Help with fish choice????

[11panos04]

Once again, fish lovers, i d need your help with what i intend to to before i actually do it.

So,i have a 35lt (9,25 g using the converter on the right side of the forum), i have 5 red cherries and 2 ottos and all is ok.I was told the bioload and the waste is too little,to help maintain a decent amount of nitrates for the plants,plus, the aquarium looks...life less, as the shrimps hide for most of the day and the ottos suck here and there,always being part of the hardscape, there s no free movement...I wanted some fish,small enough,and i don t really care if the shrimps here give birth or not, i have another tank for that. I thought of chili rasboras,as i found out they re very small and with nice colors, can do with lower temperatures and pretty easy fish for a beginner, but how many could i put in those liters?I don t want a betta fish,i had one in the past, he was... quite lazy...

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

I don't really know about what else you could put in there, except maybe a small school of Ember Tetras.
I mean, not all bettas are lazy, you could try another one... But if you don't want to, then don't. Personally, I'm a betta girl, but not everyone else.

 

[11panos04]

I don't really know about what else you could put in there, except maybe a small school of Ember Tetras.
I mean, not all bettas are lazy, you could try another one... But if you don't want to, then don't. Personally, I'm a betta girl, but not everyone else.

I hope what i said bout bettas was not mistaken,no offence . I like bettas,but... i d like to try some other fish.

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

No problem, I get it. I have MTS(Multiple Tank Syndrome), so I know about wanting to try everything.
What fish do you want to try? What are you looking for?

 

[fishot]

maybe Cherry barbs?

 

[11panos04]

No problem, I get it. I have MTS(Multiple Tank Syndrome), so I know about wanting to try everything.
What fish do you want to try? What are you looking for?

I want something very small,so that the tank looks big .I thought of chili rasboras coause they re red and very small,but the question i think is not what i d want but if what i want can be done?...

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

Ember tetras would work. They look small in my 6.5 gallon. And they are very pretty, imo.

 

[11panos04]

maybe Cherry barbs?

I searched on the net,it says they need 20g,best kept in a school of 5,so 5x20=100g for a small school of them?...i only have 9,2...

 

[11panos04]

Any ideas on my post above???

 

[MacZ]

In your tank size... small rasboras like the genera Boraras or Microdevario, maybe some Dario... that's pretty much it. Anything that grows larger than 3cm is automatically out.

Stocking density: 6-8 Boraras OR 4-6 Dario. Period.

But as you already have shrimp and Otos... 6 Boraras and your stocking is done. That's all the tank can handle.

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

I suggested Ember Tetras. I don't exactly know if they would work, but they are pretty

 

[11panos04]

How often and how much should i feed those?They re 7 chili rasboras and the food is tetra micro granules with a tiny spoon.

 

[PeterFishKeepin]

Guppies could work I think

 

[Fisch]

What is the temperature in your tank?
The size of the school also depends on your diligence in regards to water quality.
Embers would work, just need good plant cover and hiding places.
Endlers may be another option.

 

[Chiz]

I've had good luck with white cloud mountain minnows in planted tanks with shrimp. They don't overpopulate (although they are easy to breed), and are peaceful tank mates.

 

[11panos04]

It is 77 degrees