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Not sure if a Cichlid or maybe a gourami is right for me. I've kept fish for 20 years but I just set up my first real planted tank with CO2. It will be completely planted with not a bare spot of gravel anywhere. It is cycled, I currently have a group of platys and nothing else. Waiting for the tank to mature to add amano and cherry shrimp. The stocking list will look as follows:
5 platys (and their offspring)
10 amano shrimp
15 cherry shrimp (and their offspring)
bottom dweller (dwarf corydoras? bushynose pleco?)
"FISH X"
Now fish X is ideally a type of fish that will not harass the inhabitants of the tank, and won't eat too many shrimp, but WILL eat platy fry. It needs to fit in a standard 15 gallon tank (24x12") comfortably for its lifetime, so it needs to be small.
I was thinking of maybe a honey gourami or a pair of honey gouramis but they have tiny mouths. I'd really rather avoid blue rams as my water parameters would not be ideal for them, and bolivians are too big... so IDK what to do.
5 platys (and their offspring)
10 amano shrimp
15 cherry shrimp (and their offspring)
bottom dweller (dwarf corydoras? bushynose pleco?)
"FISH X"
Now fish X is ideally a type of fish that will not harass the inhabitants of the tank, and won't eat too many shrimp, but WILL eat platy fry. It needs to fit in a standard 15 gallon tank (24x12") comfortably for its lifetime, so it needs to be small.
I was thinking of maybe a honey gourami or a pair of honey gouramis but they have tiny mouths. I'd really rather avoid blue rams as my water parameters would not be ideal for them, and bolivians are too big... so IDK what to do.