James_in_MN
Aquarium Advice FINatic
After reading some comments in another thread, I've decided not to put cardinal tetras in my 10g. Instead, I'm probably going to add dwarf pencilfish and sparkling gouramis. My other inhabitants would be amano shrimp and RCS.
What low light plant options would I have? Right now, I have a large clump of java moss on top of my driftwood, and a couple of small crypt plants. From what I'm reading, both dwarf pencilfish and sparkling gouramis are shy fish, which means I should find some more plants to add to my tank. One thought I had was some type of <fillintheblank>wort floating on the surface.
In my 20g high, I have three ottos and a nerite snail. I'm debating moving my snail to my 10g tank since I don't really need that many algae-eaters in my 20g (and it might not even be a good idea to have that many). I know that amano shrimp eat both algae and also scavenge a bit, so I am assuming that I'll probably have enough algae to go around with the shrimp and snail, correct?
At one point, when I was going to just have shrimp and cardinal tetras, it was suggested that I may not have to add them in batches since there wouldn't be much of a bio-load on my filter. However, now that I'm adding two different types of fish, should I rethink this and add them in two groups?
My current stocking plan is:
10-ish RCS
3 amano shrimp
6 dwarf pencilfish
3-ish sparkling gourami
nerite snail (re-homed from 20g)
My tank did just finish cycling. Last checked was 0 ppm ammonia/nitrItes and 30 ppm nitrAtes. I'll be doing a PWC to get the nitrAtes down further before adding any fish or inverts to the tank.
What low light plant options would I have? Right now, I have a large clump of java moss on top of my driftwood, and a couple of small crypt plants. From what I'm reading, both dwarf pencilfish and sparkling gouramis are shy fish, which means I should find some more plants to add to my tank. One thought I had was some type of <fillintheblank>wort floating on the surface.
In my 20g high, I have three ottos and a nerite snail. I'm debating moving my snail to my 10g tank since I don't really need that many algae-eaters in my 20g (and it might not even be a good idea to have that many). I know that amano shrimp eat both algae and also scavenge a bit, so I am assuming that I'll probably have enough algae to go around with the shrimp and snail, correct?
At one point, when I was going to just have shrimp and cardinal tetras, it was suggested that I may not have to add them in batches since there wouldn't be much of a bio-load on my filter. However, now that I'm adding two different types of fish, should I rethink this and add them in two groups?
My current stocking plan is:
10-ish RCS
3 amano shrimp
6 dwarf pencilfish
3-ish sparkling gourami
nerite snail (re-homed from 20g)
My tank did just finish cycling. Last checked was 0 ppm ammonia/nitrItes and 30 ppm nitrAtes. I'll be doing a PWC to get the nitrAtes down further before adding any fish or inverts to the tank.