JamesTasker
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After the tank has cycled, are dwarf gouramis good fish to add in first or are they too delicte? B)
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it depends on what size the tank is, tetras do best in a group of 5 or more. i believe the brislnoses get up to 5 inches (correct me if im wrong). im not sure about the loaches or rams. but to have that many fish it would have to be a simi-large tank. id say around 40 gals min.JamesTasker said:I haven't quite decided yet but I was thinking about tetras (glowlight and neon probably), kuhli loaches , marbled hatchet fish, a couple of rams and maybe a pair of bristlenosed catfish. Sound OK to you?
Personally, I'd always have tetras in groups for at least 6, preferably 8 (neons in groups of 8-10). Bristlenoses only grow to about 3-4", but the females are smaller if space it at a premium (3"). Kuhli loaches are very slim and don't take up much space, but as schooling fish you should get at least 6 IMHO. I think a 20 gallon tank would be fine, provided it had reasonable filtration.snowrat2004 said:it depends on what size the tank is, tetras do best in a group of 5 or more. i believe the brislnoses get up to 5 inches (correct me if im wrong). im not sure about the loaches or rams. but to have that many fish it would have to be a simi-large tank. id say around 40 gals min.
Your tank is the same size as my livebearer tank, which is 30 US gallons. You can have about 30" of fish in that (not including tails), as a rough estimate. However, that does depend on the type of fish, how territorial they are, the width/depth of the fish, the position in the tank, whether they are air breathers (like gouramis) and the type of filtration.JamesTasker said:Thanks for all the advice and info guys . My tank is 120 litres or 40 x 12 x 15 inches but I'm not sure about gallons. I'm a Brit y'see. B) Anyway, I'll check out about the rams. I definitely agree that a lot of fish like to snack on neons - a friend of mine had angelfish which ate all his neons and quite a few of his other fish do I'm determined not to make the same mistake. My tank still hasn't finished cycling but I can't wait to add my first fish.