Thr33Swords Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi guys, So yesterday I decided to rip 60% of the plants out of my tank because they grew faster than I could be bothered trimming them (which is odd for a low tech tank, haha), and because I wanted to change the scenery in the tank a bit, focussing on large broad leaf plants. This is what it looked like after finishing the replanting last night (the tank is 500 litres btw): Anyway, as you can see from that photo, the tank looks rather... empty now. Here's what I have in there at the moment: 6 x red phantom Tetras 4 x Angel Fish 2 x yellow Gourami 1 x Pearl Gourami 1 x Opaline Gourami 4 x Bristlenose Pleco's 1 x Siamese Algae Eater I had some neon tetra's, but the Angel's thought they were a nice snack so I got rid of them. All the other fish in the tank get along very well, and I have even had the red phantoms breed in there before. The angels sometimes have a go at each other, but they never attack or chase anything else. So, what I want to do now is add more fish to the tank and make it look more alive and fill the empty space. So far I know for sure that I want to add another Pearl Gourami, another Opaline Gourami and some more Red Phantoms, but what I really want to do is add some more variety as well. So, question time: Can anyone recommend some fish that could do well in my tank? Specifically I am after fish that aren't yellow or red-ish in colour, as I already have a lot of those. I would love something with some blue hue's. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 50 Lemon Tetras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Some cardinal or rummy nose tetras would look great, or if you want some bigger fish maybe a small shoal of rainbowfish? Can get some quite colourful ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thr33Swords Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Will tetras that small be ok with the Angelfish? They already ate a huge amount of my neons >_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Rummy nose and cardinals are a bit bigger than neons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thr33Swords Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hmm, I will check them out ^^ I am kinda leaning towards getting boesemani Rainbows though... maybe 6 of them or so. They should do ok in this tank right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 They should do, I've actually never kept any rainbows but I don't see why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 get some full length lighting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thr33Swords Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 get some full length lighting! Hahah yeah I really should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Boesemani should be fine in that tank - rainbows are on the go constantly. However you will need to make sure that there is a clear gap the length of the tank for them to swim up and down. They really do need the space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morfin Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 What are the green clumpy plants in the middle? I like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 What are the green clumpy plants in the middle? I like Amazon sword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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