Tank Cycled

[dave_gray2077]

Hello

So far i have a planted (24 plants) 125L tank. Currently it has 3 shrimp in it and i was wanting some otto's and tetras.

Question is how may of each should I add.

I know tetras should be kept in groups of 6 or more so i was going to get 8 of them.

Im just a little confused on how may ottos I could add. Some internet sources say they should be in groups of 4 or more and others are saying 2 or 3.

I am a little paranoid about becoming over stocked that’s all.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

right you can stock somewhere around 33" of fish in your tank.

for shoaling fish the more the better. you'll also find tanks with less species but more of them tend to look better than those with a mish mash of species with the bare minimum numbers in the shoals.

i'd go for 6 otto's, then 2 groups of 10 tetra's or other small fish and a couple of shrimps.

 

[vinylman]

If it's a newly-cycled tank, then Otos and Neon Tetras are a no-no for a good 3-4 months; these fish do best in a matured tank (not the same as a cycled tank).

 

[Miss Wiggle]

If it's a newly-cycled tank, then Otos and Neon Tetras are a no-no for a good 3-4 months; these fish do best in a matured tank (not the same as a cycled tank).

who mentioned neons??? there's a lot of other tetra's

you are right though neon's aren't good fish to start off with. you know i've heard otto's can be delicate but we've never had a minutes trouble with them, not sure if we just have exceptionally good stock here or what but from my experience they're hardy little fish. However I will bow to popular opinion as I think my experiences are the exception not the norm!

 

[dave_gray2077]

If it's a newly-cycled tank, then Otos and Neon Tetras are a no-no for a good 3-4 months; these fish do best in a matured tank (not the same as a cycled tank).

who mentioned neons??? there's a lot of other tetra's

you are right though neon's aren't good fish to start off with. you know i've heard otto's can be delicate but we've never had a minutes trouble with them, not sure if we just have exceptionally good stock here or what but from my experience they're hardy little fish. However I will bow to popular opinion as I think my experiences are the exception not the norm!

I had x ray tetras in mind. Should i hold back on them and get some dinos or something first?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

i've not kept x-ray's myself so i'm not sure if they're hardy enough fro a new tank. sure someone else will come along in a minute and tell you though!!

little bit of googling seems to point to them being one of the relativley hardy tetra's so you should be ok with them. just wait for someone else with first had experince to back that up though!