Upgraded my tank. Stocking advice welcome

[Lynnzer]

Apistogrammas are nice fish, very colourful but tend to be a bit slow in breeding. However instead of them you could go for Kribs. They are so colourful and it's amazing watching them herd the young fry around.
I just love them but they are really a bit on the big side for my tanks.

 

[Allcfc]

Stay away from the dwarfs, they are overbred, and most times diseased

Pearls are a good option for a tank that size, 1M/2F would be a good ratio...just keep in mind that they dwell near the upper regions of the tank, so floating plants are practically a must...they will act more naturally with floating cover

Hi there. I'm going to get some pearl gourami. Any good floating plants you would recommend? Thanks

 

[Essjay]

Floating plants, depending on the look you want -

Water sprite - large plants with 'bushy' dangling roots
Amazon frogbit - plants grow a couple of inches across, roots long enough to trail on the substrate and need trimming
Water lettuce - I've not used this so I don't know what it looks like but I think it also has roots a few inches long.

Pearl gouramis seem to like these plants with roots under the plants

 

[Slaphppy7]

#1 to the water sprite, I just added some to a couple of my tanks, lovely plant, nice cover for upper-dwelling fish, easy to grow

 

[Allcfc]

Fish and new water lettuce all in