I would go with smaller fish: thread fins, celebes &/or cardinals with a bunch of kuhlis 6-8 +/or corys. I'd skip the silver tips, IME aggressive little pretty fish
Help me Decide...Fish for a Planted Tank
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10 cardinal tetra
10 rummynose tetra
3 oto catfish
10 crystal red shrimp
I have a Heavily planted 150g with that combination w/ a 100 of each tetra and lots of shrimp and a small group of balas. The tetras shoal beautifully and don't bother plants
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10 rummynose tetra
3 oto catfish
10 crystal red shrimp
I have a Heavily planted 150g with that combination w/ a 100 of each tetra and lots of shrimp and a small group of balas. The tetras shoal beautifully and don't bother plants
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I have never kept these:
threadfin rainbow
Celebes rainbow
Congo tetra
cardinal tetra
emperor tetra
royal farlowella - single
The cardinals are passive. Not real tight schooling, but pretty enough. Adds a lot of color in contrast to all the green. I haven't kept any of the others on your list.
threadfin rainbow
Celebes rainbow
Congo tetra
cardinal tetra
emperor tetra
royal farlowella - single
The cardinals are passive. Not real tight schooling, but pretty enough. Adds a lot of color in contrast to all the green. I haven't kept any of the others on your list.
Ptrick125
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Tetras and rams would go together very well, I have long skirt tetras and I'm going to get a ram in my 5.5 medium planted tank. (I have 5 snails and 9 ghost shrimp that keep that tank perfectly clean)
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Ptrick125
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I really like emperor tetras, I have long finned tetras in my 5.5
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I'm not having much luck finding the fish I had in mind at our chain pet stores. They get new shipments in on Friday so I will try to get there in time for a better selection.
I only have one male congo tetra so far, he's shoaling with a trio of brilliant rasboras for now until I can find him some more of his own kind.
I have yet to find any emperor tetras anywhere locally. I may check out the one LFS that is local, I'm not a fan of the shop but if they happen to have some of the fish I'm looking for I suppose I'll deal with them.
At Petsmart today they had Madagascan Rainbows in a tank and they have them listed as only growing up to 2 1/2", the Madagascan Rainbows I once had in my 55g grew up to 6" or more and they were much more colorful than the primarily yellow ones offered at Petsmart. Is there a different, smaller variety now, perhaps? Or just wrong info on their label? Does anyone know?
I only have one male congo tetra so far, he's shoaling with a trio of brilliant rasboras for now until I can find him some more of his own kind.
I have yet to find any emperor tetras anywhere locally. I may check out the one LFS that is local, I'm not a fan of the shop but if they happen to have some of the fish I'm looking for I suppose I'll deal with them.
At Petsmart today they had Madagascan Rainbows in a tank and they have them listed as only growing up to 2 1/2", the Madagascan Rainbows I once had in my 55g grew up to 6" or more and they were much more colorful than the primarily yellow ones offered at Petsmart. Is there a different, smaller variety now, perhaps? Or just wrong info on their label? Does anyone know?
Ptrick125
Learning a lot everyday
Stocking in the tank so far:
2 roseline sharks aka: Denisonii barbs
3 brilliant rasboras
1 male congo tetra
2 veiltail cherry barbs (male & female)
5 regular cherry barbs
6 natural, old-fashioned glowlight tetras (those new dayglo colored glofish are just freaky looking to me!)
2 angelicus loaches
1 clown pleco
1 albino butterfly bristlenose pleco (female)
1 dwarf frog
1 blue mystery snail
1 gold mystery snail
20 ghost shrimp
I am running an Emperor 400 (2 bio-wheels) with Bio-zorb bag in the back and during the day I run a HOT Magnum with micron filter, the fish love the water flow from it and it keeps the water crystal clear. I have yet to register any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates. Water did cloud with a bacterial bloom after adding instant aquarium substrates, but it cleared yesterday.
Either the glowlights or the cherry barbs will most likely be moved to a 10gL that is currently running empty and waiting for fish.
2 roseline sharks aka: Denisonii barbs
3 brilliant rasboras
1 male congo tetra
2 veiltail cherry barbs (male & female)
5 regular cherry barbs
6 natural, old-fashioned glowlight tetras (those new dayglo colored glofish are just freaky looking to me!)
2 angelicus loaches
1 clown pleco
1 albino butterfly bristlenose pleco (female)
1 dwarf frog
1 blue mystery snail
1 gold mystery snail
20 ghost shrimp
I am running an Emperor 400 (2 bio-wheels) with Bio-zorb bag in the back and during the day I run a HOT Magnum with micron filter, the fish love the water flow from it and it keeps the water crystal clear. I have yet to register any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates. Water did cloud with a bacterial bloom after adding instant aquarium substrates, but it cleared yesterday.
Either the glowlights or the cherry barbs will most likely be moved to a 10gL that is currently running empty and waiting for fish.
