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i have decided to do a South American community.
the tank
55G(well planted)
2x 500L/hr HOB filter
2x 100 watt heater
fish
2x keyhole cichlids
4x blue ram cichlids
20x neon tetras
5x marbled hatchetfish
5-6x panda corydoras
7x black phantom tetras or these other tetras that looked like black neons but blue, i think they where named royal blue tetras or sumthin at the LFS. anyone no what they are?
suggestions for improvement are welcome

You said the tank is going to be well planted. What are you plans for lights, substrate, ferts, plants and such?

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
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I've never heard of the blue neon type tetras, but if they look like neons, I'd go with 12 of each and skip the hatchets.

I think 2 big schools would look very nice in a planted tank.

Also, in a well planted tank, less fish is a much better effect.

*Kristin*

I've heard of Cochu's blue tetra....I have recently added 4 to my 55 gallon SA type. Here's a pic of them courtesy of AZ Garden (http://www.azgardens.com/schooling_fish.php)

Mine aren't quite this blue yet, but I expect them to color up soon....I just put them in last night.



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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

does it really matter to you what plants, lights....iam going to use?
lights: aqua-glo 18000K,40W
substarate: regular 3mm gravel and JBL ferotabs for fertilizer
i was planing on CO2 fertilization but i can not find any CO2 injection kits anywhere.im thinking about DIY CO2.
fairly hardy plants such as wisteria, amazon sword,cabomba(although i hav'nt had much luck with it, it always drops all its leaves), echindorus tenellis(how tall do they get?),cryptocorynes, nomaphila stricta and a couple of dwarf lillys.
those are the tetras iam talkin about exept the ones at the LFS where much darker and had a deeper blue colour(maybe a cross with black neons coz they lok a lot alike).
now the question is blue tetras or black phantoms, what do you think?
im leaning towards the blues i think. ditchen the hatchets to.