About a dozen of Red Cherry Shrimp - Neocaridina heteropoda (formerly Neocaridina denticulata sinensis) variation red. The population is stable and does not grow although I routinely see females being pregnant. I guess this means that fish eats juveniles. Also temperature in my tank raises above 80F in summer which is not good for this shrimp.
A dozen or so of Malaysian Trumpet Snails (Melanoides tuberculata) sometimes uproot my plants, especially newly planted ones.
Today I bought ten Olive Nerite Snails - Vittina usnea (formerly Neritina reclivata). Their description sounds almost too good to be true.I always keep Otos (Otocinclus) in my tanks. Now I have about 6 of them in the 58 gal. They are fun little fish. I observed the two of them trying to school with black neon tetras.
FishI bought 6 Black Mollies in hope that they will eat green hair algae. They do eat it sometimes, however from what I can tell, make little to no impact overall. It is nice though to have live bearers - I use fry to feed my tiger barbs in a 20gal. Mollies have good appetite and will always beat tetras to a new serving of flakes.
A school of 9 Black Neon Tetras (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) is the centerpiece of the 58 gal tank. These are elegant fish. Sometimes I wish they schooled more tightly.
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