Stocking Ideas!

[Montydog]

hey,

3ft tank-150 or so Litres, fluval 305..

-dwarf rainbowfish#6
-cherry barb#4
-checkered barb#4
-some form of small schooling fish#20?
-Kuhli loaches#10
-some shrimp, possible RCS, but i am worried that they will get eaten?, as they will cost me $7each!!!
-and *POSSIBLY* some glass cats down the line#7

to much? input positive or negative appreciated!
thanks<<

 

[twodoctors]

Rainbowfish and barbs are both schooling fishes. Like a lot of people will tell you, it's better to have one or two large schools, rather than 5 small schools. Personally I would get the cherry barbs and checkered barbs, 12 each, then a pair of medium size fish like gouramis (almost replicating my own tank! ). The bottom dwellers you mentioned have small bioload (apparently) so shouldn't be problem. I would not get the catfish though as they might eat your shrimps.

BTW what is your pH?

Adrian

 

[fishchick]

if your worried about the shrimp getting eaten..look into the electric Blue lobster..they are gorgeous and larger so you wouldn't have to worry about them getting eaten..just a thought

 

[eaglesaquarium]

hey,

3ft tank-150 or so Litres, fluval 305..

-dwarf rainbowfish#6
-cherry barb#4
-checkered barb#4
-some form of small schooling fish#20?
-Kuhli loaches#10
-some shrimp, possible RCS, but i am worried that they will get eaten?, as they will cost me $7each!!!
-and *POSSIBLY* some glass cats down the line#7

to much? input positive or negative appreciated!
thanks<<

The bolded fish are already smaller schooling fish, unless you mean fish that are one inch or smaller for this like phoenix rasboras.

I would scrap the "small schooling fish" and just up the numbers of the dwarf rainbows to 8-10, cherry barbs to about 12-15, and checkered barbs to 10-12. Another option for shrimp is ghost shrimp... these are usually about $1 each by comparison to the cherry shrimp.