Okay, here we go again...
It's time for a make over... And we're going NPT! Or rather, attempting.
For now though, I need a break so I'm trying to decide on what stays and what goes.
Discus: All staying except for Pidgy, the ugly thing that grabs EVERY non-fishy persons attention first. As opposed to, y'know, Burnie the awesome discus who is wiggling around in their face trying to get their attention. UGH. I actually aquired a new Discus from work, funny story that. He just turned up in our planted (sales) tank on a thursday night two, maybe three weeks ago now. No one knows where she came from. She's not one of ours because the pattern differs. Weird, no? She settled in without much fuss.
Angels: Altums. They're boring. The small breeding pair will be going off to Sarah when she's ready for them.
Gouramis: All of them. I want to start again with a trio of small pearl gouramis, and I don't really want the dwarf gouramis any more. No particular reason, they're just not really needed or wanted.
Now the hard part... The busy fish.
Current cories: Longfin Panda Corydora
Why they'll be going: They're cute... But getting that big, bulky ugly look to them and haven't bred for me. I've lost interest.
New cories: Undecided. Likely it will be between Sterbai, Julii or one of the dwarves ie Habrosus, Hastatus or Pygmaeus. Depends on pricing and availability.
Current Tetras/Rasbora: Red Phantom Tetra and Black Phantom Tetra are the main groups. I have like 3-4 Rasbora Espei and Rasbora Hengeli left (the Hengeli was a mistake - fish had just come in so were dull and someone got the espei and the hengeli switched).
Why they'll be going: I love the red phantom tetras but I find myself wanting something smaller, and less attention grabbing. I want the focus on the discus, not the busy fish. Also, they aren't uniform. Some have different markings on their dorsal fins (doesn't appear to be gender specific - it seems more like a different species!) and I don't like that. Rasbora Espei, I'm honestly bored of them. Rasbora Hengeli are gross and I didn't mean to buy those ones, lol.
New Tetras/Rasbora: ?? I can't decide. I like Rummynose but I fear they'll be too attention grabbing as well. I'm thinking a huge school of one of the tiny Rasboras. Like 30 odd of them. Probably Rasbora Maculata because they're fairly cheap in comparison to the rest. I'd LOVE boraras brigittae/ Red Chili Rasbora but from memory, they are hard to get a hold of and expensive. (My Discus have no history of snacking on little fishies).
Other assorted fish:
Apistogramma Viejita Red Neck 'GOLD'. I think I only have one left of these #@$!y fish. I think a few of you will remember the story... Horribly thin things that dropped dead one after the other. They suck, and that's why I'm getting rid of them.
Bristlenose: Possibly the big albino bristlenose.
Siamese Flying Fox: Big, ugly and useless.
New fish to be acquired:
Royal Whiptail x 2. I think mine died. I haven't seen it in months. They're very cute, and interesting looking.
Pearl Gourami x 3. Small.
Nannacara Anomala x 2 females. I have a single boy. He's very pretty and would like some company.
Peppermint Bristlenose x 3. Possibly. Depending on cost and availability. I'd only get the tiny babies though.
A trio or pair of some variety of Apistogramma. Possibly Viejita Red Necks (NOT! GOLDS!) but we'll see depending on price and availability.
More Dwarf Chain Loaches. I should have 4 or so now, but they're not doing their job. I can see snails starting to pop back up around the tank. I'll wait until these pop up cheap at the wholesaler, even on sale they're bloody expensive!