Looking for something NOT super pricey, big enough to possibly avoid being acara/angle/discuss food yet small enough I could get a large (possibly 10'ish) school size with some decent colors.
I was looking at neons because theyre cheap and look great bu they tend to be eaten by bigger fish and are SO sensitive to infections.
I love rainbows but they are to big for what I want and really pricey.
Other tetras are meh in color
I was thinking MAYBE cherry barbs?
Anyone else have any thoughts?
This will be in a 55 HEAVILY planted
other fish will be
my blue acara - full grown - 50/50 on whether I WILL keep him though
Full grown angel, possibly might get another couple smaller ones for the tank as well of various types.
I would "like" to try a couple discuss. I might even just get one more angel then like 3 discuss and hope for the best.
I have one juvenile black ghost knife - I will move him to someone else when he gets to big as I wont be upgrading past a 55 gallon but right now she (I believe) is an awesome, beautiful and very interactive fish.
All these are being moved from my 30 to the 55 very soon but I wanted to get a school in there first to be honest
What about Rasboras? I have a small school of Espei and I love the bright orange colors. And they are very active and playful. As long as you don't get really young small ones, they should be big enough for an Angel to leave alone.
