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Aquariums: Suggest your favourite community fish!


Hi all!
I hope this is the right place to ask, I have a new Juwel Rio 240 I plan on heavily planting, there’s plenty of hardscape including wood and hiding spots. Video shown but please forgive the cloudiness, apparently I hadn’t washed the substrate as much as I thought I had

While waiting for it to cycle I would love to hear people’s suggestions on their favourite community fish for some inspiration, I’m looking for;

•Small/nano fish (nothing really too much bigger than a BNP)

•Ideally two different species of shoaling fish

•Lots of bright colours

•The weirder/more unusual the better

If anyone also has any plant suggestions I’d appreciate them too, there’s already



Posted by LilTwi5ty

14 Comments

  1. Pitiful_Wedding_5250 on

    go with two bright nano shoals. things like Chili Rasboras, Ember Tetras, CPDs, or Pencilfish. They stay small, look amazing in big groups, and love planted setups. Add a bottom group like Pygmy Corydoras if you want more activity. For plants, Monte Carlo or Dwarf Sag work great as carpets, and stems like Rotala or Ludwigia add color fast. Floating Water Sprite or Frogbit will help fish have some hiding spots while the tank cycles.

  3. No_Comfortable3261 on

    Harlequin rasboras are one of my top recommendations personally, very simple but beautiful and unlikely to cause any issues for their caretakers or tank mates

    Black neon tetras are also a nice and very underrated option

    For lots of colors, I like platies personally

  4. strobukm on

    Sparkling gourami are so cute and full of personality. They’d definitely appreciate a heavily planted tanlike you have planned.

  5. Velcraft on

    Cherry barbs are very enjoyable to keep, and will also help with cleaning plants. They also kinda look like mini goldfish.

  6. Kimura304 on

    Various rainbow fish, snakeskin barbs, Denison barbs, most botia loaches or whatever cute cory I can get a group of.

  10. honey_bee_927 on

    Oooooh I love it! If it was me I’d have so many neon tetras and corydoras in there! And kuhli loachs are cool too.

  11. diablobiker on

    I like my dwarf gouramis. They remind me of the color you usually see in saltwater fish. Galaxy rasboras are cool and take up zero space.

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