Best fish for a 9 gallon aquarium

Question

of course once cycled, what fish would you put in there? i wanted something a little less common than the livebearers, but i can't think of many others. please no guppies, i've just had them for a year or so, and i have many more still in my 18g. i love cichlids and would like to try them, but i get a funny feeling 9g would be way too small lol. so i guess my choices are narrowed down a lot. a betta would be good, and i like balloon mollies too. dwarf gouramis are pretty but i'm not sure if the tank would be big enough.

thanks in advance for your help :)

Answer 1

Something completely different....

Take out the heater and get some White Cloud Minnows. A handfull of them will do fine in a 9gal tank, probably even breed for you.

Neat little fish.

Ian

Answer 2

Bettas are quite solitary fish and rarely get along with other fish very well. You could probably put in one male dwarf gourami and maybe a bottom feeder and 2 or 3 little fish to be safe. You could do the same with a betta as long as his tank mates aren't aggressive. Don't put male gouramis or bettas together (you probably already knew that) and dont put a male gourami in with a male betta either.

Answer 3

i like danios

try

kyathit danios

zebra danios

leopard danios

and

gold zebra danios