Good evening, I've found the bottom of my 75 gallon aquarium to seem rather bare, despite the bottom feeders I've got, as much as I love them, they only come out during feeding time
my tank is as so
75 Gallon standard aquarium (4 feet long, 18 inches wide, 21 inches tall)
hard water (don't know specifics)
pH 7.6
temp 76 degrees
unplanted, decorated with driftwood
sand substrate
20 buenos aires tetras
1 green terror
1 super red severum
3 raphael catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 featherfin squeaker
Most important thing to me is that they won't eat my other fish, won't get eaten by my other fish, and they will be comfortable with the strictly wood and sand decor (I may add slate stones later on, but that's not set in stone ha, see what I did there? slate stones? set in stone? see?)
I'd like something that schools, and will be out and about in more ways than just coming out to eat
I'm not going to get rid of my other bottom feeders, If my tank is fully stocked now, I'll live without schooling bottom feeders
I was mainly looking at pictus catfish and angelicus botia loaches,
I know pictus catfish can be somewhat prone to ich (or maybe that's just a myth) and even though I've kinda got my facts down at this point, I'm still pretty new to the hobby, and would hate to be cursed with ich issues every dang time I make a newbie mistake. I've also found them to be extremely active, so I'm not even sure if my tank could support a full shoal of them
I don't even know if the angelicus botia loaches are even angelicus botia loaches (they sell them at petsmart, and they like to mislabel things) but they appeal to me regardless. I also don't really know squat about them.
I was also looking at synodontis petricola, another species I don't know squat about, but they're quite beautiful. I just don't know if my featherfin would enjoy their company.
That's about all I have in mind, but I'm totally open to suggestions. Thanks for the help, guys.
my tank is as so
75 Gallon standard aquarium (4 feet long, 18 inches wide, 21 inches tall)
hard water (don't know specifics)
pH 7.6
temp 76 degrees
unplanted, decorated with driftwood
sand substrate
20 buenos aires tetras
1 green terror
1 super red severum
3 raphael catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 featherfin squeaker
Most important thing to me is that they won't eat my other fish, won't get eaten by my other fish, and they will be comfortable with the strictly wood and sand decor (I may add slate stones later on, but that's not set in stone ha, see what I did there? slate stones? set in stone? see?)
I'd like something that schools, and will be out and about in more ways than just coming out to eat
I'm not going to get rid of my other bottom feeders, If my tank is fully stocked now, I'll live without schooling bottom feeders
I was mainly looking at pictus catfish and angelicus botia loaches,
I know pictus catfish can be somewhat prone to ich (or maybe that's just a myth) and even though I've kinda got my facts down at this point, I'm still pretty new to the hobby, and would hate to be cursed with ich issues every dang time I make a newbie mistake. I've also found them to be extremely active, so I'm not even sure if my tank could support a full shoal of them
I don't even know if the angelicus botia loaches are even angelicus botia loaches (they sell them at petsmart, and they like to mislabel things) but they appeal to me regardless. I also don't really know squat about them.
I was also looking at synodontis petricola, another species I don't know squat about, but they're quite beautiful. I just don't know if my featherfin would enjoy their company.
That's about all I have in mind, but I'm totally open to suggestions. Thanks for the help, guys.
