When I look at my oldest planted 20L, I notice that the largest critters in there are the two female amano shrimps. While this is impressive enough, the tank is somewhat lacking in action. The main "attraction" at the moment are the glowlight tetras. They look nice, but their favorite pastime is to hang out below their usual plant and meditate about the meaning of life - or whatever it is that they do all day long. They have their five minutes of frenzy per day during feeding time, but that's about it. And, completely gentleman-like, they would never rise more than 5 inches from the sag carpet even then.
I'd like to have some centerpiece fish, but - and that's the difficult part - it should be from South America (dwarf gourami is out), as I'm planning something like a biotope tank (yes, I know, amanos are not from SA, but they are the oldest inhabitants in there). I already had a bristlenose pleco and loved it, although it was a nasty beast and prolific cory killer. Unfortunately, she went on an expedition across the living room and forgot her scuba gear. She got replaced by a rubbernose pleco, who has the same temperament but, with his 1½", just earns sneers from his neighbors. Next were a group of 6 serpae tetras, who spent their days finding out who is the most badass among them. But they just died, and the only ones I see in the stores nowadays are those with fins that look as if they got stuck in a mangle. So they are out, too.
I'm a bit at a loss. The glowlights, 2 otos, 3 cories and the bulldog pleco should stay in. What's a nice SA centerpiece fish that doesn't eat glowlights?
I'd like to have some centerpiece fish, but - and that's the difficult part - it should be from South America (dwarf gourami is out), as I'm planning something like a biotope tank (yes, I know, amanos are not from SA, but they are the oldest inhabitants in there). I already had a bristlenose pleco and loved it, although it was a nasty beast and prolific cory killer. Unfortunately, she went on an expedition across the living room and forgot her scuba gear. She got replaced by a rubbernose pleco, who has the same temperament but, with his 1½", just earns sneers from his neighbors. Next were a group of 6 serpae tetras, who spent their days finding out who is the most badass among them. But they just died, and the only ones I see in the stores nowadays are those with fins that look as if they got stuck in a mangle. So they are out, too.
I'm a bit at a loss. The glowlights, 2 otos, 3 cories and the bulldog pleco should stay in. What's a nice SA centerpiece fish that doesn't eat glowlights?
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