Fish for 54l tank

[amb44]

Hello,

My 54l tank (60 x 30 x0 30) has started cycling so I am having to think seriously about what I want to stock it with. It will definitely be having 10 neon tetras in it (currently 5 in there, plus 4 apple snails), and one bristlenose. I was planning to move my betta into the tank as my feature fish but my tetras are horrible tail nippers - I've even seen one nip at the bristlenose.

The snails will be removed once the tank has finished cycling, I just figured since they produce so much waste it would give the tank a nice kickstart, and I want to plant the tank eventually too.

Ideally I would love to get some khuli loaches (not as the feature of course!) but I understand that they are happier in groups of 5 or 6 and I don't think my tank is big enough for this?

As far as feature fish go I am stuck - I quite like pearl and kissing gouramis but these too will grow too big for my tank.

Any advice appreciated,

Amy

[F15hguy]

man you have some weird neons, were they raised by cichlids or something?

5 kuhli's shouldn't be a problem in there as long as you keep the gravel reasonably clean.

if you like the gourami's have a look at the dwarf varieties, theres the regular dwarf, cobalt blue and royal red, as well as the red and yellow versions of the honey gourami's.

or else try a pair of Blue rams.

or you could buy another school of neons that arent mental cases and have your betta in there.