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New Fishkeepers / Re: Fish stocking plan
« Last post by Sue on August 03, 2024, 07:51:33 PM »The fish you suggest are compatible with each other, but we need some more details to know they are OK with your water.
The fish you suggest are soft water fish, except perhaps celestial pearl danios. So you need to find out how hard your tap water is. The easiest way is to look on your water company's website; it could be under 'in your area' (or however they phrase it) or water quality report. You need a number and the unit of measurement as UK water companies sometimes use strange units so we have to convert into the two units used in fish keeping.
A few comments on your fish list -
Threadfin rainbows are often sold as just males. If you want to observe their behaviour with males and females, spend the fishless cycling time looking for somewhere that stocks females.
Celestial pearl danios can be very shy fish so make sure there's lots of places for them to hide in. It sounds wrong, but the more hiding places there are, the more likely they'll be out and about as they know there's somewhere to run and hide.
Cories do better in larger numbers - and on sand rather than gravel.
The fish you suggest are soft water fish, except perhaps celestial pearl danios. So you need to find out how hard your tap water is. The easiest way is to look on your water company's website; it could be under 'in your area' (or however they phrase it) or water quality report. You need a number and the unit of measurement as UK water companies sometimes use strange units so we have to convert into the two units used in fish keeping.
A few comments on your fish list -
Threadfin rainbows are often sold as just males. If you want to observe their behaviour with males and females, spend the fishless cycling time looking for somewhere that stocks females.
Celestial pearl danios can be very shy fish so make sure there's lots of places for them to hide in. It sounds wrong, but the more hiding places there are, the more likely they'll be out and about as they know there's somewhere to run and hide.
Cories do better in larger numbers - and on sand rather than gravel.