Danio8
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I have had a 20 gallon tank for about a year and a half and I have decided to upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder. The filter I would be using is a Marineland Penguin 200, which has a filter rate of 200gph. The substate would be black gravel. My ph is around 8.2. I do plan on having plenty of live plants. The current stock in my 20 gallon is 4 glofish tetras (I know they are supposed to be in a larger school, but this group has been doing fine for a while now so I've just decided to leave them), 3 female platys, 1 platy fry with an unknown gender, and a pair of zebra danios (I am aware they are also supposed to be in a school but it has just been the two of them for months now and they seem fine...), and 5 ember tetras. I would move these current fish to the 40 gallon as well as adding a few new fish.
So the fish I'm thinking of adding are:
3-4 pearl gouramis
5 more ember tetras (so the total amount would be 10)
2-5 Female Platys (My friend is looking to rehome her full grown girls as well as possibly some fry)
1-2 bristlenose plecos (I do plan to have plenty of driftwood in the tank, and I wouldn't add them until the tank had grown some stuff.)
So I have a few questions.. Is the filter and adequate size? Is the stock ok? Is my ph too high for the pearl gouramis? And I would love some beginner plant suggestions that do not have a need for Co2, as well as a good fertilizer. Thanks!
So the fish I'm thinking of adding are:
3-4 pearl gouramis
5 more ember tetras (so the total amount would be 10)
2-5 Female Platys (My friend is looking to rehome her full grown girls as well as possibly some fry)
1-2 bristlenose plecos (I do plan to have plenty of driftwood in the tank, and I wouldn't add them until the tank had grown some stuff.)
So I have a few questions.. Is the filter and adequate size? Is the stock ok? Is my ph too high for the pearl gouramis? And I would love some beginner plant suggestions that do not have a need for Co2, as well as a good fertilizer. Thanks!