I have gotten my first tank. It is a 15 gallon tank with a 14x14 in base. I have planted the tank with a few plants and have added a piece of spider driftwood. Now I am trying to decide on fish.
When I went to the LFS I really liked a few of the fish.
I really pretty sure that I want a small school of reed tetra for my middle swimmers. From what I can find they are very small moderately active fish.
For my bottom level I was originally thinking about getting some pygmy Cory's. However, I fell in love with rams. Would it be possible to keep a pair of rams in my tank?
For the top I was thinking of getting a pair of either platys or maybe guppies.
Finally, I was going to get snails and/or shrimp to help with algae and left over food.
I would really like to have all the fish from the same area of the world.
So, does it seem reasonable to eventually have
6-10 reed tetras
2 rams
2 platys
And a snail or a few shrimp
In my tank?
I would be more than wiling to wait a few months before getting the rams.
Any other ideas on top swimmers from south america that would work in my tank? I know that guppies at least prefer hard water so they might not work well with the soft water rams.
When I went to the LFS I really liked a few of the fish.
I really pretty sure that I want a small school of reed tetra for my middle swimmers. From what I can find they are very small moderately active fish.
For my bottom level I was originally thinking about getting some pygmy Cory's. However, I fell in love with rams. Would it be possible to keep a pair of rams in my tank?
For the top I was thinking of getting a pair of either platys or maybe guppies.
Finally, I was going to get snails and/or shrimp to help with algae and left over food.
I would really like to have all the fish from the same area of the world.
So, does it seem reasonable to eventually have
6-10 reed tetras
2 rams
2 platys
And a snail or a few shrimp
In my tank?
I would be more than wiling to wait a few months before getting the rams.
Any other ideas on top swimmers from south america that would work in my tank? I know that guppies at least prefer hard water so they might not work well with the soft water rams.