Are Any Of These Species Suitable For My Nano 16 Litre Tank?

[nurglespuss]

The tank has a white sand substrate (with planting medium underneath), with a nice bit of bog wood and will be densely planted.

Tank in position:

OOOoooooh blue! the tank has both blue and white tubes (t5s apparantly - but we'll see if thats true):

Journal is also in progress

 

[eschaton]

You need to switch out those bulbs. They're marine spectra and the plants will do very poorly with them, while algae will do well.

In a tank of that size, you should be able to keep any of those except the Guppy and possibly the gourami which isn't a pygmy (I dunno the species). However, pygmy cories ideally should be in groups of a dozen, and Otos shouldn't be left alone either.

I'd suggest the following as max stocking

6 Boraras or 5 Endlers
1 Pygmy Gourami or 1 Scarlet Badis
Amano shrimp (or cherry/something else that can breed if you don't keep the gourami)

 

[nurglespuss]

Damn didnt realise they were marine lights, just figured the blue one was for evening viewing and the white light for daytime and plant growth.

That pic is only the blue light on just to clarify

 

[eschaton]

Well, I can't really tell - it might just be a moonlight if it's an LED, but if it's a full bulb it's likely actinic, which makes corals look pretty but is useless for anything else. Worse is a marine spectra bulb though, as it generally has a color temp of 10,000 - around 5,300-5,700 is correct for freshwater planted tanks.

Also, just to be clear, what do you mean by white sand? You used silica-based sand, not argonite, right?

 

[nurglespuss]

Yes silica sand, over plant substrate.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Binocular microscope... I'm impressed.


The white light is probably fine for plant growth, they generally are.

 

[PRW1988]

I'd say 5 endler guppies and 3 pygmy cories.

 

[luque]

endlers are great go for a few of them, with a few shrimp as cuc

 

[nurglespuss]

cool thanks all :>