stocking a 36 gallon bow front tank.

**bkny27** · 06-11-2011, 04:05 PM

i need help stocking my tank. being away with work for the last two years no one took care of my tank. i been doing small water changes every week and rinsed out the filter. only 5 neon tetras have surrvived since i was last home. i would like to start adding more fish now that the tank is getting back to normal and i will be home now. i would like to add more tetras to bring the total to 10. add another school of fish maybe corys. and what would be a good centerpiece fish i could add. please help me decide. tank currently has a small layer of gravel a large piece of driftwood and a couple small rocks.

**riot** · 06-11-2011, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by bkny27

i need help stocking my tank. being away with work for the last two years no one took care of my tank. i been doing small water changes every week and rinsed out the filter. only 5 neon tetras have surrvived since i was last home. i would like to start adding more fish now that the tank is getting back to normal and i will be home now. i would like to add more tetras to bring the total to 10. add another school of fish maybe corys. and what would be a good centerpiece fish i could add. please help me decide. tank currently has a small layer of gravel a large piece of driftwood and a couple small rocks.

You have room for a lot of small fish if you are already stocking tetras. You could easily place 5 more tetras. I had a small school, 5 or so, Rosy Barbs in with tetras in the past and they were pretty fun to watch. Gold Barbs, Cherry Barbs, Lamp Eye Tetras, Rummy Nose, and Buenos Ares Tetras are some others you can place in the tank to name a few off the top of my head.

As for a centerpiece fish, you could go with an angel fish pair. They are graceful and make great centerpieces in a tank of small schooling fish. Good luck and be sure to post up some pictures when you get it all squared away.