Hi everyone. I had a 10g running for a few months with 3 neon tetra, 2 zebra danio, and a nerite snail, but needless to say that tank got boring rather quickly and I was frustrated that I couldn't fit any of the species I wanted to keep in it. So, like any average person would do, I bought a 120g aquarium and ended up planting it. Its been running for about 2 months now and is well cycled and the plants and fish are all thriving. It is a low-tech tank and luckily the plants keep the nitrate levels in check so I have only had to do 1 20% water change since my initial setup. The filtration system is a 55g custom sump with a 20g planted section that runs opposite photoperiod of the display, 3 gallons of K1 media, and a drip zone with about 200 plastic scrubbers topped with filter floss. The pump is a Jebao DC9000 which I estimate gives me about 1000gph. In total, there are about 150-170 gallons of water.
The current stock list:
9 neon tetra
7 zebra danio
2 veiled angelfish (sex unknown)
3 BN pleco
5 black neon tetra
2 glowlight tetra
3 mystery snails
1 nerite snail
and a bunch of pond snails both in the display and another colony in the planted section of the sump
I am aiming for a high activity community tank with a few highlight fish so I think I may increase the size of my schools and add a few more different species to increase variety and color. I've seen many tanks this size with 100-200 tetra size community fish on top of discus or angelfish, so I know I think I should still have plenty of room.
What is a good school size? 10? 20? 30? I have always read that they like to be in groups of 5-6+, but is more better?
Planned additions so far:
1) perhaps another angelfish pair or a dwarf gourami or 2...but am I tempting fate putting 2 pair of semi aggressive fish in a 120? The plants are taller in the middle to divide the tank, so in theory each pair could pick a different side...
2) another 5-10 glowlight tetra
3) 5-10 black skirt tetra
4) shrimp for the sump
5) I am looking for a school of red fish, perhaps some variety of rasbora...any suggestions?
6) either increase school size or diversify?
Of course, all small fish will have to grow to a large enough size either in the quarentine tanks or in the sump so they are not eaten by the angelfish once they get larger...
Any suggestions?
The current stock list:
9 neon tetra
7 zebra danio
2 veiled angelfish (sex unknown)
3 BN pleco
5 black neon tetra
2 glowlight tetra
3 mystery snails
1 nerite snail
and a bunch of pond snails both in the display and another colony in the planted section of the sump
I am aiming for a high activity community tank with a few highlight fish so I think I may increase the size of my schools and add a few more different species to increase variety and color. I've seen many tanks this size with 100-200 tetra size community fish on top of discus or angelfish, so I know I think I should still have plenty of room.
What is a good school size? 10? 20? 30? I have always read that they like to be in groups of 5-6+, but is more better?
Planned additions so far:
1) perhaps another angelfish pair or a dwarf gourami or 2...but am I tempting fate putting 2 pair of semi aggressive fish in a 120? The plants are taller in the middle to divide the tank, so in theory each pair could pick a different side...
2) another 5-10 glowlight tetra
3) 5-10 black skirt tetra
4) shrimp for the sump
5) I am looking for a school of red fish, perhaps some variety of rasbora...any suggestions?
6) either increase school size or diversify?
Of course, all small fish will have to grow to a large enough size either in the quarentine tanks or in the sump so they are not eaten by the angelfish once they get larger...
Any suggestions?
