Stock Advice - 36 gallon tropical tank

[empirekevin]

I have 6 tetras (2ElectricGreenGlow, 2LongRedFin, 2BlackPhantom) and a 36G tank I started 2 weeks ago.

I am looking for more fish that will blend well with them and be more of a upper tank swimming family.

My tank is dark so bright colors are preferred.

Thoughts?

 

[Rivercats]

A male dwarf gourami, an angelfish, and hatchet fish could work. With your tank size you could add both a dwarf gourami (males are much brighter colored) and an angelfish. Both will give you a different body shape than what you already have and will use the middle to upper level of your tank. You could also add a small school of cory cats to give movement to the bottom of your tank. With a dark tank say 5-6 albino cory cats would really stand out. Same with a light colored angel and a brightly colored dwarf gourami.

 

[empirekevin]

I have never seen a hatchet fish until now. lol. Prolly my preference from that group would be an angel fish. The look of the other two just aren't for me.

Good advice though. Thanks

 

[bud29]

First I would get more tetras. Each of those tetras needs schools of 5+. So I would first get 3 more of each type of tetra, then add other fish. Have you looked into rams? Those make a great addition to a tank. The two most popular are the German Blue Ram and the Bolivian Ram. Do you have bottom dwellers in the tank? If not, I recommend getting some. Maybe six cories or one Bristlenose Pleco.

 

[Pckerfreak44]

His tank was started 2 weeks ago so I wouldn't recommend rams. Maybe Bolivians but not German blues. I would look into maybe some guppies? They might not go good with the tetras tho. How about some neon or cardinal tetras? Those would look kool.