Hello Newbie Here

[karenparkes]

Hello

I have a 30 litre Biorb. It is overstocked!

In it there are:
2 tiger barbs
4 neon tetra
1 head and tail light tetra
2 torpedo barbs
2 zebra danios
2 pearl danios
1 emperor tetra
2 shrimp
1 apple snail
1 Betta

Everyone is living together happily at the moment. Since reading on forums I have realied that I am very lucky the Betta is not being harrassed by his tankmates!

I am about to go and pick up a 4ft x 15 inch x 12 inch aquarium in about 2 hrs. Very excited and I'm sure my fish will be very grateful!

The plan is to separate my fish up into the two tanks once the new tank has cycled. I plan to use the ornament and some water from my Biorb to help with the cycling process. However, we are really wanting to get a shark for the new tank so the mix needs to be done just right.

How does this sound?:

In the Biorb:
1 Betta
6 Neons (add 2)
Shrimp

In the larger tank:
6 Tiger barbs (add 4)
2 Torpedos
2 Zebra danios
2 Pearl Danios
1 Apple snail
Some smaller shoaling fish...any suggestions?
1 Shark (possibly Rainbow as from researching these are the more placid)

Could I add anymore to teh larger tank?

Thankyou in advance for any help,

Karen.

 

[-Deano-]

Hello And Welcome To The Site.
Yeah, I Would Keep The Betta With Neons, Because My Tiger Barbs Were Fin Nippers, And You Dont Want Them Biting Your Betta! And Dont Worry About Your New Tank, Coz If There Are 6 Tiger Barbs Then They Will Just Chase Eachother And Not Other Fish.
You Might Want To Cycle Your New Tank, But Im Not The Person To Help You With That.Have A Look Round The Board.
C Ya
Deano

Oh Sorry You Did Say You Are Cycling Your New Tank Lol, Sorry