nearly stocked-how's my plan?

[euglossa]

Live Aquaria shipped more of my order, but they still didn't send the pearl gouramis. At this point I think that may be a good thing. I plan to get a number (1? 3? 5?) of veil tail angels, but the ones I want are still in the egg. BTW, the strain of angels this breeder has do not get particularly large-no more than 5 inches.

This is a 75 gallon tank, Rena XP2, Emperor 450. am 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10
Fake plants now, I think I'll want to get better lighting at some point and add live plants.

What I've got now

8 congo tetras
15 rummynose tetras
7 albino corydoras
2 german blue rams
4 mystery snails

I'd love to add a school of 6-8 otos, but haven't been able to find any.

If there is room my next choices, in order, would be;

3 or 5 angels
2 pearl gouramis
additional congos

The rams came yesterday. I had only seen pictures of them, and pictures don't do them justice. They are spectacular. They settled right in and don't seem bothered by all the activity around them.

Ellen

 

[jm1212]

Scalare angels will get to 6 inches or more unless they are stunted. Leopoldi angels are a different species and only get to 4 inches, but they are almost never imported because they do not look as extravagant as Altum or Scalare do.

go with a bristlenose pleco instead of a school of otos.

1 more corydoras, 2 more congos, 3 (1m, 2fm) pearl gouramis, and 1 angel.

 

[Rbishop]

Good plan jm1212

 

[euglossa]

three pearls, two congos, one angel and one more cory. I like it, thanks.
I'm going to have look for a pearl gourami breeder. I haven't seen any in the stores I've visited, and liveaquaria doesn't seem to have an option for requesting particular sexes.

I had the otos listed because I have had a brown algae problem, I don't think a Bristlenose will go for that? The problem seems to be getting less as the aquarium gets older, so I haven't been too stressed about not finding any otos-I can keep up with it by scrubbing during the weekly water change. I don't have a green algae problem. If I upgrade the lights and add some live plants I could see getting a bristlenose.

Ellen
75 gallon, Rena XP2, Emperor 450
8 congo tetras
15 rummynose tetras
7 albino corydoras
2 german blue rams

20 gallon tall, Rena XP1
1 red cap oranda