Tetra Species Tank Any Suggestions!

[hviviers75]

Good day all.

I have been doing research on the net for the smaller tetra's that only grow between 2.5 - 4.5 cm

6 x Flame Tetras
6 x Red Phantom Tetras
6 x Rosy Tetras
5 x Lemon Tetras or 6 Neon Tetras or 6 Glowlight Tetras or
3-4 Rummy Nose Tetras
3 -6 Pygmy corydoras

This will be house in my 70 Liter tank.

Think it will be sufficient for my tank will be doing 40% water changes weekly
Got 1 x Aquaclear 200 HOB filter
1 x Dolphin F1200 Internal Filter.

Will be adding Seachem Matrix soon.

 

[TekFish]

That sounds a lot for a 70L tank.
I'd take out 1 or 2 of your least favourite species and put in more of the other ones.

TekFish

 

[ZoddyZod]

that's really too many fish for the 70L capacity.

Also, having lots of different schoaling species doesn't really work, it's better to just have 1 or 2 max in a tank and increase the numbers - the more of any of those species the better really as in the wild they congregate in huge numbers.

I would say 10 - 15 of your favourite tetra (any of those above apart from the rummynose as ideally they like a longer tank for swimming space)

and 6 pygmy cory

that would be a good stocking for the tank.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Good day all.

I have been doing research on the net for the smaller tetra's that only grow between 2.5 - 4.5 cm

6 x Flame Tetras
6 x Red Phantom Tetras
6 x Rosy Tetras
5 x Lemon Tetras or 6 Neon Tetras or 6 Glowlight Tetras or
3-4 Rummy Nose Tetras
3 -6 Pygmy corydoras

This will be house in my 70 Liter tank.

Think it will be sufficient for my tank will be doing 40% water changes weekly
Got 1 x Aquaclear 200 HOB filter
1 x Dolphin F1200 Internal Filter.

Will be adding Seachem Matrix soon.

Your stocking list is more in line with a ~200l standard dimensions tank, to be brutally honest in my opinion, which I usually am.

In a 70l tank, I would choose 6 Beckford Pencilfish (perhaps with just one male) that will stay close to the water surface and 6 of one of the "miniture" Corydoras (pygmeus; habrosus; hastatus) that will use the midwater as well as the tank floor.

For a more risky but interesting combo, you could try 6 Dawn tetra ( Aphyocharax nattereri/paraguayensis) with 6 Corydoras hastatus... These little tetra are infamous for being nippy with many tankmates, but this particular catfish has very similar markings and so the tetras see them as bulkier versions of themselves, not to be messed with!

 

[TekFish]

I'd say probably around 8 Neons in a heavily planted tank with 5 Pygmy corydoras, and maybe 8 flame tetras.

Anyone think that's too much?

TekFish

 

[hviviers75]

I'd say probably around 8 Neons in a heavily planted tank with 5 Pygmy corydoras, and maybe 8 flame tetras.

Anyone think that's too much?

TekFish

Hi All

I worked out my tank volume wrong it is actually a 96.5 liter tank, how many of fish of my original list will I be able to host in the new tank volume?

Please advise.

Thanks.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I'd say probably around 8 Neons in a heavily planted tank with 5 Pygmy corydoras, and maybe 8 flame tetras.

Anyone think that's too much?

TekFish

Hi All

I worked out my tank volume wrong it is actually a 96.5 liter tank, how many of fish of my original list will I be able to host in the new tank volume?

Please advise.

Thanks.

What dimensions does this tank have?

Sticking to two schooling groups but getting more of them is far better to look at and makes the schooling fish act more naturally plus feel more secure.

Can you remind us what sort of water you have, in terms of pH; gH; kH?

If you have harder more alkaline water, we can narrow down your choice of South American fish quite substantially.

 

[hviviers75]

Hi I have a corner pentagon tank 49cmx49cmx18cm x 52cm =96.4liters

I just tested my ammonia =0.03 nitrite =0.05 and nitrate =10mg it looks like I might be adding my first few fishes on satururday it took 11days to nearly finish my fishless cycle yeah. I will be doing a 50% water change before adding fish. I will then do a water test again.

so I think 10 bloodred flame tetras and 10 lemon tetras with 6 adolphi cories sure this will be fine.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Hi I have a corner pentagon tank 49cmx49cmx18cm x 52cm =96.4liters

I just tested my ammonia =0.03 nitrite =0.05 and nitrate =10mg it looks like I might be adding my first few fishes on satururday it took 11days to nearly finish my fishless cycle yeah. I will be doing a 50% water change before adding fish. I will then do a water test again.

so I think 10 bloodred flame tetras and 10 lemon tetras with 6 adolphi cories sure this will be fine.

Please do not get any fish yet, you are not fishless cycled yet...

Once ammonia dosed to at least 2mg/l is being processed with no sign of ammonia or nitrite after 24 hours, it is good practice to do a "qualifying week" of getting the same perfect results in 12 hours.

As regards your fish ideas, I think you need to rethink entirely, considering the squat dimensions of your tank. I would not put any of those three species in anything less than a 3-foot tank.

 

[hviviers75]

Know what do you think will be fish suited for my tank.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Maybe a few Dwarf Puffers? Very interesting fish.

 

[Crossfire]

Two words, my friend:






Bettas and Mosquito Rasboras.



Boom.










You all thought I was gonna say kuhli loach, didn't you?

 

[TekFish]

Two words, my friend:






Bettas and Mosquito Rasboras.



Boom.










You all thought I was gonna say kuhli loach, didn't you?

I actually did.