ideas for addition for tank + question

[brian7]

I have a 55 gallon.
5 danios
5 tiger barbs (used to be 6, one disappeared, I knew he was going to die, he was swimming funny and kind of had a fat belly, but I never found the body, I'm hoping fish and pleco ate it? my water parameters are good)
6 guppies
2 angel fish
1 rainbow shark
1 clown pleco

I was looking for a cool addition, we were going to get an adf but decided not to since tank is too large.
We would like a cool addition (not necessarily a fish).
Help is much appreciated

 

[BakerBoy17]

You can put plants in it. I think an aquascape would be cool.

 

[brian7]

i have a couple plants...

 

[BakerBoy17]

Do you mean some live? Like fish? Or just anything?

 

[LyndaB]

Personally, I think your rainbow shark should be in a larger tank, at least a 75. I rehomed mine to a friend with 125 gallon tank. They need a lot of room as they mature or their aggression becomes uncontrollable.

 

[BakerBoy17]

I agree with her but I heard a 55 or bigger is better. So I didn't say anything. They don't get that big ( like 6") but they need A LOT of room to swim.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Have you tried rainbowfish? Very pretty IMO. There's also those other sorts of oddballs and less commonly found fish like golden wonder killies, scarlet badis, spotted leopard fish, etc.

 

[brian7]

Personally, I think your rainbow shark should be in a larger tank, at least a 75. I rehomed mine to a friend with 125 gallon tank. They need a lot of room as they mature or their aggression becomes uncontrollable.

I appreciate your opinion, but google rainbow shark. 55 gallon should be fine. some sources say less.

 

[LyndaB]

I'm speaking from having had one and seeing the type of aggression you can't just read about. That's why I made my opinion so strongly. No two fish are alike, though. You may end up with a mellow shark. I do hope so.

 

[brian7]

live like fish, crabs, shrimp, etc.

thanks!

 

[BakerBoy17]

Shrimp are always neat. I like the way tiger shrimp and red cherry shrimps look. And I think a school would look neat. I'm a fan of tetras it just really depends on what you want

 

[jeffruth]

I have priscilla tetras and red minor tetras. Only get to 2-2.5", although mine are not even 2" and they are 6months old. Very active and fun to watch. They need to be in shoals of 5+ ideally.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Oh and just wondering but do your tiger barbs and angels get along?

 

[brian7]

at first when the angel fish were new (bought after barbs) they did a tiny bit, but i think it was a territorial thing. Now from what i can tell they don't bother any of the fish.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Oh that's cool. I'm glad to hear that