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Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 24, 2013
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Hello,
My wife and I have bought our first aquarium and are looking for some advise to create the best possible environment for our new friends. The tank we have is a 64 litre and at present we have left the tank to settle for a week after filling and adding our de-chlorinator. We then added x3 xray tetra's and are looking to add the next few fish over the next month or so:
x3 further xray tetra's
x2 male guppy's (we are hoping to avoid a million fry appearing in the tank! Any advice of whether to male would become aggressive to one another is appreciated)
x2 rainbowfish (found online that 'Lake kutubu's' only grow to 10cm's which would prevent over-crowding in our relatively small tank. Would they be happy only in a group of two though?)
x1 cordoras catfish (Would the tetra's be at risk of getting munched? We would like some snails as well, any one had any trouble of catfish sucking them out of the shell as a tasty treat?!)
That would take us up to 60cm's of fish which should be fair accounting for live plants, bog wood etc that also take up water capacity
So does any of that jump out as an immediate no-no to the experienced one's? Any other tips you'd like to offer or easily available fish that may be more suitable than those we have picked?
Thanks!
My wife and I have bought our first aquarium and are looking for some advise to create the best possible environment for our new friends. The tank we have is a 64 litre and at present we have left the tank to settle for a week after filling and adding our de-chlorinator. We then added x3 xray tetra's and are looking to add the next few fish over the next month or so:
x3 further xray tetra's
x2 male guppy's (we are hoping to avoid a million fry appearing in the tank! Any advice of whether to male would become aggressive to one another is appreciated)
x2 rainbowfish (found online that 'Lake kutubu's' only grow to 10cm's which would prevent over-crowding in our relatively small tank. Would they be happy only in a group of two though?)
x1 cordoras catfish (Would the tetra's be at risk of getting munched? We would like some snails as well, any one had any trouble of catfish sucking them out of the shell as a tasty treat?!)
That would take us up to 60cm's of fish which should be fair accounting for live plants, bog wood etc that also take up water capacity
So does any of that jump out as an immediate no-no to the experienced one's? Any other tips you'd like to offer or easily available fish that may be more suitable than those we have picked?
Thanks!