Thanks for the reply fishorama! It's 22 inches high by 37 wide by 18 deep. According to the previous owner I have one male and 5 females, and he (big black guy) has mostly paired off with one of the females- the only gold one, and then sometimes fertilizes eggs of the other females. So technically I could keep just those two and rehome the others ey? Actually I'd prefer to keep a different female because I prefer her coloration but lemme know what's best. Interesting you say 6 is better than 3 or 4.
So you say the SAEs shouldn't be in less than a 4 foot tank, is it best I rehome them then? I could take them to the local fish store. IDK what's more ethical, subjecting them to the move or keeping them here?
Not sure what exact species the albino pleco is - I'll ask him and see if he knows. I think it's the smaller variety but not sure. Again, keeping him or giving him to LFS more ethical? Edit: asked him, he doesn't know what variety, just "albino pleco"
It's mostly cycled, I had issues with the filter he gave me so had to move all the media to a new filter. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0 but Nitrates are currently high, I think I stirred up a lot of the gravel in the move and also I may have fed them too much in the past couple days. I just upped the lighting on the anubias, maybe they will now help absorb some of that Nitrate. I wouldn't add anymore fish until Nitrate subsides.
I don't really want any corydoras, was really hoping on a larger schooling tetra species (congos I'd love xD)
Attached is a pic, thank you!!
Edit: also, currently soaking a big piece of manzanita driftwood to help break up the tank, and will add more anubias to attach to the branches hopefully