New Fish

[Wolfhawk10]

Hi i went away for a month and while i was away there was a power cut and it broke my air pump and filter. Four of my fish and my only plant died. I only have one ember tetra left. I need to get some new fish so i was thinking of 2 more ember tetras and then 2 cleaning fish. My tank is very small, it is a biOrb 30l tank. Is there any cleaning fish i could put in there like bronze corys or is it just too small. Also i would like to get 3 plants so are there any plants that give a good supply of oxygen and look good.

Many thanks

Henry

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

A total of 6 Ember Tetra and a generous portion of a fast growing plant (that will help keep ammonia but more importantly nitrate under control) and you are done.

 

[Wolfhawk10]

A total of 6 Ember Tetra and a generous portion of a fast growing plant (that will help keep ammonia but more importantly nitrate under control) and you are done.

but is there any algae eaters that would fit in there

 

[soybean]

A total of 6 Ember Tetra and a generous portion of a fast growing plant (that will help keep ammonia but more importantly nitrate under control) and you are done.

but is there any algae eaters that would fit in there

Definitely not corys as they are neither algae eaters nor 'bottom cleaners', they need feeding in their own right, and a biorb is totally unsuitable.. Do you actually have an algae problem?

 

[Wolfhawk10]

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[Wolfhawk10]

A total of 6 Ember Tetra and a generous portion of a fast growing plant (that will help keep ammonia but more importantly nitrate under control) and you are done.

but is there any algae eaters that would fit in there

Definitely not corys as they are neither algae eaters nor 'bottom cleaners', they need feeding in their own right, and a biorb is totally unsuitable.. Do you actually have an algae problem?

no i just think it would be quite nice to have ember tetras and a small algae eater just to help with any that accumulates.
also are there any specific plants that only require a halogen bulb.

 

[soybean]

You could perhaps add a Nerite snail, these eat algae, but there's little point adding algae eaters to a tank with no algae.

You could probably grow java ferns and small Anubias plants (the nana variety stays particularly small). Both these plants need attaching to something rather than planting, such as a rock or piece of bog wood. You could also add moss balls and a clump of java moss. All these do well in low light.

A few shrimp such as ghost shimp may also be ok in there.

 

[Wolfhawk10]

You could perhaps add a Nerite snail, these eat algae, but there's little point adding algae eaters to a tank with no algae.

You could probably grow java ferns and small Anubias plants (the nana variety stays particularly small). Both these plants need attaching to something rather than planting, such as a rock or piece of bog wood. You could also add moss balls and a clump of java moss. All these do well in low light.

A few shrimp such as ghost shimp may also be ok in there.

ok are there any other type of tetras that will get on with ember ones. this is the last question soz for all the questions. i'll go 2 my local tropical fish shop and get some stuff this weekend.

 

[soybean]

30 litres isn't very big, added to that problem is its a biorb and the actual swimming room is very restricted, fish can go round and round in the main water column but don't really make use of the curved edge areas. So it's actually much less than 30 litres in practical sense.

The next thing is you need to keep a reasonable number of a Shoaling species, ie 6 as a minimum. So if you have 6 ember tetras, the question is do you have room for another 6 small fish? I'm not convinced you do. Going for 8 or 9 embers is probably the best bet.

Biorbs can be very restrictive, unfortunately...