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I meant for an algea or cleaning fish ... like i thought the ottos were a good idea?? no?

corys i would say corys but if you got tiger barbs make a school so it induces nipping

Yeah corys, glad i have more votes for it.
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sorry, i would also advise some corydoras to add some life to the bottom of the tank...

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I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...

try some rainbow fish, or dwarf gouramis....

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I'd get 6 Otocinclus catfishes, then think about some Corydoras. If you can find them, Corydoras habrosus will fit the bill nicely. You could have 8 in there (they're a small species) and the group of 8 will be lively and happy. Chances are they might even breed in there given enough time and frequent live food treats!

I'd also watch those Tiger Barbs. Your Black Widows/Black Skirts (insert huge list of common names for them from here on in ) have a somewhat nippy tendency of their own, but it might be a good idea to make plans for rehousing the Tiger Barbs if they start persecuting your Tetras. Hopefully the Black Skirts will be capable of taking the rough and tumble (they're decently hardy fishes) but I'd still be watchful just in case!


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I'd add a school a corydoras your tank. About six emerald corys will make a good energetic group and will be fun to watch.
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What kind of Pleco is it?


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well he does but only during the night because he is nocturnal i don't see him during the day. It's just because i was advised that one pleco wasn't necessarily enough for a 60 gallon and i was told some ottos would be good...??!!

does your pleco not eat the algae?


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hey...
well i just contacted a pet shop here and they've told me that they will take the fish i no longer want from me!!! now, problem is, i'm not sure exactly what other kind of fish i will want.

here is what will be left of my 60 gal.
-6 zebra stripped danios
-1 pleco (i know he doesn't clean, but i like him)
-5 neons
-a couple fancy tail guppies (i currently have 10, will bring it down to 1 grown female and 3 little ones in the tank until the fry are big enough to go in...)
-2 mixed fruit tetras (the pink ones)
-1 male betta

Now, my plan is to get more neons to up the school, get white skirt tetras so they school with my mixed fruit (since i don't want any of the colour infused fish anymore), 6 to 8 ottos, and i'm looking for one more little school of colourful, friendly fish to complete my aquarium.

Any suggestions will be very much appreciated! Thank you in advance, Brattygirl29!

Another good livebearer is the platy. Black Skirt Tetras are very hardy fish and they are friendly too.

ok...so far of all the ideas i've went along with them besides the fact that i've decided to get the tiger barbs. i thought the best idea was to get ottos... but now i'm confused hehe..could someone PLEASE clarify what the best idea would be, for the beauty of my aquarium and the well function of it as well......
again, thanks for all the help.. just i need to know this one thing before i go out and get my last school of ..whatever hehe....
brattygirl

Hi there,
I think it would be a good idea to fill
your schools in first:
6 Zebra Danio
12 Neons
12 White Skirt Tetras (includes 2 dyed ones)
3 Guppies
1 Betta
1 Pleco (dont know what kind? will assume for 10 inches
for a common)

This would give you about 46 inches of fish.
Seeings you have mostly mid-top fish, how about some bottom dwellers aside from the pleco? I know you are interested in 6 ottos, but do you really have enough algae to feed a common pleco and 6 ottos? I would leave the ottos out, or go with a group of 3 at most.

Maybe go with a Group of 6 Corydoras catfish
Another option would be a group of Loaches- a
smaller species 4 inches or less in a group of 3
would work- maybe yoyo loaches, polka dot loaches,
dwarf chain loaches,kuhli loaches, etc.
Another option would be a group of 3 Bolivian Rams.
These are great bottom swimming fish, excellent
for picking food off the bottom, beautiful, and
they have personality plus.


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hmm the tiger barbs may very well nip the fins of the long finnd tetras. just a word of warning.

i know that fish are something to keep and uphold... i have had those fish for at least a year... i just recently decided i didn't want a mish mash of pairs of fish and i wanted to unify it... all the guppies i had were fish that were born into my tank...

thanks for all your suggestions. I got 6 long finned gold skirt tetras (they're white haha), i got 6 tiger barbs, although i'm gonna up that school bc they are soooooo beautiful and i got 7 more neons, which brought me to about 13 or 14..(they won't stop moving so i can't get a firm count). Petsmart here didn't have any ottos, so i will be going to another petstore to check it out later on in the week.
i am very happy to see that my mixed fruit tetras are already schooling with the others!! i figured it would happen but i didn't expect it to happen so soon. I love the variety of fish in my aquarium and the size of the school... the way they stick together makes it something really spectacular to look at!
Thanks again, and keep the suggestions coming!

ur plan of new fish sounds good, but on as side note, fish are not things u can buy and then return all the time, they are a committment that should be uphold. anyway, good luck with ur new fishes, and go over it in ur head a few times and make sure that it is what u want, for a long time, not just a few weeks.

I personally would avoid too many shoals of different fish, i used to have (well still do have some of them) zebra danio's red eye tetras, and cardinals all in the same tank and it looked a bit of a mish mash, wasnt as big as yours mind... But id see how it goes, up the neons, then the whiteclouds, then the otto's see what you think after each one

Your plan so far sounds wonderful. Except I would make a school of 15+(probably even go up to 20, which makes a stunning and beautiful school) neon tetras at least. You can also have more otos than that in the tank. I am glad to see you are going with whiteclouds and not the dyed version , round of that school.

You can get some decent sized schools of those fish into the tank. Only after you have increased all those schools, would I consider another fish, as you might see that the large schools will change the behavior of the fish and also look much better than a menagerie of fish. I think you have enough species in the tank as is,

HTH,
Megil.