Hurrah,at Last My Two Tanks Are Cycled.

[maisy12345]

Hi all after 7 months my readings have been showing 0 for a week,so my tanks are cycled.What does everyone think of my stockings,under or over stocked?
110L -5 corries
2 dwarf gouramis[1m,1f]
2 pitbull plecos,
6 green fire tetra ,
8 glowlight tetra ,
shrimp.
28l- 1betta male,
5 neon tetra,
shrimp

 

[Tizer]

Congrats! Pictures plx!

 

[KittyKat]

I don't like to see neons in such small tanks, but apart from that, the only change I could make would be to increase Cory numbers to 6-10 of one species.

 

[maisy12345]

Hi Kitty kat,thanks for your honest opinion,was going to havre pygmy corries,but was advised against themas they were too active ,my betta seems much happier inthis tank and isn`t bothered at all by these tetras..I`ve got 2bronze and 3 albino,would you increase these?

 

[KittyKat]

I'd go for 4-5 bronze and 4-5 albino bronze then.. maybe get each colour morph up to 6 eventually, if the tank will take it.

I think pigmys would have been worse still than the neons because they do better with a larger bottom area (footprint). Just for the record, my favourite fish for a tank like that are male endlers, ruby tetras and green rasboras (not emerald danios) as those three rarely grow over 20-25 mm.

 

[maisy12345]

Thanks for that Kittykat, will increase my corries bit at a time,thought i was fully stocked ,that`s why i haven`t already.

 

[KittyKat]

You should stock what you feel confident to have. If you don't think the tank will take it, don't stock, even if I say that you can. I can't see each individual set-up I help with, which is awkward, because stocking does depend on how everything is set up. It is also good practice to wait 4-6 weeks after problems finish, before adding any stock, and to wait 1-2 weeks between new stock.

 

[maisy12345]

OK ,thanks for that.