Stocking Question

[Fish_Newbie2911]

Hello! I have fishless cycled a 45 gallon (tall) aquarium. I added my 5 Mickey Mouse platys yesterday and I’d like suggestions on what else to add.

I’d like a “house keeper” or a shoal of them for sure!

I have sand as my substrate, temperature is 76 degrees, ph 7-7.5, ammonia & nitrite - 0, nitrates 0-20ppm.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Essjay]

Hi, can you find out how hard your water is as that would help is suggest fish that like your water.
The first thing to do is look at your water supplier's website as they usually give hardness on there. We need a number and the units as they could use any one of half a dozen units. Ignore any words they use as they can be misleading. If they also give alkalinity, tell us that too. Alkalinity is the term water companies use for KH.
If your water supplier's site doesn't give it, take a sample of tap water to a fish store and ask them to test for GH and KH - GH is hardness. Again, make sure they give you the number and unit not words.