update on our tiger barb shrimp set up!!

[alanvickiuk]

just a little update of our tank with lots of pics lol

added is a large bunch of long leaf java fern star moss not yet established but looks cool close up and 5 glass/ ghost shrimp which are cool and 2 peppered cory's

water is cycled and reads ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20, ph a steady 7.4

now have 5 tigers which are really colourfull now settled in
5 albino's which 1 has dissapeared and im hoping has'nt died but possibly has due to being smallest..also very colourfull.

3 green tigers also very colourfull 1 seems weaker than the others but still eating well and hope is ok.

2 peppered cory's very nice and placid nice colours.

and 5 ghost shrimp which are mad and got straight to work on algae very good to watch and seem fine.

are looking at getting A PAIR OF EITHER BLUE RAINBOWS OR BOSEMANI RAINBOWS ONLY 2 THOUGH...

and another 2 cory's either peppered or panda or albino who knows.
and another 2 green tigers so 5 in total
and if the 1 albino has died ill keep watch over the next few days and if no appearence another 1 of them so 5 in total..
and just the 5 tigers..

anyway here is the pics enjoy...

all plants are really starting to green up now with the liquid feed unfortunatley though the leaves of the fern at the top are getting burnt i think by the light as they are going brown at the tops...

java moss is really getting rooted and established now though

hope you enjoy any comments or help welcomed*ALL**ALL*

 

[alanvickiuk]

few more pics as you can only post 10 lol

 

[unwritten law]

Pretty cool... I'm pretty sure rainbows are schoolers sooo.. I dont know about adding 2 of those cause I think you could add two fish would do better as a pair... rams maybe...

 

[alanvickiuk]

i thought rams but the p.h wont go down from 7.4 and thats too high for rams isnt it?

 

[MissFishy]

I believe rams actually like the higher PH, research it though. My PH is around 8.0 and I used to keep GBRs.

You have some lucky fish/shrimp, the tank is gorgeous! With the tiger barbs though you have to watch what else you put in there. Rainbows (the smaller ones) would be a good option since they're very fast. A gourami or two would also go in there nicely. Check out "Pearl Gouramis".

 

[unwritten law]

GBR's are a bit less hardy but most dwarf or smaller cichlids would be okay...

 

[alanvickiuk]

Do you have any to suggest as we dont like gourami and if german rams are out of the question also would 4 blue rainbows be ok??

 

[brody]

how about bolovian rams they are like blue rams but a little bit more hardy

 

[alanvickiuk]

there really nice although ive nevr seen them around here anywere