Empty 70 Litre, What Fish?

[altselgreen]

Firstly, I'd just like to say I haven't been on here in ages and its great to be back!

Anyway, I've got a nice 70 litre tank that unfortunately has no fish in at all. Its been cycled and already has its decor, a cave and some bog-wood to name a few. I just want some really nice fish to go in it. I haven't been interested in the hobby for a few months, but now I'm getting back into it. So, I was just wondering what fish do you guys think would fit nicely in this tank? I was thinking about a couple of small angels, or, if not, a nice bunch of shoaling fish. But Im open to all suggestions.

Thanks very much. B)

 

[altselgreen]

Anyone???

 

[altselgreen]

No one at all?

 

[SJ2K]

Too small for angels but a shoal of most tetra, barbs or rasbora would be fine

 

[linda1503]

Just got a nice shoal of lampeyes, they look great when they shoal especialy near the top of the tank and their eyes seem to light up! Nice friendly little fish too!

 

[poopsydrew]

Shelldwellers.

My fav is Neolamprologus Multifasciatus. a very interesting shell dwelling cichlid that reaches only over an inch and live in old snail shells. You could keep quite a few in there with no problem depending on the dimensions. Go African!!

Drew

 

[altselgreen]

Thanks guys, just 1 question. Do shelldwellers need 'shells to dwell' to thrive and be happy? Thanks

 

[dwarfgourami]

Shelldwellers need a rather special setup: hard alkaline water (shouldn't be a problem in West Sussex!), species tank rather than sharing with common community species, sand and shells (at least 2 per fish).

I have a 70 tank in which I keep a small school of corydoras, some amano shrimps and a group of livebearers (platies, guppies, endlers would do well- mine are actually the less common porthole livebearers).