Advice On Adding New Fish

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So I've got 6 albino cories, 6 rummy nosed tetras, 6 harliquinn rasboras, 6 zebra danios and a clown plec in my 180 litre tank.
Do I have room to add a feature fish or two? If so, what would you advise?
Thanks for any suggestions!
 
I'd say yes, I had way more than that in my 180 litre. What were you thinking of adding? 
 
I agree you have space, but before looking for different species, I would recommend you up some of the present species.  Shoaling fish need groups, and while six is often suggested as the minimum, there is no doubt that more will always be in the best interest of the fish.  And you have a couple species which definitely will be less stressed with more of them, namely the rummy nose tetra and rasbora (which I assume is the popular Harlequin, Trigonostigma heteromorpha.
 
A group of 12+ for the rummys, and with your 180 litre/50 gallon tank, I would go with 15.  The Harlequin Rasbora I would increase to 9-12.
 
The Zebra danio should be fine, but a couple more wouldn't hurt.  Corys too are better with more, another 3-6 perhaps.  The pleco is fine alone.
 
With respect to a "feature" fish...I'll leave that until we know your choices.  I'm not inclined to "feature" or centrepiece fish, as I find they don't always suit tanks of shoaling fish.  But it is workable, if space suits the intended fish.
 
Byron.
 
Thanks for your advice guys. I hadn't thought of upping the numbers of current fish but I like the idea of upping especially the rummys. They all seem to be thriving so I guess the water suits them, my ph is 8.0. I'll up the numbers and keep an eye out for ideas. If I did up the numbers as suggested, could I safely add much more to this tank?
 
Fintastic! said:
Thanks for your advice guys. I hadn't thought of upping the numbers of current fish but I like the idea of upping especially the rummys. They all seem to be thriving so I guess the water suits them, my ph is 8.0. I'll up the numbers and keep an eye out for ideas. If I did up the numbers as suggested, could I safely add much more to this tank?
 
Yes, if carefully thought out.
 

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