Change Of Fish

[Andypalf]

Hi all. I've been busy recently and haven't been able to work on my tank as much as I'd have liked to apart from the usual weekly maintenance. But I'm throwing myself into it once again.
It's settled now and it needs a change. The fish I've got just don't seem to gel and I want ot make a couple changes so I'm hoping you guys can help me out once again.

125L tank, Fluval 3Plus filter, 30inch 25watt light that is on for 12 hours/day. Heated with a 150W heater to 25-26 degrees celcius. Quite heavily planted.

Water stats: pH-7.0, NO2<0.1ppm, NO3~20ppm, KH>240ppm and GH>180ppm

Stocking is: 5 Yellowtail Rasboras (Rasbora tornieri), 3 male guppies, 2 Ancistrus (I don't know what type, they're too young and were not ID'd in the LFS), 1 Red Wagtail Platy.

I feel the the yellowtail are a little big for the tank and are very very skittish. They hide a lot and go bezerk whenever someone walks past the tank! I thinking of rehoming these (not sure how ) and getting 6 harlequins. As well as adding a couple more guppies and an indian gourami (Colisa Fasciata).

How does that sound guys? I'd really appreciate any suggestions you have. Cheers.

 

[jarcher1390]

well your lighting sounds a bit inadequate you have the light on for too long they should only be on for 10 hours and you may need an extra tube as plants intense lighting (i may be wrong unless some1 says other wise)
Your NO2 you says its less than 0.1 well do you mean 0 Im guessing you have cycled your tank
About you rasbora they instead of getting rid add some more fish of similar size they larger the shoal the more comfortable they will feel and they will calm down
your 2 Ancistrus most like be the common bristlenose catfish we wont be able to say with out a picture
If ive got something wrong please tell me
Other than that your idea seems ok

 

[Andypalf]

Thanks for the reply jarcher. The lights seem to be OK, the plants are thriving now and need trimming once a fortnight! But perhaps I'll only have them on for 10 hours a day from now on.

The NO2 levels are as low as my kit will test. So I'm assuming that they're zero. I did a fishless cycle before I added fish and they've been in the tank for about 3 months now.

I did think about getting more yellowtails, but I'm not sure my tank is big enough. I was sold them being told that they won't grow much more (they were 2-3 inches at the time). After doing more research I'm pretty sure that they're Rasbora tornieri which grow up to 6/7 inches. So getting more will mean that I have to rehome them pretty soon. But I've never rehomed fish and I don't have any friends with large tanks that could take them. I'm not really sure how to go about that.

The ancistrus are still young. The albino is growing faster and I suspect that he's a BN, but I think I won't be able to tell for a couple more months.

I think my plan will be to rehome the yellowtails (somehow??) and then get two more guppies and then either a school of harlequins or some black phantom tetras along with the indian gourami.

 

[jarcher1390]

could u post a pic of the yellow tail rasbora (going by the latin name they are scissors tails) and where about do u live some 1 on this forum maybe able to take them off your hand, or arrange with your lfs for exchange or store credit or somit like that

 

[Andypalf]

I'll try and get a pic up over the weekend. I didn't realise that you could get credit for fish at the LFS. Cheers for the advice mate

 

[Biulu]

I suggest you take a trio of the indian gourami; 1 male with 2 females (if you can get hold of them). As with all gouramis, they like subdued lighting. You can achieve this by having floating plants. I have large vallisneria growing over the surface, and this helps to get them out, instead of hiding in the back.