martymc83
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi Guys
Just wondered if anyone can come up with any suggestions on a couple of fish to complete my community tank.
I have a 165 litre tank, Its my first tank and has been running for ~3 months now. I test the water weekly before and after a 20-25% water change and its pretty stable at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates, 5-20 nitrates (cant tell difference of the 10/20 api test card colours haha), PH has always been at 7.8 and keep the temp at 25.
Stock wise I have (in order they were added):
11 white cloud mountain minnows
7 lemon tetra
2 burmese border loaches
4 bolivian rams (juveniles ~2-3cm)
1 bristlenose pleco (juvenile ~2cm)
I'm thinking of rehoming 2 bolivian rams if two pair up and become aggressive to the others but if they can all get along with each other that would be great. I do have a lightly stocked 60 litre to move fish over to to create a bit more room in my large tank if needed.
I have 4-5 live plants in the tank including water sprite (floating and planted), a crypt (not sure type), and a couple of others plants again not sure on types.
I'm looking for colourful centrepiece fish really, a decent size ....I was thinking about Boeseman's rainbowfish but as they need to be in a group of more than 6 I don't have the room (or can they get along as a pair?)
AqAdvisor puts my setup at 58% as it is now moving to 87% capacity adult size but I have been told that AqAdvisor is a little strick with its stocking % ??
Anyway that's why I'm here for the advice so if anyone has any idea's / thoughts please let me know.
Thanks in advance
Marty
Just wondered if anyone can come up with any suggestions on a couple of fish to complete my community tank.
I have a 165 litre tank, Its my first tank and has been running for ~3 months now. I test the water weekly before and after a 20-25% water change and its pretty stable at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates, 5-20 nitrates (cant tell difference of the 10/20 api test card colours haha), PH has always been at 7.8 and keep the temp at 25.
Stock wise I have (in order they were added):
11 white cloud mountain minnows
7 lemon tetra
2 burmese border loaches
4 bolivian rams (juveniles ~2-3cm)
1 bristlenose pleco (juvenile ~2cm)
I'm thinking of rehoming 2 bolivian rams if two pair up and become aggressive to the others but if they can all get along with each other that would be great. I do have a lightly stocked 60 litre to move fish over to to create a bit more room in my large tank if needed.
I have 4-5 live plants in the tank including water sprite (floating and planted), a crypt (not sure type), and a couple of others plants again not sure on types.
I'm looking for colourful centrepiece fish really, a decent size ....I was thinking about Boeseman's rainbowfish but as they need to be in a group of more than 6 I don't have the room (or can they get along as a pair?)
AqAdvisor puts my setup at 58% as it is now moving to 87% capacity adult size but I have been told that AqAdvisor is a little strick with its stocking % ??
Anyway that's why I'm here for the advice so if anyone has any idea's / thoughts please let me know.
Thanks in advance
Marty