30 g clean up crew

[BamBamFishKid]

Hi,

Im most likely going to stock my tank with the following,

-golden dojo loach
-pair of bolivian rams
-3 female powder blue dwarf gourami
-3 red wag platy

NEED A CLEAN UP CREW WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?

I will also most likely plant java moss, and java fern.

There will be lots of DW in this tank.

 

[librarygirl]

I'd rethink the Dojos; they should be in a larger tank and get up to 6", plus they need a group of at least 3. You'd be overstocked with them in the tank. Instead of those you could get some schooling fish, tetras or danios, etc. Bottom-dwellers may be a bit tricky with that sized tank. A pair of rams can get aggressive when they pair off and any other bottom-dwelling fish will be the targets; I have a pair of rams with corys but it's a 40 gal breeder so there's more room. You could try shrimp, adults may be ok, babies may likely get eaten though.

 

[Rivercats]

Hi,

Im most likely going to stock my tank with the following,

-golden dojo loach
-pair of bolivian rams
-3 female powder blue dwarf gourami
-3 red wag platy

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You may not be able to find female PBD gourami's. Most places only sell males as females are very drab and don't sell.

I agree with no dojo loaches but in that size tank you could do Dwarf Chain Loaches, Botia sidthimunki, which would do fine with a pair of Bolivian Rams. I've found that Bolivian ram pairs even when spawning aren't as aggressive as GBR's. I've also found quite often that when you have a male and female of this species they often won't accept each other and just co-exist in the tank. IMO they seem a little more picky about mates than GBR's are.