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Hey Guys

I have a 3 ft tank in our living room and wondering if there are any fish that you would reccomend that wouldnt mind the current. I know there is a whole range that i could choose but would you guys reccomend as great fish?

The tank's filtration is a Resun BF200 and I am also thinking of adding a canister filter that does around 600-700Lph
I was thinking of a Fluval 205 because its more readily available in canberra but i was also thinking of branching out on some products. How about the Eheim ecco pro 300?
The main reason for more filtration is because i have 6 young L201's in there with a bn and I would think that the resun filter might not handle it by itself.

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are you looking for cats or others - barillius like a bit of current but whatever we recommend might not be available to you?
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Well more of the lines of tetras that sort
catfish in general not so easily found in aus
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Most tetras should be fine, as well as for example smaller rainbowfish (M. praecox and the forktail species for example [Celebes rainbow, etc.])

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Emperor tetras would enjoy that current. N palmeri or N Lacortei males are stunning fish but can be territorial so it works better if you have at least 6 fish, but go for 10 or more.
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Thanks for the response guys

I was thinking of maybe colombian tetras? or glow light tetras because they appeal to me most and seem ahardy enough to deal with the current.
I cant remember how many they had at the LFS but I'm thinking about 6-10?

and they will be living with 6 L201's which im guessing would be fine?
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Oddly, Harlequin Rasboras do well in current. They're cheap, colourful and I have them as dither fish in several tanks. In that 3ft you could easily put a dozen.

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In sure many people will disagree with me here, but I always tend to find tetras quite disappointing.

I usually buy them as dithers, but find they sulk in the shadows and rarely shoal. Every time I regret buying them!

Case in point: I have a 12" nano cube tank in my office, and bought a bunch of ember tetras (Hyphessobrycon amandae) to add some colour. I literally never saw them, in a 12" cube! If I wanted something that was going to hide, I would have bought a catfish! Got rid of these quick and got some Rasbora maculata - fantastic fish, always on the move, displaying to each other, really colourful.

Sure, there must be exceptions (the larger African Phenacogrammus and Arnoldichthys I kept were quite lively), but I would nowadays sooner choose a cyprinid (e.g. Rasbora or Puntius) over a tetra - much more gregarious and active fishes!
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The key to keep tetras schooling is keeping them with larger fish - which should, obviously, not predate on them. Large groupes will help too

The larger fish is seen as a threat and therefore they keep schooling. Without reason to school, the fishes will become adventurous, resulting in less, far less, schooling behaviour

I kept ~40 redhead tetras (3 perhaps 4 cm) together with Geophagus @ around 10, 15 cm and satanoperca @ close to 20 cm. Believe me, they were schooling.

And this is an active species - long and slender, not unlike Brachydanio in bodyshape
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Thanks for the reccomendations guys!

Well it looks like i've been convinced to go for the Rasboras but strangely enough we dont get lots of them in australia. I swear their a lot more common than they are atm
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