Need A Hand - Tank Mates

[valeofglam]

So I have a planted 90 litre 2.5ft tank that currently has 6 Neon Tetras, 2 mollies, 2 platies, a rainbow shark, a bristle nose pleco and 6 cherry shrimp.

I'm looking for a 'feature fish' to finish the tank off. I have a Fluval 4+ that's set to half flow as its uber super powerful and one side of the tank gets a great current that the mollies love to swim against and the other half is much more calmer.

I was thinking of a pearl or dwarf gourami or maybe a Siamese Fighter?

I'd like a gourami or maybe a breeding pair but in an old tank I had an opaline gourami and it chased and attacked everything and right now my tank is uber harmonise and I want to keep it that way!

There are plenty of hiding places as I have 14 plants plus a carpet plant recently planted that I'm hoping will spread and carpet the whole tank.

So suggestions! An ultra peaceful community fish that's a few inches long, bright and colourful ie a show fish!

 

[az9]

a pearl gourami? i use to have a blue dwarf gourami that looked really nice to! they also come in red. lol!

 

[Ninjouzata]

I'm not sure if it is exactly what you want but I've heard honey gourami are fairly peaceful, and they're quite pretty

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I'm afraid your tank is already overstocked and unsuitably stocked long term. You have ~70cm of adult fish in a ~90l tank, including fish that get quite chunky (and so their bioload will be much higher eg. you could fit all your tetras and Mollies inside an adult Rainbow Shark).
 
Rainbow Sharks reach ~15cm SL and while being on the placid end of the "shark minnow" family, they are still territorially aggressive. They need a 120cm long tank minimum, with carefully selected tankmates, especially those that live near the tank floor.
 
BN catfish are very "messy" fish if given a correct veggie diet, they are poop machines that can overwhelm small tanks with insufficient filtration. 125l tanks are generally considered the minimum size long term, with a good external filter and regular vacuuming of the floor to remove their poop mountains.
 

So I have a planted 90 litre 2.5ft tank that currently has 6 Neon Tetras, 2 mollies, 2 platies, a rainbow shark, a bristle nose pleco and 6 cherry shrimp.

 

[valeofglam]

Yeah I understand the shark grows big but it will be exchanged for a tiddler in my local fish store when it starts growing no where near full size so thats not an issue there. The pleco has a diet of algae wafers, tank algae and courgette discs I put in and it's a relative small pleco, body no more than 1.5 inches and from what I read they're max length is 15cm but again I would exchange for a smaller one if I felt it was getting too large for the tank. I don't think looking at my tank I have 70cm of fish, even when fully grown. The filter is a Fluval 4+ that has a turn over rate per hour of 1000 litres according to the manufacturers website and the plants are stocked heavy to also aid a harmonious bio load. I'm not looking to overstock the tank, in fact the tank looks über bare with minimal fish that swim around the plants and bogwood every now and then so I just wanted one 'larger' fish, obviously not Oscar size to swim in the upper water areas and be a focal point. I thought I was being very sensible with my stocking levels as there isn't too much in there?