can find

http://www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm

[katypond]

Re: smallest fish you can find

Endlers <1"

[Mzungu]

Re: smallest fish you can find

1" to 2" is pretty broad, as well. You could go to 1" and still get a great variety, especially since the smaller (dwarf, etc.) fishes are pretty popular right now. Like Fire_chair said, there are a couple dwarf gouramis that stay under an inch, and are beautiful. And lots of those ek mentioned will get to around an inch in length. A good majority of these smaller fish do well in large numbers, and so that works even better for you and them, since you can put quite a few in a 30 gallon. For instance, I have about 12 pygmy cories in my 30 cube  8) , and they're so much fun to watch. Pair them with 15+ killifish (Norman's Lampeye, get to about 1"), and that's my tank. And in a planted tank, larger numbers of the same species always looks pretty cool, IMO.

[dblondfemme]

Re: smallest fish you can find

my tequila fish I got from Jughead that I share with Raul stay pretty small.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: smallest fish you can find

thanks guys. thats good enough.  i gotta lot of research to do. thanks

[mrairportjunke]

Re: smallest fish you can find

by the way. thanks for the nano llist screenname.  i was tryin to find something like that last night.  did you see those Mini Moth Catfish.  theres some small fish in that list. thanks

[mrairportjunke]

Re: smallest fish you can find

whats  a tequila fish??

[RussGB]

Re: smallest fish you can find

least killifish (heteranda formosa)! smallest live bearing backboned animal!
ember tetra
dwarf cory's
some gobies

I have all of the above! Should be trdaing hets soon too!

[mrairportjunke]

Re: smallest fish you can find

if you gonna trade them, what you gonna want for them?

what kinda gobys you have if any?
id be interested in the ember and teh corys

[RussGB]

Re: smallest fish you can find

Dunno yet!

I like nano fosh and I am converting my big community to all small guys, but these were too small, so I set up a 12g with a few plants and they are breeding like crazy!

I'll shout out when they get big enough to trade.....