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[Dana C]

I have a Juwel rio 180 and at the moment I have
6 Leopard danios
1 platy
10 neon tetras
3 albino cories
all the fish seem happy so I am looking for fish that will not cause any problems.
This week I will be buying 3 bronze cories so they are in a larger group.
I was thinking of getting after these
2 bleeding heart tetras and 2 black phantom tetras as I read this will swim together
A gourami (I like the pearls but I was told they might not get on with my danios, so maybe a pair of dwarfs)
3 otos
Would this be ok or should I change my ideas, the problem is I go to the shop and like so many fish I get a bit carried away
All opinions will be helpful, so thanks in advance.

 

[Trance2006]

Your pretty close to your limit in what you can put for a 46 gallon tank.

 

[jkrekord]

you could easily get three more bronze corys but i wouldnt bother with the otos as your bottom would be overcrowded you could have a happy pair of dwarf gouramis but try and get male an female two males chase each other a bit and instead of black widow and bleeding heart tetras ghave you considered 5 glowlight tetras they would join up with your neons

 

[piper]

I would have thought the otto's would be fine, mine just stick on plants and the side of the tank very rarley do they swim at the bottom. Just my opinon.

 

[jkrekord]

i suppose you could very well be right piper but i would be worried abot there not being enough hiding places

 

[Dana C]

Should you not keep otos with cories then, would this be a problem? I only thought of getting otos as I always seem to have brown algae on the glass so I thought they would keep it clean. If it is a problem I could skip getting them and just keep cleaning the glass as I am now. I was looking for some different colour tetras to stand out from the danios which is why I thought of the bleeding heart and black phantoms as I read on here they would swim together, are glowlights my only option?