Adding A Bristlenose?

[paul153]

Hi i have a 212litre tank with 3 dwarf gouramis, 8 neon tetras, 5 black tetras, 7 leopard danios, 2 silver dollars, 1 pictus cat, and 3 yoyo loach and i was wondering if it would be ok to put a baby bristlenose in with them

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Paul. Your added stock might work for a short time but the silver dollars alone are a full stocking for a tank that small. I know it seems huge but silver dollars get very big very quickly.

 

[paul153]

Welcome to the forum Paul. Your added stock might work for a short time but the silver dollars alone are a full stocking for a tank that small. I know it seems huge but silver dollars get very big very quickly.

Thanks for the reply the silver dollars are only in there temp i have a 265litre tank that is just goin thru cycle they will be going in there once it is ready.

 

[greenscooby]

BN's are LOVELY fish to watch but they produce a lot of waste(Ammonia).

You should be OK, just watch your stats, you could be up for 2 water changes per week.


IF you are happy with the water changes then carry on.

Mark.

 

[paul153]

BN's are LOVELY fish to watch but they produce a lot of waste(Ammonia).

You should be OK, just watch your stats, you could be up for 2 water changes per week.


IF you are happy with the water changes then carry on.

Mark.

Thanks for reply i have a fluval 203 external filter and a elite stringray 5 filter internal will that make it easier with the waste brom th bn? cheers

 

[greenscooby]

Should do, BUT i'm no expert, if i'm wrong someone will soon correct me.


If i've read your post correctly then i cannot see no reason why you couldn't add a BN to your tank.


IF you do buy a BN make sure you've got the food, Catfish pellets and algae wafers (they've both got to be sinkable)

On a personal(spelling?) note i'd try to get a female, smaller and more placid.