Tight shoaling Rasbora always make me go giddy in a planted tank
Haha. As for centre piece fish, cichlids dig in general and that can't helped. Gourami's are nice, but if you wanted them you'd have stuck with your Honeys right. Rainbows are an active fish, IMO i think they need more space to swim around. I have three Boesemani's in a 4ft and the speed they swim at enjoying themselves makes me feel bad for keeping them where they are.
I've just added a pair (hopefully) of Red Breast Acara to my planted tank and they love it, plus look amazing albeit they are juvi's still. Long term they will be in my watery section of my paludarium (which is coming along), but short term they look beautifull swimming in amongst my HC lawn and Pogostemon Helferi shrubs (with staghorn)
Back to my initial point. Harlequin Rasbora are the best choice for planted tanks IMHO, they shoal so well and look so elegant in larger groups. However, mixing tetras with Harlequins never works well, they intermingle and look messy from my experience. So its either or with them to be honest.
What is you general choice so far Ian? Anything caught your eye so far? This tank is really really good, reminds me how badly i need to refill my FE and get my CO2 back up (again!) Can't find anywhere in Coventry to refill them currently
