Thank you for the response, nothing better than getting advice from someone with firsthand experience ?. I was hoping to get a 5ft aquarium but after measuring up and moving furniture around it's just not gonna work so I'm back to a 4ft. I've found a good deal on a juwel Rio 240, I'm gonna go view it tonight and if it's decent condition I'll be bringing it home ?. From reading up online it looks as though the majority of balzani available in the trade are captive bread but I'm struggling to find anything to suggest what region these captive bread fish would have originated from. Are there any physical differences between the variants and would it make a lot of difference with what variant I end up with, would they all be happy in an unheated aquarium in the temps I mentioned? Are these fish general quite hardy? I don't want anything super sensitive that will require water changes everyday or two and I don't want to stock fish that aren't going to do well in my hard water, but I'm fine with over filtering the tank, doing big 50-80% weekly water changes and I'm confident I can reduce my nitrates using nitrates resins, filters etc if necessary. It's good to hear that a small group will work in my intended aquarium, I was thinking to go with (1m-3f) or (2m-4f) with 8-12 bloodfin or buenos Aires tetra and some corydoras. My missus also really likes plecos, are there any geographically correct small plecs that will work with them in my set up? Thanks for your help and sorry for all the questions
