55g new tank

[Reneegadeprincess]

Me & the hubby got this tank 3 weeks ago.

Equipment:
Tetra whisper ex70
Aqueon lights
Tetra whisper 100 air pump


Plants:
4 Amazon Swords
Water Sprite
Wisteria
3 unknowns

Residence:
6 Glowlight tetra
5 Blooddfin
4 black bottom fin
4 Neons (can't keep these alive)
3 otto
1 Ghost shrimp
(ordered 10 yellow shrimp)

Can we support more small fish?


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[Gboy66]

You can support quite a few more fish if you would lile too. First of all, id fill out all of those schools to 7

[BBradbury]

Hello Renee...

By all means, use your own judgement, but your tank really hasn't been running very long, so the water conditions still need time to settle. You have a nice number of fish, so I'd let the tank run for several more weeks before adding more. You want to make sure there are enough bacteria to handle the current amount of fish waste.

If you want to work on your tank, then I suggest planting some more plants next time you do your large water change. Some good ones are varieties of Hygrophila, Pennywort and Hornwort. Anacharis is nice if you have good lighting, but I'd wait to add fish.

I have several 55 G tanks. They're my favs. I like to experiment with plants and fertilizers, so my tanks look different than most. Attached are a couple of pics.

Above everything else, have fun!

B