Planted 50 gallon stocking ideas

[Nik_n]

I have a 50 gallon planted tank, with 2 angelfish, 1 blue gourmai and 2 bristle nose plecos (female). I would love to add more fish but I'm not sure which ones.

Water perimeters

-ph:7.6 NO2, NO3 and ammonium:0, gh-5, and 17kh

Here are a few of my ideas 

-A male bristle nose -I would like to breed plecos (will make a tread about this in the future) 

- A pair/trio of apistogramma 

- 2 more angles (I think it would be a problem to add younger ones with my two old ones) 

-pygmy catfish-dont know a lot about them but they seems cool 

-a school of tetras/barbs/ rainbows 

 

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[HH Morant]

Congo tetras

[Nik_n]

On 7/19/2021 at 4:02 PM, HH Morant said:

Congo tetras

I don't know much about them, is there something I should know about them? I'm not even sure if I can get them in my local fish store.

[HH Morant]

You would probably have to buy them online, which is a little more risky than buying at your local fish store, where you get to see and evaluate the fish before you buy. 

They are a bit larger than most tetra species. Go on Youtube and search for "Congo tetra" and watch the videos. 

[Patrick_G]

I think it would be cool to try the Apistos. 

[Colu]

I would add a group of 6-8 bleeding heart tetras they are a bit bigger so they won't be angelfish food