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06-19-2005, 12:28 PM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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|  is there any hardy freshwater fish that swim around in pairs? i want to get more fish in my 10 gallon... i only have 1 male guppy, 2 guppy fry, and one catfish... i was wondering is there is any freshwater fish that swim together... i love to see fish that do that... i dont want a whole school of fish, just two that will just swim around like buddies 
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06-19-2005, 01:20 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY
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|  Any type of small tetra will hang out together. Or something like harlequin rasboras, those are nice looking and relativly hardy. You could get a few for your ten gallon.
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06-19-2005, 07:07 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN
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| The catfish will hang together. Gups will hang together somewhat, esp. if the ratio of 1 male to 2 females. The male will hang with the females ... WOW what a revelation.
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06-19-2005, 09:17 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cape Cod, MA
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06-27-2005, 11:33 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cape Cod
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| Like said above, cory catfish will swim around like buddies. They are fun to watch, too. If your catfish is a cory, you should get him a friend... they are really social fish.
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06-27-2005, 02:31 PM
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| Forum Manager  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado
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| I agree with the cory! I wouldn't get harlies unless you're going to get at least 4 or 5 of them...they are a schooling fish. They definitely wouldn't bother any of your other fish though...if you decided that a school would be nice. As for other fish that 'buddy'...usually not a good idea. Most like to be alone or in schools. Ottos will sometimes chill together if you put two of them in a tank, mine did when I had them together 
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07-03-2005, 11:12 AM
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| Little Fish Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Dallas, Texas
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| its really hard to get schooling or pairing action in a small tank. I started my little fish in a 10 gallon and never felt like they schooled.... Once I moved to the 16 it made a huge difference.. I now have three groups of fish that hang together.
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