What To Do With 2nd Tank

Well just tested my water and got the following results

PH 7.0
GH 6 deg (100ppm)
KH 3 deg (50ppm

Can anyone see any problems with these figures?

Went to my local Pets at Home today, very clean looking tanks and varied stock. Saw a lot of fish possibilities. Different types of tetras (glowlight, rummynose, cardinal, black neon, silver tip, xray, penguin and rosy) and barbs (albino tiger, green tiger, small tiger, golden and cherry) And some I am not sure which category they fit like Black Widow, Pakistani Loach, Black Phantom and  Scissor Tail rasbora. Will need to look at seriously fish to see which fit my parameters water wise.

And tank size wise, and compatibility wise 

Yes, have already dropped some from list due to tank size. Barbs worry me over compatibility, even with their own kind. If anyone has any info on tank mates for barbs, or if a barb only tank could work, would love to know.

I only have tiger barbs in the same tank. I don't mix them with anything else because, quite frankly, they are nuts at feeding time.

Thanks for the information on Barbs. I might try some cherry barbs and see how things go. Already took some fish off my possibles list but still should have a decent list left.

I am wondering if I should use live plants in the 2nd tank, something different to try but not sure where to start or what to get plant wise. Wonder if some fish would prefer live plants?

To give you an idea of what Matt means, look at my tank https://forums.thinkfish.co.uk/gallery-showcase/sue's-fish-may-2017/ None of the plants in there are rooted in the substrate. I have water sprite floating on the surface, stems of hornwort weighted down, and everything else is attached to wood.


Live plants are good things to have in tanks - they use ammonia, meaning less ammonia for the bacteria turn in to nitrate = lower nitrate; and they absorb a lot of biochemicals made by the fish.

Java fern attaches to plastic because I had that on plastic before I changed it all to wood. I don't know about the other plants I have because I've never tried them on plastic. Bucephalandra attaches to rock - I had that on rock then switched it to wood.

Thanks guys, all the plant info is very helpful.

Thought i had got lucky today with a second tank but it needs a new lighting unit which seems to cost £100. it is a Juwel 180 in case anyone has any other ideas.

Thanks

I used to have a Juwel Rio 125. I removed the filter after a month because it was just so noisy and got an Eheim Aquaball, then changed it for an Eheim Biopower filter when they came out. The Fluval U series are also a good make (just swap the poly carbon pads for plain filter floss/filter wool)
I also had an Eheim Jager heater, the thermocontrol type, there is a 125 watt version.

They stock them because there is a demand. They probably don't care what happens to the fish after they are sold. And although the vast majority of people who buy them will have no idea about them needing hard water there will be some keen fishkeepers who add remineralisation salts to their tanks to make the water harder.

The problem with seeing so many fish is trying to decide which ones