hey thanks!
I've been thinking about what to do next with this tank, and have a few plans.
1. Move my stock of Norman's lampeyes in there, and get 2 or 3 flame dwarf gourami. (only if I can get 2 females) I worry they will eat the bamboo and lace shrimp.
2. Go all shrimp, and get back into crs.
3. lower the water by 3-4" and move my south american stock in there as holding, so I can dismantle their existing tank and rebuild. 4 hatchets, 1 oto, potentially splash tetras.
4. move all my clown killies in there and see if they breed in the heavier flow.
Not sure which way to go. One way or another, I need to switch up a few tanks, very soon... and the LFS has insanely red flame gourami that are haunting me... lol.
oh, and to answer a previously unanswered question, I am not using co2 in this tank, and have no regular dosing schedule... I occasionally add some flourish after a water change, but I do it only if something makes me think of it.