Help with stock

I was planning on using my 150 to house some larger new world cichlids; however, after getting rainbows I realized I love the action and shoaling as well as the natural behavior versus having a big fish just beg at the glass for food.

Unfortunately the place that I got the fish from informed me that they have had multiple cases of people reporting parasites. Of the 11 I ordered, I currently have 5. They're all in a quarantine being treated and now I'm deciding what other fish I want. Current stock is a 4-5" Senegal bichir, a half-dollar sized green severum, and the 5 rainbows hoping that they all pull through.

I'm looking for some more shoaling fish or peaceful fish that I can add into the tank, hopefully that won't grow more than 7-8". Any help on what could work is appreciated.

If these rainbows survive I'm planning on adding 3-5 more of them if I can find a good place to buy them from, unfortunately these came from a pretty reputable source so I'm a little wary of ordering online again.


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Rachel.Cody said:

I just picked up some buenos aires tetras and I like them a lot.


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I like the way they look but was nervous about them with the bichir. He seems pretty mellow though, so far just ignores every fish. I was also thinking of adding some spanner barbs.


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KAWAMIKIE said:

Filamentosa Barbs are schooling fish and they don't get huge.
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Yessss. Those look like a perfect addition.


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I've got a few pieces of driftwood and some hardier plants, Anubias nana and congensis as well as two red Rubin swords. So far the plants seem like they're going to last, the severum hasn't attempted to eat them.
I apologize for the haze, the driftwood is still leaching tannins. I really like the roseline sharks and am hoping they would fare well with the bichir.
But so far seems like a lot of good suggestions, the spanner barbs, filament barbs, more rainbow varieties, and maybe try to squeeze in some smaller tetras if I could make it fit.


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