Approve?

[40galreef]

I have a 40 gallon tall aquarium. It is a planted tank I set up a couple months ago. Want to see if you approve of this plan!

Water Parameters
Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, and Chlorine=0
Alkalinity=40
Hardness=150
Ph=7.2
Temp=78-81.5

Current stock
-3 Dwarf Loach
-1 Rubber-Lip Pleco

-lots of different plants and some java moss on the artificial driftwood (I also have a rock stack)

Planned Stock (Won't Use All)
-Cherry Barb
-Gold Barb
-Redline Rasbora
-Golden Pencil fish
-Marbled Hatchet fish
-Congo Tetra
-Boseman's Rainbowfish
-Ansorge's Neolebias
-Clausen's steel-blue Killie

Thanks!

 

[Chiroptera]

The Boseman's Rainbowfish won't work. Stay with the smaller fish.

Rainbowfish need schools of 5-6, and the minimum tank size for larger ones would be a 55, and definitely a longer tank, not a taller one.

The cherry and gold barbs sound awesome though! And the hatchetfish!

 

[40galreef]

The Boseman's Rainbowfish won't work. Stay with the smaller fish.

Rainbowfish need schools of 5-6, and the minimum tank size for larger ones would be a 55, and definitely a longer tank, not a taller one.

The cherry and gold barbs sound awesome though! And the hatchetfish!

Thanks for the advice! No experience with the others?

 

[maxwellag]

The Boseman's Rainbowfish won't work. Stay with the smaller fish.

Rainbowfish need schools of 5-6, and the minimum tank size for larger ones would be a 55, and definitely a longer tank, not a taller one.

The cherry and gold barbs sound awesome though! And the hatchetfish!

A 40b has a larger foot print than a 55, so it allows for more horizontal swimming room. Fish don't always swim from edge to edge of the tank, they also swim from corner to corner. A 40b has a longer corner to corner length than a 55. I agree that the rainbows need a group of 5 or 6 though, and that a shorter and longer, fatter, or wider tank is better than a tall and skinny one.

 

[jetajockey]

Its a 40 tall I believe.

 

[maxwellag]

Its a 40 tall I believe.

Ah, nevermind then, disregard lol