Fish For A 33 Gallon Tank

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I'm doing a fishless cycle on my new 33 gallon tank and to pass the time I'm coming up with a list of fish that I'd like to stock it with.

Its a tall tank (20") and will be planted with bogwood, some medium size stones, Vallisneria asiatica, Anubias Nana, Java Moss & Red Wendtii.

How does this sound ?

2 x Blue German Ram
3 x Swordtail
1 x Dwarf Gourami
6 x Neon Tetra (or 6 x zebra danios)
3x Otoclinus


Its my second tank btw so I have some experience of fishkeeping.


Thanks
 
Looks good. Rams need soft acidic water and are very sensetive so don't add them straight away, wait a few months. Neons would be better than the Danios. Get more Otos or get a Bristle-nose Plec.
 
The stocking sounds fine, although i'd get 4 swordtails instead of 3 (make sure you get just one male and 2-3 females as male swords do not tolerate each other at all well, even if there's plenty of females around. They are highly sexed fish so having enough females is important so the male does not concentrate too much of their attention on single female, making her too stressed) :) .
Dwarf gourami's really appreiciate lots of planting, both bottom dwelling and floating plants, so make sure you get some suitable plants in there when you move the gourami in :nod: .
Oto's can be difficult to successfully acclimatise to tanks as many found in local fish stores are very starved from transport (they have short guts and do not take to being stressed well), and sometimes being moved to another tank is too much for them. So when you go oto shopping, you should try and get the fattest, largest healthiest ones you can (either that or wait until the oto's have been in the lfs for around 2 weeks to settle in and fatten up in their tanks). They need a lot of veg in their day to day diets, so if you have no algae in the tank you should make sure they get a regular supply of cucumber, lettuce and algae wafers etc.

Neons can be very fragile fish, i would wait for at least a couple of months until your tank has matured a bit and any chance of water quality issues are in the clear as these fish are very sensitive to nitrites and ammonia and can die off quickly from these issues. Only buy the most vibrant neons in the lfs, if there is any sick ones in the tank (look out for fading, spots, ragged fins etc), avoid buying them as desease can spread very quickly through neons before its even shown any obvious symptoms. This in general goes for most fish.
 
The stocking sounds fine, although i'd get 4 swordtails instead of 3 (make sure you get just one male and 2-3 females as male swords do not tolerate each other at all well, even if there's plenty of females around. They are highly sexed fish so having enough females is important so the male does not concentrate too much of their attention on single female, making her too stressed) :) .
Dwarf gourami's really appreiciate lots of planting, both bottom dwelling and floating plants, so make sure you get some suitable plants in there when you move the gourami in :nod: .
Oto's can be difficult to successfully acclimatise to tanks as many found in local fish stores are very starved from transport (they have short guts and do not take to being stressed well), and sometimes being moved to another tank is too much for them. So when you go oto shopping, you should try and get the fattest, largest healthiest ones you can (either that or wait until the oto's have been in the lfs for around 2 weeks to settle in and fatten up in their tanks). They need a lot of veg in their day to day diets, so if you have no algae in the tank you should make sure they get a regular supply of cucumber, lettuce and algae wafers etc.

Neons can be very fragile fish, i would wait for at least a couple of months until your tank has matured a bit and any chance of water quality issues are in the clear as these fish are very sensitive to nitrites and ammonia and can die off quickly from these issues. Only buy the most vibrant neons in the lfs, if there is any sick ones in the tank (look out for fading, spots, ragged fins etc), avoid buying them as desease can spread very quickly through neons before its even shown any obvious symptoms. This in general goes for most fish.

Should I just add the extra swordtail to the total number ? Or drop something ?
 

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