Nealos' 180l Tank

Hi all,

As mentioned I bought a 180l Display tank from Gapedi. Super excited to get it going - it's been temporarily planted but looking for suggestions on livestock and plants.

Lighting: Zetlight MS90F
Filter: Seachem Tidal 110
Dragon stone and spider wood
Substrate: Mix of river pebbles, black gravel and Langa
Current livestock: 5 platies, 2 tiger barbs and a gourami

Looking at changing the stocking around to accommodate some shrimp. Any suggestions on stocking the tank?

 

Some of the plants floating are only temporary - giving them away.

 

That Filter is a winner, I have a smaller one and really happy with it.

Plant wise Anubias is a good low maintenance plant with a few different options in species(Even white ones), moss is also nice but tends to clog filter a lot if it comes loose

If you want to keep shrimp, they rule of thumb is that they must not be able to fit in the fishes mouth, else they will be eaten, I think the barbs may be a bit too big for shrimps,

I would get a School of corys(6+), a netrite snail(1+) to help with algae control and then a mixed school of tetras with at least 6 of each kind to add lots of colour

 

Thanks for the feedback all.

I actually have 3 tiger barbs - had 5 but 2 decided to jump.

I probably would have preferred a canister filter but this Tidal 110 is very nice.

Was hoping to keep neocardina as they can breed and build up a population. Stocking wise I'm thinking tetras (maybe cardinals, neons, bloodfin), corys, dwarf neon rainbows, kribensis.

 

Thanks for the thoughts @A new day

Is this overstocked:

8 x Neons
6 x Dwarf Rainbows
6 x Corys
2 x Bristle Nose
Shrimp

 

Unfortantantly yes they do. They will garud a large area around their cave when breeding. Taking it in turns to chase other fish away. If you keep all males this is no issue and then they friendly. I have one male in my tank that I bread he leaves everyone alone. I have no experience in breeding apistos or rams so can't compare them

They may try and eat the shrimp. They eat their own eggs and fry if they want to have more or if they unfertile so think thdy unfortanantly could eat shrimp too

Dawlf neon rainbows are a peaceful mid water swimmer. Don't think they'll pick on shrimp if you keep them well fed.