The last couple months I've been struggling to keep up with everything on this site because of school/football/college process, but one of those 3 things is done, so I now have 3 extra hours everyday that I didn't have before. I've been barely scraping along with my 55, but things seem to be back on track, and now I have the potential to add a 36 gallon aquarium.
I want this to be a planted tank so I can get some more visual pleasure out of it. My 55 has taken on the role of a growout for my Bala's until I get my 200, so ever since all my plants were eaten by my tin foil barbs (wish I didn't give those up
) I havn't felt like it was necessary to replace them.
I was thinking that a black substrate would be a solid starting point. A mix of fake and artificial plants will hopefully help zap out the colors even more in the fish. I was thinking fish wise I would want 6 small CL's (don't worry, they'll find a permanent home in the big tank), a large school of neon/cardinal tetra, some Oto's to handle the algae, and well thats about all I can really think of. This is where all of you come into play. I really want one last colorful fish/group of fish to really put the tank over the top. I thought about Roseline Barbs, but not only can I only get small ones for 25 each, but I feel as if they will get too big. Nothing aggresive please, as I want this to be a calm environment. Oh and don't worry, I will definatly have a fancy pleco, I'm just not sure what kind yet. Maybe I'll get another gold nugget....
I want this to be a planted tank so I can get some more visual pleasure out of it. My 55 has taken on the role of a growout for my Bala's until I get my 200, so ever since all my plants were eaten by my tin foil barbs (wish I didn't give those up
) I havn't felt like it was necessary to replace them. I was thinking that a black substrate would be a solid starting point. A mix of fake and artificial plants will hopefully help zap out the colors even more in the fish. I was thinking fish wise I would want 6 small CL's (don't worry, they'll find a permanent home in the big tank), a large school of neon/cardinal tetra, some Oto's to handle the algae, and well thats about all I can really think of. This is where all of you come into play. I really want one last colorful fish/group of fish to really put the tank over the top. I thought about Roseline Barbs, but not only can I only get small ones for 25 each, but I feel as if they will get too big. Nothing aggresive please, as I want this to be a calm environment. Oh and don't worry, I will definatly have a fancy pleco, I'm just not sure what kind yet. Maybe I'll get another gold nugget....
