What To Get

[HODDY]

Hi popping to a fish shop tomoz and was wondering what you guys think i should get,My current fish are :

4 female bettas
2 glass catfish
1 ember tetra
3 wcmm's

What else would you guys get? the tank is 12 uk galons,so about 16 us i think.
need to know qick as im going tomoz morning and ownt be on to check up,

 

[Lhutch]

tiger barbs are pretty cool fish i would try them, or try some more tetras of many kinds

 

[HODDY]

tiger barbs are active fish and need to be on big groups meaning the tank with be over stocked.Any other little fish?
shrimps? otos? etc

 

[Odysseus]

How about a mystery snail?

 

[Lhutch]

oya im sry i forgot all about that, um let me think,mollys, platys, maybe a small african dwarf frog there kinda kool

shrimps might get one of the fish, i would stick to fish or snails

 

[HODDY]

how about like 2 shrimps to start off with.Maybe something else dunno yet and then some more plants,I would love to make it a jungle

 

[Lhutch]

what kind of shrimps did u have in mind?

 

[HODDY]

cherries

 

[Lhutch]

yea that might work but once they get bigger your fish will need to watch out

cherry shrimp are actually very nice looking i would go for it and see what happens

 

[HODDY]

how big do they get?

 

[Lhutch]

not that big but the fish u have in their are on the smaller size, the shrimp get like 2 inches but it still would be easy for them to snatch a fish as it swims buy

 

[vinylman]

Bearing in mind the fish you already have in there, any fish over a couple of inches (adult size) are out.
You know WCMMs prefer cooler water?. Add maybe another four or five Ember Tetras to make a decent sized group. Any more than that is pretty much out of the question. Swimming space is VERY important. Please resist the temptation to add more than the Tetras. Of course, you could always get a bigger tank.................

 

[Puffdaddy]

I would get 2 more glass catfish they look better in larger groups also thrive better. Also maybe a couple kuhli loaches and/or corys or some other bottom dwelling fish to maximize swimming space.

 

[Maximus]

I always thought that cherrys grow to 3/4"...



Maximus

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Yes Cherry Shrimp are under 1 inch...usually the concern is that fish will eat them, not the other way around.