Another stocking question, 15 gallon needs fishies

Well, have the 15g (12x12x24) on the bar top, setup for general tropical fw. Tank decor is black gravel, a grey/green root deco, and the typical imitation plants(for now), with midnight blue backing, kind of the 'cool' tank.

Right now it has 3 panda cory and one little cherry shrimp. I got two danios filling in for fish right now(the typical utility fish). They will go back down into the 26.

I kind of want general easy care community fish, but something cool.

I was thinking up some scenarios

-female betta as a feature fish, maybe more RCS to crawl around, and a couple something-or-others(guppy or platy) and/or another killifish pair. Will intro the betta with the dianos in there so she's used to other fish being around.

-Maybe a golden ram and, what? more cherry shrimp and a killifish pair??(yes I love those things)

-or, a celestial danio group and a gorami?

Not to big a fan of boring a** tetras (other then rummynose for the lower tank).

The lower tank is platy/molly the schitzo 'fun' tank, kinda want a 'cool' tank above it, but nothing too taxing.

Oh, and one other thought, an all nano-fish tank

Say, celestial danios 5-7, dwarf pygmy cory cats(3-4) some RCS, and a sparkling gorami, dwarf platys...so it kinda looks like a mini 55gal tank. Maybe even a least killifish :y220d:

Lowryder said:

I am setting up a 15g for my wife(she picks the fish and I take care of them lol), and we came up with 3 stocking ideas.

#1
1 Dwarf Gourami
6 Neon Tetras
4 Pygmy Cories

#2
1 Dwarf Gourami
5 Cardinal Tetras
8 Amano Shrimp

#3(our favorite)
8 Amano Shrimp
5 Cardinal Tetras
1 Dwarf Gourami
3 Bentos Tetras

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From that I would go with
1 dwarf gorami
4 pygmy cory cats
5-6 rummynose tetras
3-4 amano shrimp(or cherries)

The only time I like cardinal/glowlight/neon tetras is when they're in a 100+ gallon tank with about 40 so they swim in schools(and you can tell they're doing it). Otherwise they just hover around, maybe nip at each other if they are 'active'. Rummynose REALLY school tight, and actually move around... And I can't think of not having cories anymore

As an aside, I got the one RCS and he just sat around for a few days, now that he's comfy he's trucking around the tank more then the cories, he even climbs over them. I definitely found a new creature that I like, need MORE!

The celestials are darn pricey though, may go with emerald eye rasboras, they have a pygmy/nano species that are only 1" long. I'm kinda diggin the nanofish idea as I can get quite a variety of them and shrimp in a smaller tank.