Stock My Tank For Me, What Shall I Have?

[AdAndrews]

I am wanting your opinions on what to keep in a 33gallon tank, 125litres???

ps.has to be freshwater

 

[meguro]

1x male betta splendens

 

[AdAndrews]

1x male betta splendens

wow yea, 33gallons, and only one betta

 

[meguro]

he would love you for it

 

[AdAndrews]

he would love you for it

im sure

 

[Curiosity101]

My idea:
Pair of South American dwarf cichlids (there are lots to choose from)
6 Sterbai Corys
6-8 Emerald Dwarf Rasbora (Microrasbora erythromicron)

And then I run out of ideas lol

 

[AdAndrews]

My idea:
Pair of South American dwarf cichlids (there are lots to choose from)
6 Sterbai Corys
6-8 Emerald Dwarf Rasbora (Microrasbora erythromicron)

And then I run out of ideas lol

ok cheers, these are the ideas that i have thought about:

tanganyika tank
angelfish/south american tank
green spotted puffer
planted tank
firemouth cichlid-pair


tanganyika is not suitable to the size of the tank, i think it will either have to be new world cichlids or pufferfish, anyone got any ideas

 

[meguro]

asian biotope?

 

[GlidergirlUK]

green spotted puffer is brackish and aggressive so a species only tank imo.
You could go dwarf puffers (these are freshwater) and have some shrimps and otos all in a planted tank.

 

[AdAndrews]

green spotted puffer is brackish and aggressive so a species only tank imo.

i am aware of that

 

[MHunt]

Dwarf Cichlid community, with a few pencilfish and hatchets for company.

Lots of nice caves and hideyholes for the females to nest in!

 

[AdAndrews]

Dwarf Cichlid community, with a few pencilfish and hatchets for company.

Lots of nice caves and hideyholes for the females to nest in!

thats a nice idea, what about if i had:

a pair of angels
a pair of dwarf cichlids-probably either bolivian rams/kribs/the one in your sig.
some red-eye tetra's
1 plec
some loaches/corys

all in planted

 

[GlidergirlUK]

Just checking as you said it had to be freshwater.

I would recommend some Red throated gobys as bottom dwellers...such personalities!

 

[AdAndrews]

Just checking as you said it had to be freshwater.

I would recommend some Red throated gobys as bottom dwellers...such personalities!

ok, thanks, i have never seen these fish, they sound cool, will look them up

 

[MHunt]

Dwarf Cichlid community, with a few pencilfish and hatchets for company.

Lots of nice caves and hideyholes for the females to nest in!

thats a nice idea, what about if i had:

a pair of angels
a pair of dwarf cichlids-probably either bolivian rams/kribs/the one in your sig.
some red-eye tetra's
1 plec
some loaches/corys

all in planted

The dwarf cichlids are pretty much bottom dwellers but will swim in the middle of the tank if there are peaceful schooling (dither) fish to make them feel safe. I would suggest at least a trio of Apistogramma's (mine's a caciatuoids) 1 male to two or more females, as the male keeps a hareem rather than pairing up, more females stopes an individual from getting too stressed, a bit like guppies. You could have a couple of angels in there but they may become too boistrous for the dwarfs. Also the red eye tetras may be quite nippy, I had to evict a female cherry barb after she got into the habit of munching my apisto's tail, their finnage can get quite long, especially the caciatuoids. Cory's and plecs would be fine, just be sure to have enough caves for them all. And add a few easy plants for cover between the caves and it'll look great. Generally peaceful fish will be fine as the apisto's can be quite timid with boistrous tankmates.

Just checking as you said it had to be freshwater.

I would recommend some Red throated gobys as bottom dwellers...such personalities!

Aren't these brackish?