Here is the other PM conversation...
["You are willing to do a fish in cycle? Did you read up on the link from Library Girl?
You need to have the time to do water checks daily and sometimes more frequently, with the necessary water changes too.
The stocking depends on the adult size of your fish and if you plan to add any other types of fish.
One other POSSIBLE option and I say possible as I haven't kept these myself and you could possibly get a pair of them and maybe they would spawn too. They have special food which they like, and may not always want dried normal fish food, but maybe frozen "fresh".
Also a possibility for another tank mate might be a CPO, Cambarellus Patzcuarensis (var. orange ) Origin: Mexico I will try and post a pic of mine on your thread.
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Yes i did read the link, it was very helpfull. Yes i would like to add other kinds of fish but i dont want to over stock and have to deal with alot of algae and a unclean tank. Any types of small fish out there like the rasboras that would make a good fit for my aquarium. Also keep in mind i would like to stock my aquarium with a couple of ghost shrimp if possible. Once again thxs for all the help. "]
Shrimp will need to be last, after the ammonia and nitrite and nitrate spikes and stuff are over, so a while...
Any of the fish I PM'd you with last night will be good, just find out if they are available near you, look at them in person, find out if they are likely to be very sensitive to fish in cycling or very hardy. Let us know which ones you are considering and get input, and make your selection!
A Nerite snail will clean, if you don't want babies, but as you can see from the pic of the awesome Red Ramshorn, they can be pretty gorgeous and make extras!
You can help avoid algae by not over feeding, and also by not leaving the light on for too long at a time something like 4 hours, off a couple hours then on again for 4-6 hours. Not have it in direct sunlight.