Nutty Opossum
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster. I would first like to say thanks to everyone, I've learned a lot lurking and I think I'm off to a good start with my new tank.
I currently have a 10g with
5 neon tetras
1 mystery snail
1 ghost shrimp
35? Cherry shrimp (breeding like crazy)
My wife and I recently purchased our first house and I finally have the space to keep a bigger setup in my office (work from home, aquarium helps keep me calm lol)
Plan is to migrate my current tank to the large one but am stuck trying to decide on additional fish. A couple musts I have decided are a pair of gbr. The mystery snail is my wife's favorite so I'll be getting a few more in different colors.
I know with my cherry shrimp that I'm fairly limited and some will get eaten with almost anything I add. I feel like some population control is good with how fast they are breeding currently but just don't want them wiped out. The new aquarium (currently fishless cycling) is dirt and capped with Eco complete with the back painted black. One medium/large piece of driftwood, around 40 plants currently (will be moving 5 green temple plants, moss ball, small driftwood, and Java moss from old tank as well), and some rocks.
So, here's where I'm stuck. Some possibilities so far have been
Bosemani or dwarf rainbow fish
Dwarf gourami
Diamond tetras
Endlers
Kuhli loaches
I like the idea of having a fair amount of different species, and am trying to stick with brightly colored or contrasting fish to stand out from the plants and black background. Definitely open to other fish and critisism about anything.
Thanks!
I currently have a 10g with
5 neon tetras
1 mystery snail
1 ghost shrimp
35? Cherry shrimp (breeding like crazy)
My wife and I recently purchased our first house and I finally have the space to keep a bigger setup in my office (work from home, aquarium helps keep me calm lol)
Plan is to migrate my current tank to the large one but am stuck trying to decide on additional fish. A couple musts I have decided are a pair of gbr. The mystery snail is my wife's favorite so I'll be getting a few more in different colors.
I know with my cherry shrimp that I'm fairly limited and some will get eaten with almost anything I add. I feel like some population control is good with how fast they are breeding currently but just don't want them wiped out. The new aquarium (currently fishless cycling) is dirt and capped with Eco complete with the back painted black. One medium/large piece of driftwood, around 40 plants currently (will be moving 5 green temple plants, moss ball, small driftwood, and Java moss from old tank as well), and some rocks.
So, here's where I'm stuck. Some possibilities so far have been
Bosemani or dwarf rainbow fish
Dwarf gourami
Diamond tetras
Endlers
Kuhli loaches
I like the idea of having a fair amount of different species, and am trying to stick with brightly colored or contrasting fish to stand out from the plants and black background. Definitely open to other fish and critisism about anything.
Thanks!