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I have a 55gal cycled tank. It has a couple very small real plants and some java moss but I prefer artificial plants so it has a lot of those. It currently only has 5 platies in it because I'm the most indecisive person in the world.
I've been down to the LFS to talk to them a bunch of times and played with the aqadvisor site. I think I finally have most of a plan. I've already talked to the LFS and they said they accept back any fish I find don't work out due to aggression or other issues. The LFS I'm using is privately owned, not a big brand store.
The fish I chose seem to all require similar water temps except for my current platies but I read they shouldn't mind the few extra degrees of warmth since they're such hardy little fish. I'm planning on adding only a few fish at a time, every 1-2 weeks depending on how water tests go.
I feel like I'm lacking some sort of algae eating fish with this build though. I don't have much algae and scrub the walls whenever I do see some but thought it would be nice to have something to help out and eat any that shows up on the rocks and spiderwood.
5 platy (already in the tank)
1 dwarf or pearl gourami
2 german blue rams (to be added later in the year after the water is stable for a while after stocking the other fish)
10 cardinal tetras
6 cory catfish
I have talked to my LFS about getting 2 young angelfish as well and they said it shouldn't be a problem as long as I add them after the cardinals but I'm not sure I want to risk the cardinals being an expensive snack so not sure if I should skip the angels or skip the cardinals. I just feel like without them I'm lacking something. 1 dwarf gourami doesn't seem like enough, maybe 3 pearl gouramis instead of angels?
I talked to the LFS about a bristlenose pleco as well, they kinda steered me away from them because they're waste factories but I do weekly PWC and can vacuum when I do it, I also have 2 Aquaclear 70s so I'm not sure it would be too much of an issue.
Any recommendations are welcome.
I've been down to the LFS to talk to them a bunch of times and played with the aqadvisor site. I think I finally have most of a plan. I've already talked to the LFS and they said they accept back any fish I find don't work out due to aggression or other issues. The LFS I'm using is privately owned, not a big brand store.
The fish I chose seem to all require similar water temps except for my current platies but I read they shouldn't mind the few extra degrees of warmth since they're such hardy little fish. I'm planning on adding only a few fish at a time, every 1-2 weeks depending on how water tests go.
I feel like I'm lacking some sort of algae eating fish with this build though. I don't have much algae and scrub the walls whenever I do see some but thought it would be nice to have something to help out and eat any that shows up on the rocks and spiderwood.
5 platy (already in the tank)
1 dwarf or pearl gourami
2 german blue rams (to be added later in the year after the water is stable for a while after stocking the other fish)
10 cardinal tetras
6 cory catfish
I have talked to my LFS about getting 2 young angelfish as well and they said it shouldn't be a problem as long as I add them after the cardinals but I'm not sure I want to risk the cardinals being an expensive snack so not sure if I should skip the angels or skip the cardinals. I just feel like without them I'm lacking something. 1 dwarf gourami doesn't seem like enough, maybe 3 pearl gouramis instead of angels?
I talked to the LFS about a bristlenose pleco as well, they kinda steered me away from them because they're waste factories but I do weekly PWC and can vacuum when I do it, I also have 2 Aquaclear 70s so I'm not sure it would be too much of an issue.
Any recommendations are welcome.