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As always, first question. What's your water like? Being in London? I'm guessing hard.

Their are 34 species of mosquito in the UK, there's bound to be some in Ireland.In addition to gnats/midges.

The subject of otos & their care, comes up a lot. Putting 6 into an immature (?) small tank, I think the food source is going to run out pretty quick,which means you're going to have to supplement their diet. They can be fussy.See, numerous, feeding threads. Not saying it can't be done.

Personally, I'd want more than 6 Embers. Small fish show better behaviour in groups of >10 ime. As great as otos are,I'd worry about keeping 6 alive in a tank that small. That's just me.Good luck.

The water hardness would be ? Embers or Green Neon tetra to start you off (hardness permitting)

My 60cm tank had 10 green neon tetras in it that I never saw. Now I have 16, they practically eat from hand. Ime tetras rarely do well in numbers below 10. Of course, extra cover will always be appreciated.

Vallis Nana has narrow leaves that wouldn't ruin the sense of scale,but would be long enough to grow up to the surface then across.Where's the flow going? The only problem if it takes off,is that it can get a bit invasive.

T.Espei are great,but will jump if you're open topped....

Blue ram

Welcome to the fascinating world of cichlids.

The most quarrelsome fish I've ever kept. Started off with 20; one by one the weaker ones would get picked off. Ended up with couple of dominant ones.In 15+ years,never had any fish numbers dwindle so fast.

Google "lip locking"

How's your water ? Plus do you plan on removing the adults if they spawn ? http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/celestichthys-margaritatus/ Good luck with the project.

I see on that journal thread,you also mention Serpae tetras. Red Phantoms will give a similar look but are better behaved imo. http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hyphessobrycon-sweglesi/ Down points,are that they aren't particularly active,and will pick off shrimplets.Black phantoms have...

MA stores seem to get these in from time to time.

Hi What's your water like? Hardness/ph I use to keep Borellii.They're pretty easy to keep as long as the water's not too hard.

Hi.I found the Kubotai to be serial jumpers.Kept them in school of 20, in a 60cm tank.Constant squabbles as the weaker ones were slowly picked off one by one.

Sadly,the half split colouring isn't normal.The female lasted about 10 days before dying. The consensus on the BCA seems to be that symptoms like this occur occasionally in SA cichlids,as is usually fatal.

Thanks for posting Thing is, the colouring was normal for the first 5 weeks. Only in the last week,has the split occurred.

This is true. Not sure I understand the comment about a Chimera ?

Hi Appreciate this may be a bit specialised,but had trouble posting on the BCA I got hold of a trio of Nanna Anomola about 6 weeks ago. They were in a quarantine tank for 4 weeks, during which everything was fine,including the colouring which was just like every library photo i've seen...

Similar but different. Harleys, T.Espei & T.Hengeli

Thanks, as a constant lurker on there, i was aware of the BCA thread.

Hi apologises for going off topic slightly, which marginatus ? There seems to quite a range in colouration.

Not apart from a size difference.Just throwing out an alternative,really. Assume your water's not super hard.

If you like Harleys, then have a look at these T.Hengeli or T.Espei They both jump though IME. Instead of Cards, Green Neon Tetra or Ember Tetra

If memory serves, pretty good at picking off cherry shrimp too...

Looks like an immature Denison Barb Needs a big tank

Something cheap, just in case your Apisto's go homicidal mental if/when they spawn....

These are great and used to be a P@H regular, but not seen any,anywhere for months.

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The size of tank being... ?

Hi, FWIW.... always tricky to answer these threads without sounding too negative. Personally, i'd decide on just one type of Cory and up the numbers to 6, rather than 3 types with just 2 fish of each. If it's a community tank that you're looking for, i'd go with just 3 schooling groups of fish...

Just to prove the point, i've kept Rummys in mod. hard water, for the last 3+ years with no problems :) Personally, a 60cm tank is too small for such an active fish, but that's me. T.Espei & T.Hengli are excellent fish, but like most Rasboras, tend to be jumpers IMO (though floating plants help...

In the right circumstances. Apistogrammas

Find a LFS that you trust.Observe the tank that you're buying from.Personally i don't tend to buy fish that have arrived in the shop that week.

Ahh.Sounds like you already know the answer to this question. For the record, i keep my Borelli in 60cm with a 7 Red Phantoms plus assorted Oto's & Amano's

Take your time, there's no rush ;) What have you got in there already ?

Personally i wouldn't keep Kribs in a 60L (60cm?) tank, plus if they breed they can get a bit tasty. GBR's rarely seem to do well in anything other than soft water and will prefer warmer temps. Depending on the numbers of the existing stock and water parameters maybe Apistogramma Borellii ?

T.Espei are related to Harlequins but are different.They stay a bit smaller, but are more colourful IMHO There's an ID section on them in the last edition of PFK

If it were me, i'd consider keeping it more Asian then. Lots of nice 'Puntius' varieties. Cherry Barbs if you want some garish colour,couple of people on here are keeping '5 banded', which are a good alternative to the more boisterous 'tiger', i had some 'checkered' few years ago that coloured...

Size of tank? Any other inhabitants ATM?

As above, Embers always look good in a planted tank. Open topped, or lid to the tank? Most Rasboras are good jumpers