Neptunienne
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I've been looking for a small, not-too-fussy fish to add to my aquarium.
This is a 15 gallon, 30x30x60 cm. I estimate that I'll have room for about 4-6 adult danios or 8-10 neon tetras. Other inhabitants will be a few Cory cats. I know that this is considered slightly overstocked by US standards, I'm actually following the 1-litre-per-centimetre-of-fish rule that we go by in metric Europe (funny, right? 1" per gallon = approx 1 cm per 1.5 litres; quite a difference when dealing with small tanks!). This will be a fishlessly cycled tank, by the way.
My water quality runs something like PH around 7-7.5, hardness around 10dGH.
I would like a top-to-middle dweller that's active and/or colourful, and obviously, small, as it's a small tank.
I've had a dozen neon tetras a long time back, but found them relatively uninteresting. They're beautiful, but I wasn't taken by their personality or their swim patterns, really. I also know they like soft and acidic water, and that's not what I have.
I've looked at danios and find their activity really interesting and fun. But will they be unhappy in a tank of this size, and in a group of no more than 6? Also, I read they nip fins, would they be a risk for the Cories?
Any other ideas, besides these two?
Or would I be better off keeping the Cories with a couple of dwarf Gouramis instead?
This is a 15 gallon, 30x30x60 cm. I estimate that I'll have room for about 4-6 adult danios or 8-10 neon tetras. Other inhabitants will be a few Cory cats. I know that this is considered slightly overstocked by US standards, I'm actually following the 1-litre-per-centimetre-of-fish rule that we go by in metric Europe (funny, right? 1" per gallon = approx 1 cm per 1.5 litres; quite a difference when dealing with small tanks!). This will be a fishlessly cycled tank, by the way.
My water quality runs something like PH around 7-7.5, hardness around 10dGH.
I would like a top-to-middle dweller that's active and/or colourful, and obviously, small, as it's a small tank.
I've had a dozen neon tetras a long time back, but found them relatively uninteresting. They're beautiful, but I wasn't taken by their personality or their swim patterns, really. I also know they like soft and acidic water, and that's not what I have.
I've looked at danios and find their activity really interesting and fun. But will they be unhappy in a tank of this size, and in a group of no more than 6? Also, I read they nip fins, would they be a risk for the Cories?
Any other ideas, besides these two?
Or would I be better off keeping the Cories with a couple of dwarf Gouramis instead?