What kind of fish?

[canarsie11]

Goin thru my fishless cycle about 6 days in, now trying to figure out who my occupants will be.

I know I want small fish. Tetras, danios, and barbs.

I want neons, but that is down the line when tank has been running for a while.

What else is there? What do you guys suggest. I also, need bottom dwellers!

I have 75 gallon , just really excited, I want an interesting community tank.

I also love rams, will they be able to live with other fish?

 

[big_fresh]

I know i've said this before but I just love em....

Go for Cories!!!! I have Julii (Trilineaus) cories and they are so funny.....unfortunately they are a little more pricy and harder to come by than other cories here in Sydney, but are very small! (My largest Julii) wouldn't be more than an inch long.

Other 1~2 inchers include the panda cory and bronze and albino ones.

but you may want to wait a while before putting the bottomdwellers in

 

[tstenback]

I like cories for the bottom as well they are very entertaining. I like the panda cories. Small shoaling fish that is excellent in groups of 8+ is the harlequin rasbora. they are pretty hardy and keep to themselves and shoal very tightly.

 

[gixer]

cories (especially the fancy types) need a bit more of a mature tank than a only just cycled one IMO

 

[heresmike]

I put cories into 2 of my tanks right after cycling and had no problem. I have pandas and hmmm... I think they're commonly called peppered cories.

 

[waterwatereverywhere]

Rams are generally peaceful and should be fine with the others. But I don't think they'd be suitable for a new tank; you'd probably be best leaving them till later.