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labrakitty
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I have a 10 gallon bow front tank that I am restocking.

Filter: Eheim Aquaball-I’m not sure the size name but it’s the second biggest
Water Changes: fortnightly
Ph: 6.8
Plants/Décor: heavily planted with bogwood

Fish:
-1 peppermint bristle nose (small)
-2 otocinclus

I was thinking of adding some rummy-nose tetras, would they be suitable? Any other ideas welcome!

Thanks
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Rummy nose should be okay, as would many other smaller schooling fish. However, I would remove the bristlenose to a larger setup as soon as possible as it will eventually be too large and as is with most pleco's are large waste producers.

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Depends exactly what we're calling a peppermint bristlenose. It could be anywhere from a 4" fish to a 10" fish or possibly larger. Might want to stop over at http://planetcatfish.com/ and search up both peppermint and bristlenose in the catelog to see if you can get a scientific name.
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I agree with OldTimer in that you should move the bristlenose. Even if his max size is around 4" I believe that is too large for a 10 gal. Also, many members of the tetra family would do great in a 10 gal. My suggestion would be to go with White Cloud Mountain Minnows. They are great little fish and I have owned them in the past. If you removed the BN I would up the # of otocinclus to 3.

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EditedEdited by labrakitty
I have a larger tank for the bristle nose incase it gets too big. I'm not sure of the exact L-number or species name, because it was in a tank with starlight bristle nose catfish, but I'm not sure it is the same. The shop breeds them though and they said they only grow to 3" ( the type that i bought)
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I've been to the aquarium since then and I saw some other fish that looked very interesting. I have come to this:

I have 3 options to choose from:

1) At the aquarium they have a pair of Maldive Kribensis. They are much more colourful than the regular (Pulcher) and the female is the more dominant of the two.

I was wondering if they would get too aggressive in a small tank, and if they would hurt the otos or BN. Would this tank be too small to house the pair of them?

OR

2) A school of about 6-8 very brightly coloured and active tetras. (not cardinals or rummy-nose) Any suggestions?

OR

3) A pair of either Blue Rams or Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlids. Would they get too aggressive in the small tank if they decided to breed?

This would be with:

2 otos
1 Peppermint Bristle-nose
-I don't know exact species but it only grows to 3" because the shop breeds them and they told me. If it gets to big then it will be moved to a larger tank
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I'm not familiar with that particular type of krib. Regular kribs are agressive when breeding though and I personally wouldn't recommend keeping a pair with other bottom feeders in a 10g.

I realize you said no rummynoses, but imo they're the best schooling tetra. Harlequins are also good schoolers. Glowlights, diamonds, golds, and black neons all look good in planted tanks.

You could probably get by with a pair of the cichlids you mentioned if you had adequate caves/hiding places. Again, I'd be concerned about the bottom feeders.

The size of you plec isn't the whole issue. Algae eaters, including ottos, put out a lot of waste. Just something to keep in mind.

Also make sure the tank has established algae before adding the ottos.

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Thanks, the tank has been set up for 2 1/2 years and I alreday have the fish (BN & otos). I have been monitoring the amount of waste that I siphon when doing a water change to make sure the bristle nose isn't making to much waste, but there is never very much, so that's good.

The Maldive Krib is very unusual apparently so that's probably why you haven't heard of it. They are also much more colourful and beautiful than the regular krib, that's why I want them so much.

So would there be problems with the Kribs hurting the 2 otos/BN? Thanks
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