What Do You Think?

[wint3rz]

Hi there ive had my juwel vision 180 setup for about 6 months now and i rehomed most of the fish i got with the tank so i could start fresh and kept a few baby bristlenose plec's and neons but neons have gone into a biorb. Im now soon going to start stocking my tank after a complete redecoration and substrate change to sand etc and i was wondering if i can get some opinions from the experts on the fish i want.

Tank is 180litre - around 40 UK gallon and PH is around 7.2 and temp is a constant 26
3 Steel Blue Killifish
1 Bolivian Ram
3 Female Siamese Fighters
5 Julli Cory
3 Neon Red Dwarf Gourami
5 Glass Catfish
3 oto's
5 Black Phantom Tetra

 

[NinjaSmurf]

You're going to need at least four female bettas, any less and they'll harass each other to death.

 

[wint3rz]

You're going to need at least four female bettas, any less and they'll harass each other to death.

Cheers pal

 

[VaegaVic]

Tank is 180litre - around 40 UK gallon and PH is around 7.2 and temp is a constant 26
3 Steel Blue Killifish
1 Bolivian Ram
3 Female Siamese Fighters
5 Julli Cory
3 Neon Red Dwarf Gourami
5 Glass Catfish
3 oto's
5 Black Phantom Tetra

Ideally, it would be better as this:
3 Steel Blue Killifish Perhaps Agassizi's Dwarf Cichlid? Breeding Pair or 1M:3F
1 Bolivian RamSee above, or replace with Cockatoo Cichlids
3 Female Siamese Fighters - Ideally 5 or more, 7 is ideal.
5 Julli Cory - Ideally add more, 7-11 should be nice. If you fancy something different, perhaps pygmy corys for a larger shoal.
3 Neon Red Dwarf Gourami Colour is provided by the females, adding 2 lots of anabantoids together could be fatal.
5 Glass Catfish Grow large and do relatively nothing associated with catfish, add more corys instead.
3 oto's - If you want an algae eater, stick with the baby bristlenoses you have.
5 Black Phantom Tetra - Increase group to about 11 but do be aware that they can nip fins E.g. female siamese. Might be better going for black neon tetras or possibly for something different, Celestial Pearl Danios.

Just my 2 pennies, have pretty much described MY perfect layout for a tank of that size. Less is more. Its better to have a large amount of one species rather than a small amount of many.

Edit: Added links for you:

http/www.theaquariumwiki.com/Agassiz%27s_Dwarf_Cichlid
http/www.theaquariumwiki.com/Apistogramma_cacatuoides (Not the best opening picture, scroll down)
http/www.theaquariumwiki.com/Galaxy_Rasbora
http/www.theaquariumwiki.com/Pygmy_Cory

 

[wint3rz]

Hi thanks for reply
I like the looks of them cuckatoo cichlids and also the galaxy rasbora but they say 1cm is there size and ive checked other sites about them and they say 2.5cm, i would like to get them but if they are only 1cm i wouldnt want to take the risk.

Thanks Ash

 

[VaegaVic]

Hi thanks for reply
I like the looks of them cuckatoo cichlids and also the galaxy rasbora but they say 1cm is there size and ive checked other sites about them and they say 2.5cm, i would like to get them but if they are only 1cm i wouldnt want to take the risk.

Thanks Ash

They do stay rather small and can be shy because of that. If you'd rather not take the risk how about some Longfinned Leopard Danios:

http/aworldoffish....tus-Leopard.gif

They can be a bit harder to find, however, they grow to about 5cm and are rather active. Do be warey again with those tetras though.

Edit:
Also had this idea:
http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+882+1562&pcatid=1562