Bring on the pitchforks and the torches! Here is my poor attempt at planted as of today.
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I have left the giant gourami and the silver arowana in the tank. The silver arowana will stay as it had been established a feeder-non-eater for 6 months so it is safe for the other residents. The giant gourami is also fish-safe but still on trial. He does not eat plants and was tried plant-safe for 7 weeks. Only problem is he is huge. He disturbs the plants by swimming alone. I made a huge mistake by adding guppies and swordtails yesterday! Well, it would take months for them to fill a 250 gallon, I think! Still looking for more schooling fish as 100+ less than inchers make the tank look empty. I have added 50 neon tetras, 20 tiger barbs, 10 angelfish, 1 red tail black shark, 2 blue botias, 4 pearl/blue gouramis, 6 cories, 12 pink tetras I-cannot-remember-the-names-which and 20 other yellow-orange characins that I cannot also remember the names which. I have yet to add the cabombas and the anacharis. I will be adding more substrate this weekend and more rocks. Driftwood is questionable as I have no car in China to move one across the city.
I will add clown loaches after I return from my 32 day vacation by March. How many is good enough with 6 being minimum?
I am open to suggestions.
