My Red-Eye Tetras and Stocking Question

[Lesmiz4]

Hello everyone!

I am ready to get a few new fish, mostly because my school of 6 Red-Eyes frustrate me because they all tend to stay at the back of the tank, and I can never see them! I'd like to get some Cherry Barbs or something that can add some color to my tank...maybe a few Gourami's or something? Does anyone have any good ideas of what to look into?

Thanks!

 

[rosita]

Just an idea---maybe if you got more red-eyes to make a larger school. i had some and thought they were lovely (got eaten, one by one)

 

[Jules73]

One of my red-eye tetras is affectionately known as psycho because she's tried to eat just about everything else in the tank. She's a nibbler and I assume I don't have the only red-eye like this so be careful what you put in there with yours

 

[meyerhaus]

I love dwarf gouramis; they add a lot of color in a little package. I personally prefer the Neon Blue, but I have a Red one also.

 

[Brian Ferriera]

How much cover do you have in your tank? My experience with them is that if you give them good size schoool and allot of places to hide they become more bold and much less flighty.
Brian