Will This Be Ok?

[Truck]

get your own test kit, its a worth while investment.

we need to know what light is going over the tank, or what brand it is?

 

[azzaknight]

dunno. im at my dads atm n my tanks at my mums will be back there next week. when i het back there i will see what lights init. it only the original light but i will be riping the original light out and replacing it with 2 new brackets and light. whats a good light for the plants to grow. i will get mesurements for the light next week.

 

[Truck]

dunno. im at my dads atm n my tanks at my mums will be back there next week. when i het back there i will see what lights init. it only the original light but i will be riping the original light out and replacing it with 2 new brackets and light. whats a good light for the plants to grow. i will get mesurements for the light next week.

well plants are very complicated, i would stick with what you have and go with low light plants

 

[azzaknight]

what low light plants look good and which ones would you recomend??

 

[Truck]

what low light plants look good and which ones would you recomend??

crypts
echinodorus
mosses
hygro
anubias
vallis

 

[azzaknight]

any pics of them. i aint very good with plants and i would like to see if there is any of them at the lfs im going to tomorow. they have a huge variety of plants!!
pics would give me an idea of what they look like so i can see if theve got them tomorow

 

[Truck]

any pics of them. i aint very good with plants and i would like to see if there is any of them at the lfs im going to tomorow. they have a huge variety of plants!!
pics would give me an idea of what they look like so i can see if theve got them tomorow

crypts
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...p;oq=cryptocory
echinodorus
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...mp;oq=echinodor
mosses
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...mp;aq=f&oq=
hygro
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...&oq=hygroph
anubias
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...mp;aq=f&oq=
vallis
http/images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&am...oq=straight+val

 

[azzaknight]

thanks. will have a look tomorow. is there any other small fish besides cardinals?? i like them but i dont know. i like there colours but is there any other small coullorful fish?
i ask alot off questions ehh

 

[Truck]

thanks. will have a look tomorow. is there any other small fish besides cardinals?? i like them but i dont know. i like there colours but is there any other small coullorful fish?
i ask alot off questions ehh

glow light tetras, have a look in the species index, and make sure they will be able to cope with higher temps

 

[azzaknight]

ok thanx
how many corys could i hav n how many other fish could i have with the rams?

 

[Truck]

ok thanx
how many corys could i hav n how many other fish could i have with the rams?

1 ram
10 shoaling fish
6 corydoras

 

[azzaknight]

wouldnt that be too many fish. an inch per gallon and that more than an inch per gallon. 10 fullsize cardinals would be 20" then 2 rams would be 6-7" then 6 corys would be 12" so thats a total of 38" n aint that too much for a 15 gal which only means 15"

 

[Truck]

wouldnt that be too many fish. an inch per gallon and that more than an inch per gallon. 10 fullsize cardinals would be 20" then 2 rams would be 6-7" then 6 corys would be 12" so thats a total of 38" n aint that too much for a 15 gal which only means 15"

the one inch per gallon rule doesnt work because cardinals produce little waste, and only get to about 1.5" anyway
IMO its fine and corydoras produce little waste in terms of ammonia and you should be keeping only one ram anyway, because of tank size.

and you can go for 2" per gallon on a stable system, and rams and cardinals should only be added to stable systems anyway (3-4 months maturity)

ram 3"
cardinals 15"
corydoras 6" (i halved them because of the low ammonia production)
so thats 24" which IMO will be fine.

 

[azzaknight]

i want to be getting 2 rams not 1( 1male and 1female) so can i still have the 6 corys and 10 cardinals with 1male and 1female or 4 corys and 5 cardinals?

do i have 2 have Co2 and ferts or can i get lights to help the plants grow and liquid ferts??

 

[Truck]

i want to be getting 2 rams not 1( 1male and 1female) so can i still have the 6 corys and 10 cardinals with 1male and 1female or 4 corys and 5 cardinals?

do i have 2 have Co2 and ferts or can i get lights to help the plants grow and liquid ferts??

if you keep a pair in a 60 litre, you will soon have WW 3 on your hands as they mature as they cant get dominance. i would go with

1 ram
10 cardinal tetras
6 sterbai cories

or if you have to have 2 rams (ive tried it and it went wrong)

2 rams
6 cardinal tetras
6 cories

and add 4 cardinal tetras more as time goes on