Invert stocking 180l tank

[Dievan]

Hi All,

I’ve recentle rescaped my rio 180l and would love to stock it with primarely inverts, oto’s and maybe after some time very tiny rasbora’s.

I’ve added some pictures of the scape, the aquarium is divided by large lava rocks, in front there is sand and in the back it is filled wit laca gravel, bio media and topped with mostly reused aquasoil. Plants are bucephlandra, anubias, crypts. The back of the tank i would like to fill with echinodutus, larger crypts and microsorum.

I would like to know which inverts you would recommend. As of now it is stocked with 5 amano’s , 20+ bloody mary shrimps, 6 various caridina and some snails, clithon corona ramshorn nerite,…

I’m thinking of adding super tiger shrimp(caridina mariae) and a trio of CPO.
Since the tank has the potential to provide a lot of hiding places.

Are there any suggestions/ tips?

 

[bazz]

Good morning and welcome,
The only advice I could offer at this early stage would be to add a fair few bunches of fast growing stem plants even if it's only temporary (they can be removed later if they do not fit in the final picture). They do not even need to be planted and can be weighted or left floating. Alternatively/and a good portion of floating plants will assist in balancing the tank while diffusing some of the light entering the tank.

Using stem plants as a filtering aid at Start Up!

The subject of using fast-growing stem plants as part of a filtering aid has cropped up a few times recently. This idea has been around for a long time so not new, it has benefits especially for a new set - up. I try and cover at least 50% of the water surface minimum. 1. Improves water...

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Cheers!

 

[Dievan]

Thanks for the info, I already have some floating plants and will add some stemplants in the near future to help aiding the startup process.

Some of the juwel led fixture i Blacked out with some heat resistant tape.

 

[Walt1908]

If i had your tanksize ill do 1 or 3 cryptocoryne usteriana and some c. Spiralis 'tiger' for 100%

 

[Dievan]

The height at the back is only 20 ish centimeters so i think the usteriana would be a little to big.
I was looking at echinodorus red diamond. The ted tiger could be an option! Thanks for the help @Walt1908