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Aquariums: How to setup a tropical fish community aquarium (Help me decide the next fish!)



How to setup a tropical fish community aquarium (Help me decide the next fish!)

It has been a while since I set up a bigger aquarium for a mixed community fish tank, so I thought we should show a set up on the larger side of aquariums rather than the smaller aquariums you are used to seeing on the channel. This is the start of getting a few larger aquariums aquascaped on the channel, so watch this space!

Drop into the comments to give us a suggestion on what fish should be next to enter the community.

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Hardscape:
River pebbles and cobbles
Manzanita wood
Dragon/honeycomb wood

Plants:
Anubias Barteri
Anubias Congensis
Anubias Nana Bonsai
Anubias Nana Mini
Anubias Nana

Fish:
Gold Barb
Checker Barb

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33 Comments

  3. @browniewin4121 on

    When I was in high school I had a large tank all the different Tetras. It did great except the original Neons were too small and vanished in the first day thanks to the Bleeding heart Tetras. I got a larger variety of Neons and then all the fish live together perfectly well after that.

  4. @MoondyneJoe on

    Hi Matt from Western Australia, have been watching you and Mark for months now and appreciate your videos emensly, as a newbie (may this year) I am on a crash course to knowledge about tropical fish, in fact I scored,my second 5 foot tank this week so I will soon gave 2x 5
    (560 litre and 308 litres) footers and a 38 litre tank in my bedroom keeping me company oh the joys of being a single 64 year old my place my rules lol
    My suggestion for a second lot of fish for the tank is

    Pearl or lace Gourmi
    Congo Tetras
    Glass bloodfin Tetras
    Harlequin rasbora
    Bristlenose Catfish
    Odessa barbs
    Black Phantom Tetras
    Neon Tetras

    That should give you a few ideas maybe
    I am running about 15 species in my 560 litre community tank with a heap(maybe 50) of Sailfin Dalmatian Mollies fry swimming in with the adults
    In my 38 litre tank I have another 50ish young Mollies as well
    They need re homing asap
    Thankyou for all the work and interest you put into your videos it makes it easier to understand what is involved in tropical fish keeping and the realisation that to do so properly takes some effort!
    Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

  11. @GSG-lc5zm on

    12:30 ish
    😂🤣😂🤣 you are f'ing killing me 😂🤣 you're sitting in front of what looks like a couple of round boys and a stubby ,, talking about wanting to have a play with wood. 😂🤣😂🤣😆 ROFL out of breath 😂

  13. @stringdonkey on

    Lovely tank, Matt! Great video. With only using epiphytes, what is your method of keeping algae at bay, and do you have any tips for keeping GSA off slower growing plants in newer setups?

  18. @aislingmckee2964 on

    That was fun and I will admit I held my breath when the first big cobble was going in. I think some type of loach would be great and I do love a gourami, but whatever is decided it will be lovely.

  22. @frankvermeulen4621 on

    What a great setup! I love all the Anubias; definitely doesn't need more light, possibly even less. 😅

    The barbs are a great choice. Kuhli loaches and hillstream loaches have already been suggested, but towards the water surface maybe a slightly bigger shoal of Rasboras or Danios, if you keep the Asian theme going.

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