What Fishies To Add To My Tank?

I'm in the same situation, adding more fish to a few existing fish, though in my case it is because I have lost a lot of fish due to camallanus worms 

With a gourami, you won't want nippy fish. Neon tetras, or cardinals, would go nicely and make a contrast to the harlies. If you like black phantoms, you would need a biggish shoal to keep any nippiness amongst themselves.

Fish I have been thinking about include threadfin rainbows (Iriatherina werneri) or maybe emperor tetras.



Though I should ask, is your water hard or soft?

Have you found the Community Creator on here yet? It is in the fish profiles (click on the button at the top of the page then on any fish and you'll find the CC at the bottom of the profile). Just enter your tank and filter details, and add fish. You need to register and log in separately from the forum to save the tank, and it does have a nasty habit of logging you out after a while.
Adding your current fish to the CC (but using 8 smaller panda cories instead of the 4 to 6 leopards you plan as leopards aren't in the fish profiles) and oversized external filter, the CC reckons you are 22% stocked. I don't like going up to the max in the CC, I prefer to stop at around 80%, but even with that target in mind you have room for more fish.


If it were me, I think I would get a few more harlies/espei rasboras (probably espeis since you already have more of them than true harlies). Another 5 or 6 would give you a nice shoal and only take you up to 27% stocked. Adding a dozen black phantoms and a dozen neons takes the tank to 47%. Even if the Fluval 405 is only classed as 'external' rather than 'oversized external' that lot still gives you 53% stocked.

Hi all

Small update. Well today I have got 7 more harlequin espei (was supposed to be 6 but I found 7 in the bag when I got home  ) to add to my shoal so that will make 14 eventually. Also bought a tiger lotus plant to see if I can keep that alive!

So the road to stocking up my tank has begun. Fingers crossed it goes smoothly. 

Thanks again xx

Will do