Ned,
Hello, hope all is well. Its been a month or two since I've been down to the store...I've got another stocking question for you. Two actually. Currently running a 40G breeder, with the following stock:
7 x Neolamprologus multifasciatus and a couple of fry (shellies)
5 x Juvenile altolamprologus calvus black white pearl
4 x Juvenile Altolamprologus compressiceps (Muzi gold head)
2 x Synodontis petricola
6 x procatopus similis (killies)
and a few snails (Olive Nerite)
This is a display tank in a high traffic area. I had originally purchased 7 of the killies (one didn't make it) in the hopes that they would fill in the top area of the tank and make it a bit more active. I thought they were schooling fish in nature, but really they don't seem to be. I really want to be careful about overstocking but I'd love to get something that might work in this scenario to really fill in the top of the tank so that it doesn't look so 'empty. Is there any way to do this with this current stock? Or am I asking for trouble? Should I just get a few more of the killies and hope that they will start schooling? Are there other suggestions? Or should I just leave things alone to avoid overstocking troubles
Oh, since its probably relevant, I currently do a 30% water change ever two weeks and run a cascade 1000 filter on the tank.
Thanks for your feedback!
Steve