Neon Tetras, And What Else?

[Biulu]

I just got back from the pet shop

I bought 5 red skirt tetras, 2 more neons making me have 15 now, 3 chinese algae eaters, a very nice looking plant, and 18 ghost shrimps
These will all be in a 30 gallon tank by tonight

I was sad they didn't have any half beaks, cherry shrimps, ottos, corydoras ( they did have some, but they were 10 bucks each for such a small fish!), and java fern

But its all good, I'll look around locally for some

any thoughts?
Is this a good or bad combo? These are all community fish, so I think its good

Chinese algae eaters get up to 30 cms. I think you have too many for a 30 gallon. Plus that they are known to be lazy in terms of algae eating. They prefer the 'normal' food over algae. For algae there is nothing better than otos. I would return the CAE and wait until you find some otos.

 

[vinylman]

Adding water to the 30G from the 10G won't do a thing. You really should have done some research before starting the 30G. You say the bacteria is still in the 30G. How so?. Unless you haven't let the filter in the 30G dry out, there won't be any bacteria in there.

I bought the 30g used from another person, half the water was still inside, and its still sitting here in my room, I haven't done anything to it as of yet.
If I add the water from the 10g to the 30g, won't the bacteria from the 10g be added on to the 30g? And the fish are used to the water in the 10 g

As I said, there is NO bacteria in the water; it lives in the filter and, to a much lesser extent, in the substrate. That's why there's no bacteria in the 30G you've just got. Please read the threads on cycling.

 

[gosu-pk]

I've also read that its in the bio wheel? The person gave me a bio wheel inside the tank as well

I like my cae, but I heard sometimes they can be very agressive to the community tank, but atm they seem very well off with the rest, they like sucking on the gravel rocks though =]

 

[Biulu]

I've also read that its in the bio wheel? The person gave me a bio wheel inside the tank as well

If the biowheel didn't dry out, you should be ok, otherwise the bacteria are dead.

 

[Scotch_Egg]

CAE are always nice to begin with but eventually they will either start fighting with eachover or the other tank mates. They are nice but really hard to look after.

 

[Kay1123]

I can only throw out some ideas and that would be the fish I currently have.
Marble Hatchets are nice, Half beaks, Black neons might make a good contrast to the others.
You might also want to look at the different types of Danios. I've found a bright orange one in a local shop. Not sure of the name on it. Might have been Electric something.
If later you happen to lose your Ghost shrimp I would recommend Cherry Shrimp. They are much better seen in a well planted tank. Or since you're getting a bigger tank you could have both.
Oh and I've found that it's not unusual for one or two fish to die after getting them home from Petco

Marble hatchets look funny, haha. Half beaks i think would look great, but I'm not sure if they sell them at my local pet shops And they look pretty expensive, like a small version of an Arrowana. I think i will buy some black neons as well
As for the shrimps, I'm waiting on my local fish store to get some in as they ran out of cherry shrimps I wish I could have bought more ghost shrimps though, they were pretty expensive at 49 cents each! =/
Yeah, I don't think I want to buy fish at petco anymore, especially since they are so epxnsive.. I meant to buy female fancy guppies at $1.59 each there, but I accidently got male guppies and they costed $2.79 each when my local pet shops cost only $1-$1.29.. but it was late and local ones were closed
Sadly when I woke up an hour ago, I found another dead petco neon tetra

Not sure where you are from but the Half beaks that I bought were $1.99 each. Which is a pretty good price. I got them at Pet Supplies Plus if you're in the area where the chain runs. If you are really interested in them let me know. There are two different kinds, one gets bigger than the other. I'll have to look it up.

Ghost Shrimp here are $.99 each. Cherry Shrimp are 3 for $13 something.

Sorry about your neons.