Alright. I have a 29 Gallon that's been established for a good while. After I cycled it, I put in a Betta and 4 Cories. Eventually, the bigger (assuming the oldest) cory died. No ill effects to the rest of the tank. Then, the betta died about a week ago. I did a water change and let the tank be. The Cories show no ill effects. I made a trip to the local pet stores, without knowing exactly what I wanted to do with this tank. It's planted decently with a combination of plastic and real plants, with a large piece of fake driftwood. My AC150 has the standard foam filter pad, carbon, bio-max, and some peat pellets. I haven't checked my parameters in a while, but will be with the new additions.
While browsing, the Neon tetras caught my eye, just like when I was younger and had a 10 gallon. I'd never had any luck with neons, but this particular shop's stock had brilliant coloring, schooled well, and were very lively fish. I gave in, decided I'd keep a nice, south-american themed community tank, and bought a school of 10. I put them in last night, let the bag float as usual, then added small amounts of tank water to the bag every 5 minutes for almost and hour to get the acclimated slow and easy. They were then netted, and released.
I woke up this morning before the timer turned the lights on...Noticed the Cories doing their dances...the breeding dances. They have made babies before, but only one survived from the low amount of eggs they laid (most fell victem to the betta). This time, they've laid about 5 times that amount of eggs. I'm eager to see how this batch turns out.
Enough with the ranting though. Here's the point. I now have 4 cories, with some more on the way (hopefully) that will probably find their way into dad's community tanks. I have a new school of 10 neons, to which I am tempted to add 5 more. The top of the tank is empty though. I had looked at silver hatchetfish yesterday, but I like the marbled variety more, which I've NEVER seen around here. Would 5 more neons and a school of maybe 5 hatchetfish work for this tank? Any recommendations on a low maintaince floating plant that will provide cover for some upper hemisphere dwellers? And since I haven't been able to find any marbled hatchetfish around here, has anyone had any luck ordering fish online?
While browsing, the Neon tetras caught my eye, just like when I was younger and had a 10 gallon. I'd never had any luck with neons, but this particular shop's stock had brilliant coloring, schooled well, and were very lively fish. I gave in, decided I'd keep a nice, south-american themed community tank, and bought a school of 10. I put them in last night, let the bag float as usual, then added small amounts of tank water to the bag every 5 minutes for almost and hour to get the acclimated slow and easy. They were then netted, and released.
I woke up this morning before the timer turned the lights on...Noticed the Cories doing their dances...the breeding dances. They have made babies before, but only one survived from the low amount of eggs they laid (most fell victem to the betta). This time, they've laid about 5 times that amount of eggs. I'm eager to see how this batch turns out.
Enough with the ranting though. Here's the point. I now have 4 cories, with some more on the way (hopefully) that will probably find their way into dad's community tanks. I have a new school of 10 neons, to which I am tempted to add 5 more. The top of the tank is empty though. I had looked at silver hatchetfish yesterday, but I like the marbled variety more, which I've NEVER seen around here. Would 5 more neons and a school of maybe 5 hatchetfish work for this tank? Any recommendations on a low maintaince floating plant that will provide cover for some upper hemisphere dwellers? And since I haven't been able to find any marbled hatchetfish around here, has anyone had any luck ordering fish online?
