Little help with planning please

[mattsbottleofjager]

I am wanting to hold my current stocking for a while, adding only a few neons here and there. I just cant make up my mind on clean up crew and centerpiece fish. I was thinking a few BN's next, and have been looking at cherry shrimp recently. I am leaning towards a pair of dwarf cichlids, maybe triple red cacatoides(not sure on that spelling).

Would the shrimp have a chance?

Are they difficult to keep?

Does anyone know of any dwarf cichild breeders in NW Ohio area?

[Wiggs]

If you are talking about the tank in your Sig, you have more them enough room ot expand. I would add 20 or so more Neons.

Bns are nice Plecos, but a large school of Corydoras would do a beter job of keeping the bottom clean if thats what you are looking for.

[mattsbottleofjager]

Thanks for the quick response, and yes the tank in my sig is what I'm talking about. Yes I am looking for good cleanup crew so I will look into the corys. Also looking for suggestions on when to add....do I get fish first then add cleaners?

[Wiggs]

Cleaners=fish anyways so just add ~6 fish a week, keeping an eye on the parameters between each addition.

[mattsbottleofjager]

Lol that was a dumb question wasn't it. :11:

[Wiggs]

no such thing a a dumb question here

[Northernguy]

Algenco might know where you can get some GBRs and BNs.
All the center peice fish I can think of are too big for your smaller fish.lol
A gourami or parrot fish maybe.

[mattsbottleofjager]

I have had large fish in the past and would prefer to keep it smaller so I don't have to clean so often. So at least for now I plan on keeping with the smaller schooling fish. I think I am really leaning towards the triple reds, but not finding anything close to Ohio that sells them. Thanks again for the help guys.