Inverts for my tropical FW tank ???

[Nuitari]

I have a well established 70 gal freshwater tropical tank and I would like to add some inverts to it to add depth , visual appeal and to help with sand maintance. I have gotten alot of varied opinions from never add inverts to a semi aggressive tank to add any you want and let them sort out heirarchy as in nature they are not all seperated ... well this isn't a pond its my tank with fish from many areas and I would like to keep it a good home for my swimming buddies .... so I will add my current stock and would love any info , opinions or advice on the idea of adding inverts and perhaps what kinds would do best .....

-tank inhabitants -
2 Gouramis Blue and a Platnum ( both 3 spot )
8 Odessa barbs male and female
5 tiger barbs
5 green tiger barbs
1 zebra loach
1 julii cory cat
1 common plec
I am also pondering over adding 1 or 2 pictus catfish in the next month

thanks for reading and look forward to the discussion

 

[GodFan]

Snails would be ok probably but anything else will possibly be a problem. Most shrimp (except large filter feeding shrimp) will be a delictable snack. Crays will tear your tank apart unless they are dwarfs that generally are tiny (well yea lol)
I would say add ghost shrimp if you want shrimp (super cheap but watch for prawns mixed in on accident).
If you add a bunch of ghost shrimp some are bound to survive.
If you dont mind me adding that the juliis like to school I would suggest getting 5 more. The common pleco will get agressive as he gets old and will pose a problem for inverts I imagine. I really think the pictus catfish would wipe out most inverts that you are gonna want as well.

 

[Nuitari]

thanks for your answer , the plec will be rehomed to a friends larger tank when he grows a bit more so he is just " renting " and I agree about the cory , I had bought 2 of them but the other died due to a problem within 24 hours probably stress from a long trip home from the store. I am moving my community tank from its current 10gal to either a 40 or 55 gal in the near future and plan to add the cory and a few new cory buddies into that tank


70gal Flatback hex
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2 3spot Gouramis
8 Odessa barbs
5 emerald tiger barbs
5 tiger barbs
1 zebra loach
1 julii cory cat
1 common plec

10 gal community
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1 gold gourami
2 black lyretail mollies
2 sunset wagtail platy
2 cherry cream platy
2 twinbar platy

 

[GodFan]

ok cool.