MY 15 FAVORITE NANO FISH FOR A SMALL AQUARIUM

Since I'm currently setting up a 60cm ''nano'' planted tank I thought it would be cool to do another Favorite Nano Fish Compilation! You guys know I'm all about the small nano tanks. So here's 15 of my favorite fish best suitable for a nano aquarium.
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 neon green rasbora
01:06 dwarf pencil fish
01:37 ember tetra
02:06 sparkling gourami
02:39 dwarf cichlids
03:11 green neon tetra
03:48 gold ring danio
04:21 celestial pearl danio
05:02 scarlet badis and black tiger dario
05:42 pseudomugil
06:28 3 cory's
07:28 threadfin rainbows
08:00 golden dwarf barb
08:24 ruby tetra
08:57 white cloud mountain minnow

[@xhaanfilms2479]

Man forget the fish, your hardscapes and plant growth are beautiful

[@stonecoldcarebear]

Great suggestions - it's nice to come across a list focused on behaviour and not just appearance.

[@sawittchen]

That tank at 8:18 ... absolute dream aquarium! 😍❤

[@antonije]

Thank you so much for this amazing video. The best part for me is that you included the water parameters for each of the fish! I like to take good care of my fish so I keep a spreadsheet documents with water paraments and fish info for everything that I have in my aquarium, including plants and shrimps :)

[@SirPali]

Great timing, setting up a new 60cm next week and was looking at stocking options. Thanks!

[@boltman1974]

I have 15 embers in my 60cm, they were very shy and hid at the back of the tank so I added 10 neon tetras and this bought them out of hiding. They all school together and it looks amazing. Great little fish

[@maartensanen]

Great timing! Going to the fishshop tomorrow for some fish for my 60 cm and was looking for some inspiration.

[@eliaszackaria]

Awesome collection sharing buddy!

[@jobalvaro3440]

Hi MJ it is really nice knowing your channel.. lots to learn about aquascaping and also very relax watching .. stress reliever too I would say... thanks a lot for sharing your experience...

[@philcarlino6942]

All great fish. You get an A+ for the pronunciation of the Latin names. You say them with confidence, which I think makes them sound more right lol. I took a little bit of Latin in school, and it sounds right to me. Great video. Take care.

[@83Goldy]

Yeap! I love White Cloud Minnows. The only fish I have been keeping in a long time. They are outstanding fish and very fun to watch. Thank you for this great video.

[@TheVeldman]

I have the ruby tetra (axelrodia riesei) and they are absolutely stunning! Got around 70 of them in my 350L tank as well as 2 types of nannostomus (and some other fish) They go great together and make each other at ease.

[@BangKemmy]

The natural beauty designed in the aquarium, I really like it...😍😍🙏

[@markdonalds]

I just recently started a tank with white clouds, they are a joy to watch! My males are constantly trying to show off for all the ladies

[@errol4bz]

That was a perfect video for me,as I’m just cycling my new 90cm. The green Rasboras look amazing….decision’s decisions🤪

[@adrianradu2332]

A super amazing center piece fish would be the dwarf gourami (Colisa Lalia) for people who don't really want dwarf cichlids but want a slightly bigger main fish that is also really beautiful. They are super smart and have tons of personality. I keep a male with 15 green neons and 6 red rainbowfish in 70L aquascape.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

😎Ⓜ️🐂

[@martiie4792]

Blue eyed spotted rainbow for me. When the males show off to each other it is like they are dancing, or little birds flapping around. Very cool.

[@nermarpaborito4830]

My sparkling gourami just spawn!!! Great list by the way

[@mandyminshull2351]

I really like White Cloud Mountain minnows. The males display to each other and they swim together nicely. I love watching mine

[@lindapeppin2441]

White Cloud Mountain Minnows are one of my favs, the colours on the males when they are showing to the females are amazing. I have one (and I think another young male) with lovely bright yellow tips to his fins. Easy to keep with their low temperature threshold. I’ve had a few babies without really trying.

[@mensb1936]

they are beautiful, used to breed in planted tank and i would sell them for a dollar each

[@Ricelover12]

Any nano fish that can be in a 3 gallon tank cause i do not know what to put in it

[@VonGoth]

​@@Ricelover12 Chili Rasboras. Theyre teeny tiny for Nano Fish and are very clorful. A school of 5 or 6 would do well there. Id put 2 or 3 Dwarf Corydoras in to keep the bottom clean and eat up any leftover uneaten food as well. Theyre tiny also. I put in some Top Fin Algae thins to feed the Plecos in my 3.5 gallon tank. 1 or 2 every 3 or 4 days just to keep them happy. Theyre tiny wafers also. So great in a 3.5 gallon.

[@tree.65]

Thanks for showing your favorites. I saw a couple that I didn't know about. I like the Green Fire Tetra (Aphyocharax Rathbuni) I have them in a group of ten. And my newest aquarium has Black Neon Tetras. They are a bit shy but pretty.

[@diamdante]

I used to have the wcmms, and still have a sparkling gourami and some ruby tetras. Ruby tetras are such an excellent and lovely fish, if a little pricey for such little guys :') Hopefully as more people discover them and breeders begin breeding them at a higher rate the price will go down

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I’m asking for a 15 gal for Christmas, which I will plant and stick. This was very helpful!

[@priyankardas2668]

All very interesting fishes Indeed! All of them are favourites! I am however very intrigued by red coral pencilfish and Dwarf cichlids...in future I would want to keep them for sure

[@rickyabdullah4758]

Great nano fishes 👍🏻

[@space_ghost_z941]

Red neon blue eyes look great. May have to find them!

[@add.]

Ik heb in mijn 30 literbak een aantal van 15 ember terta's zwemmen. Prachtig op kleur maar helaas erg schuw. Veder weer een informatieve video. Heb weer kennis opgedaan.

[@sbcombopwnsnoobs61]

I love my exclamation point rasboras and they're able to school up well and avoid the occasional interest from my betta lol. Pygmy albino corys too. Awesome fish

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

My suggestion to anyone considering a neon tetra is to avoid them - in my experience they are by far the most sickly fish in the hobby. Green neon tetras are much hardier.

[@freedomwarrior1643]

I totaly agreed with you my first school of fish wher neon’s and after 3 weeks all of them had white spot disease.

[@Joshua-uq9zw]

Idk man not my experience. My mom bought 12 neon greens like 3 months ago. There are 5 left. They jump out, and just die off unexpectantly. Water parameters are great, heavily planted. They seem VERY spooked and easily startled. They are beautiful, but have been very hard to keep for us.

[@PaulZyCZ]

​@@Joshua-uq9zw Too much light maybe? They tend to be skittish. If you lost so many of them, I'd expect the whole batch being infected or otherwise compromised. Those things happen and I had that this issue with guppies in the past. Guppies from a master breeder were a completely different animal. I've got about 15 green neon tetras where half of them are several years old. They lived in 31l tank with no heater which at one point lost all plants (moving), then they were moved to 84l tank with Ram cichlids which need warm water. Some of them died over the years and I bought several more, but overall they seem pretty easy to keep. Heck, some of them caught Ich from Rams, but survived without any treatment but tank being heated to 27°C. Similar to rasboras in their needs, unlike Ember Tetras and Corries. Some Embers would die from the shock when I was trying to catch them with a net.

[@robg1678]

Depends where you buy them, most petshops buy fish from home breeders, who don't care about interbreeding for profit. Makes me sick.

[@lsi7675]

I couldn’t disagree more I’ve never had an issue with neon tetras. They’re honestly my favorite I’ve had them since I was a kid.

[@wrona-ry2ey]

Hi You forgot about nortons lampeye killifish I just bought 10 of them and they eyes are really neon blue. Fantastic wee nano fish.

[@Ricelover12]

Any nano fish that can be in a 3 gallon tank cause i do not know what to put in it

[@kemal3037]

ember tetra is the best, strong and perfect schooling fish

[@spinelessmoderate8715]

Neon green kubotai rasboras are phenomenal. I've owned them once and have yet to find another fish so brilliantly green.

[@awlodder]

Bit late to the party. Mountain minnows where my first fish many years ago. I still loved them and in a planted tank and good food the colours really pop. And really easy to breed.

[@cacanhthuysinhtrungtin2453]

Very nice

[@artemis2523]

Spectacular work. Could you do one with Bumblebee Gobies? They're my fav amongst many in my bigger community tanks. Have a tiny nano at the moment and work love to see what you would do. They're not many videos on them. Anyways, thanks for the inspiration!!

[@MrM970]

Buddy thanks from Indonesia

[@silentseawolf]

+1 for white clouds, when the males display at each other, they get very bright reds and flare fins while they circle each other.

[@TerryLestrange]

Great list you made! I like most of them. I'm new to your Channel maybe I comment too fast but do you also keep snails ? Like the mystery snail for example.

[@jorisvd2762]

Hi MJ again a great video... I think you missed these beautiful fish for an aquarium with a lid: Epiplatys annulatus or in dutch ringbandsnoek. If you have lower part and mid section already filled is this a true top area fish. But it'a a jumper.

[@emberframe6994]

Green rasbora are one of my favourites

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah really nice!

[@grey7513]

These are the types of species I'd stock in that 1000 litre you showcased some weeks ago.

[@echoesvayne9790]

I love my rice fish aquarium a lot... but chili rasbora are on my list for one day

[@benbarnett5684]

A densely planted threadfin rainbow tank would be awesome

[@aquarioterratube]

Nice vidéo. 1 comment. I think kubotai and tanichthys are excellent swimmers and they need more than 60cm. But they are very interesting and cheap. Nice fishes for both beginners and advanced fish keepers. Boraras brigittae are also really interesting and interactive with the keeper

[@PaulZyCZ]

60 cm is decent length and I like the selection. I used to have White Cloud Mountain Minnows in a much smaller tank years ago, they are great fish. I've got 73.5l Optiwhite with a group of Corydoras Nanus, Amano shrimps and guppies. Other 84l houses school of Green Neon Tetras, 3 Ramirezi cichlids (1 male), Cherries and some Amano shrimps. Downside: Rams require warmer water, so the plants have some issues. I'm considering turning that tank into a Blackwater.

[@oyst409]

Hi mj, do you have any experience with ultum filters? They seem to have a very good flow rate for the price and i've been looking into it.

[@emberframe6994]

I could probably do threadfin rainbows, I found out my pH is at 4.5 in one of my tanks so that's ultra soft

[@Griffin2121]

Bros got that lemon juice water

[@michaelmoryl9675]

Great video that I just watched from France.would it be possible to make the same type of video for nano aquarium type 35 cm ? Thanks a lot

[@user-ql4oz1ot8j]

здравствуйте..классно смотрится..качество видео на высоте..подписался

[@szigyutube]

We miss you, hope you doing well. Anyway, have a great vacation!

[@rusjmana6279]

Lol were same, I tend to have headache just by watching danios swim

[@Brian-cw2qe]

you should put some submersible lights behind the roots of your big shallow, would look sick ;)

[@stephenairlanggaputra329]

Paskai sangat cantik !!!! Seperti kelinci air 🐰🐰🐰

[@tirreg95]

Love the video! You said that you kept 6 CPDs in a 40cm tank. Was that a species-only tank? I´d like to pair them up with some blue neocaradina shrimp in my 40cm. Would you recommend that? greetings from germany

[@urbansk8r231]

What do you think of the chilli radbora, With their fibrant red colour?

[@sincere4296]

This is a fantastic video. I have a question regarding one of the fish in the video. at 7:21 there is a fish on the right side of the pea puffers. Do you know what it is??

[@3v1Bunny]

@MJ Aquascaping , I want to ask you for some advice.. I am in the process of starting with a new tank (120x50x50) and it will be a peninsula style ( aka double side). Though there is a primary viewing side I am hesitant to make it go up on the other side to much.

[@ivar8306]

What do you think about Cherry Barbs in Aquascapes?

[@Luisa-zo8nl]

My CPD are constantly swimming in the most dense bushes of vegetation, not scared, they just love being there. They're constantly breeding and also constantly eating the eggs and the fry... unless I grow the fry in a separate tank, I find there's no vegetation or moss dense enough to keep the fry safe from the adults. I have 10 CPD in a 60p and I think they're way too little. I'm currently growing 15 fry and I'll add them in the 60p in the next two months. I have a friend who loves them and, since they're quite shy, he has about 50 or 60 in an 80p. For a 60p he suggest 30 or 40. I don't know, I feel it's a bit too much, but I'm no expert. Overall, a very hardy fish, very easy to breed, eats easily anything, it's NOT a shoaling fish, never seen physical aggressions, I love the males "dancing" in front of the females and the territorial behavior of the alpha males. I would personally put an higher number than commonly suggested and do not exceed with hiding places or they're gonna disappear for the most part of the day... if not always. My boyfriend says those are "expensive little hidden bastards"... and it's hard not to agree 😅

[@akifhafie8561]

My mistake is getting them without realizing how shy, and how NOT a schooling species they are (I intended for them to be my main schooling fish )😂😂😂 Your bf is so on point though, expensive little hidden buggers.

[@SilverforceX]

Have you got any Medaka "Ricefish"? They are spectacular, and their patterns can vary a lot with breeding. Super hardy, tolerate 0C to 35C.

[@akifhafie8561]

Are they safe with shrimps? Setting up a shrimp tank and seriously considering them as tankmatea at the moment

[@OrchardKoi]

Not related to this video. However the videos you did on the Colombo citric acid co2 reactor and other similar ones, is it possible to use the gelatin yeast sugar method in them? Cheers

[@Divine_Hustler]

Among these fishes which of them we can keep in the same tank. Any suggestions??

[@briandekwaasteniet7515]

Hello. In what store in Holland can you get the dark orange/red pseudomugil luminatus as seen in the video. I have bought pseudomugil luminatus but they are the yellow varietie, but I'm looking for the dark orange/ red ones. greetings.

[@user-wb9qk5ml3z]

very beautiful fishes😊😊❤❤❤ and Save Myanmar 😢😢🙏🙏🙏

[@isinox]

You never talk about endlers or guppies. Extremely colorful, eat anything, they always spawn, very hardy, exceptional fish really.

[@Josh_Stuchbery]

Guppies are my #1 aquascaping fish. Perfect size, great colours and they always interact with the scape beautifully.

[@diogomachado3695]

Deja vu, I think I have seen this place before 😅

[@diogomachado3695]

Great video tho

[@gianisain8880]

Not sure if the German Blue ram is the best option for a planted tank as they need to be kept at a higher temperature, and the plant could struggle.

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

that's the same thing i said when i got my regular danios, they were so fast swimming all over the place it made me so uncomfortable they went straight into the trash that day. i just like watching my neon tetras, it's like they're not even swimming, just floating, very relaxing

[@georgeavrov1929]

Into the trash???

[@testing316]

Is it better to have one huge tank with nano fish or several small tanks?

[@dalyo96]

I really struggle keeping Hasbrosus alive, find them very sensitive

[@saidurrahman4311]

I had neon tetras on 2 separate occasions, once with 20 and another time with are 12 and it seems like for me personally they where the first ones in my tank to die whereas I had cardinals and rummy nose tetras and they lasted way more longer then neons, but I guess it’s also to do with the batches.

[@rustystork7477]

Which 60cm tank is this referencing? I see 4 different versions on the ADA site. Is this the 29 gal?

[@metallixro]

Quite relevant video for me :)) Thou I think you under estimate how big cardinal tetras can get, I wouldnt keep more than 6 in a 60 cm... hell I have 6 regular neons in my 60cm and one of them is huge, over two inches while the other push two inches also. Also, no rice fish ?! :D For whoever wants stocking options for a 60cm I have 6 neons, 12 CPD and 6 pygmy corys and I think Im kinda overstocked. Oh almost forgot about the 600 cherry shrimp and 3000 snails I cant get rid of..

[@Ricelover12]

Any nano fish that can be in a 3 gallon tank cause i do not know what to put in it

[@bucorvus2924]

Do you have any suggestions for small aquarium fish for a no filter or heater aquarium? I want to start keeping fish in my vase aquarium but I’m afraid the water is going to be too cold for most species you mentioned in your video.

[@MJAquascaping]

How small is it? I recently got a group of Least Killifish, that could be an option

[@bucorvus2924]

@@MJAquascaping thnx for your suggestion, I looked at them before but I don’t find them very attractive. It is about the same as your first aquarium vase. How did the Chili rasbora do in this set-up?

[@mvpmvp2980]

What are the red/brown bushes at 1:39? Some kind of crypt?

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah crypt wendtii compact!

[@BTQ410]

How many liters/gallons is a 60 cm tank? We don’t describe tanks as 60 cm in the US so I am trying to figure what you consider a Nano size.

[@rayhouston7649]

I'm new to the hobby, and I'm a little confused about the tank sizes. When you say a 60cm tank, or 40cm tank, is there a standard ratio that that refers to? I understand that 60cm would be the length, but is there a standard width and depth for a 60cm length? I should add that I am in the US.

[@mstrKracked]

what is the moss plant on the ricks at 4:46 called???

[@MJAquascaping]

Fissidens fontanus!

[@KevinMcC_7]

How many gallons is a 60cm tank?

[@TheHoriznLine]

What are the fish at 2:24

[@idzardkruizinga]

Hey I know you live in the Netherlands! Because the water hardness here is pretty high how do you combat that on a budget? Reverse osmosis is pretty expensive for a beginner. What would you recommend or have you had any trouble with hard water when you just started?

[@kaynic0]

Distilled water from the store

[@kaynic0]

Or spring water ordered online

[@ocf_2287]

What kind of cichlid is 3:00

[@jolyversanjuan2917]

How about for a 40cm tank?

[@nathanbrowne2800]

Cardinal tetras are the best.

[@JeffreyGVny]

What are the silvery long danio-looking fish around 2:34?

[@MJAquascaping]

Notropis chrosomus - Rainbowshiner

[@JeffreyGVny]

Thanks! They are awesome looking as a school! Wow, you’re up early over there.

[@FabriceTo]

Just wondering, i heard the Pseudomugil are surface swimming and can jump out of the water. I wonder how they behave in a co2 injected tank with no lid

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah they do like to jump a bit. I lost a few like that unfortunately

[@FabriceTo]

@@MJAquascaping that really sucks, gonna go for CPDs i guess

[@IndoorEcosystem]

Ember tetras are great but they need a dither fish to get them moving out in the open. A lot of people don't realise they don't like bright light either so prefer floaters in their environment. It's a shame so many iwagumi scalpers use them in such open bright tanks.

[@Dassenkop]

I have the embers with rummy noses and the are mingling in wel with the rummy’s. Often see them from bottom to 2/3 of the hight of my tank. Tank is still growing in and is stil bright.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@Dassenkop I have mine with some CPDs which helps a lot. But I notice they will try to dart between the gaps in the floating plants it's pretty interesting. I only have 8 though I will get another 8 to keep them even happier though.

[@kepnjem]

My dozen Embers rule the roost in my tank! I adore them. They're hardy, cute, fearless, school and in the evening I put on the blue light and they look like little copper bullets darting around the tank. ❤

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@kepnjem big numbers change they character a lot I've noticed. A species only tank is even better with them

[@tamrasirois401]

About how many gallons is a 60cm aquarium? Trying to get an idea.

[@MJAquascaping]

15 gallons roughly

[@aurikarusnak8872]

😍😍😍👍👍👍

[@LeviVanSluijs]

Hi

[@g.rodriguez7445]

You show a German Ram for a Micro tank 😮 Maybe a 15 gallon long- but I don't consider that "micro".

[@casseycastro1985]

Last time I have 10 green neon tetra now only 2 they slowly dying

[@turbosowianin5464]

3:01 What is the name of this fish?

[@MJAquascaping]

dicrossus maculatus

[@RyudoXy]

hello MJ, about to set up a new 30 L tank for shrimp. What is the best budget lightning for such a tank? I've watched ur budget vs expensive setup series but the lightning u've used there is not available in germany. thanks for ur advice.

[@DoStuff1958]

60cm tank=approx:24"x12"x14

[@begthediffer]

Cool video but I recommend using inches instead of centimeters. Nobody knows what size the fish are when you talk about centimeters

[@theangleraquarist]

Most of his viewers are from Europe along with the us, so yes, they do know.

[@ummmyeah369]

The lack of killifish was honestly a little disappointing. If you like color and fun behavior they are always a good choice.

[@MJAquascaping]

Besides the clown killifish I haven't kept any! I should probably give them a go! Any species you would recommend?

[@ummmyeah369]

@@MJAquascaping currently breeding some gardneri killifish (blue lyretail) and Aphyosemion australe killifish (orange) there are far too many. Some more common than others and some much larger than would be considered nano. But beware they are jumpers and I don't recall seeing lids in your fish room.

[@zer0pulse156]

clown killifish is also a good fish for a 60cm..

[@Necroknix]

Why are people using cm instead of gallons or liters? Can someone kindly just break that down for me. Thanks.