[fish suggestions to add into 55 gal community tank]

On 7/1/2022 at 8:48 PM, Fish Folk said:

First off, I'd love to see you LOAD UP on some choice plants for the bottom third. I recently fed fish for a friend who had a large community tank with a blue background like yours. Here's what his tank looked like...

Lots of established Anubias (one rhizome since mid 1980s). Loads of Bronze Crypt. Random skiff of Java moss. With planting like this, you can get away with SO MUCH by way of stocking. Not only are plants naturally filtering for you, but they are also providing ample hiding places for loads of fish. He had rainbow sharks, Electric Blue Acaras (from me), Neon Tetras, Angelfish, Barbs, Candy-cane Tetras, other Tetras I can't remember themes of, at least one Golden Barb like you've got there . . . I'm sure a bunch more I can't recall.

If you need to get a deeper substrate, you can add some standard pea-gravel on top of your sand. Maybe not your favorite look, but plant roots won't get bound up in it like they might in some sand. 

 

 

 In the tank I have a pretty good amount of anacharis and hornwort floating around and a medium size Anubias, it just wasn't in frame. I am definitely going to add more plants but unfortunately at my LFS the plants that are in stock are pretty expensive or damaged/unhealthy. Also, I absolutely love the look of those electric blue acaras and was wondering if I could add them into my tank without any problems.

[fish suggestions to add into 55 gal community tank]

Hello everyone! I am looking to add more fish into my community tank soon. The tank currently has:
1 gold gourami
1 pearl gourami
10 golden barbs
 

I would preferably want to add in bottom dwellers, but all suggestions are welcome. 

[plant/fish suggestions for 55 gal tank]

I currently have a 55 gallon tank with a golden gourami and 10 golden barbs and only have two types of plants in my tank (anubias nana and anacharis). I'm going to add a piece of manzanita wood in the future and was wondering what plants would look good in the tank and are easy to keep. I'm also looking to add a few more fish in the future as well but I'm not really sure on what I should add.

Thanks

-Aedan

[new member from central california]

Hello everyone!

My name is Aedan, and I am very new to this hobby. As of right now, I only have one 55 gallon tank with a golden opaline gourami and 10 golden barbs. I also have a 10 gallon tank that is currently empty. In the future I plan on adding many more live plants and a few more fish. Thank you for making this forum and I'm looking forward to learning a lot more from everyone here.

-Aedan