I have an 8 gallon freshwater aquarium. I have had this for 2 years but only had 2 black tetras for the past year!! (not because they have died but I just dont know what else to add!) The tank was pretty grubby (because of algae, I used things to try and get rid of it such as chemicals, having the light on less, more cleaning but it always came straight back) so today I have totally redone my tank, completely cleaned, new gravel ect. I have put in the cycle products and aqua safe as well as something which let me add my fish straight away. I have also put in 2 oxygen stones for aeration. I don’t plan on adding any more fish straight away as I know I need to give my tank a chance to cycle and am hoping my hardy little tetras will survive but I would appreciate any suggestions on what fish to add when its safe to and how many I should add!
I quite like the idea of an african dwarf frog and shrimp.
I have tried researching what fish is best together but its quite confusing as a lot of it seems to look at larger tanks!
Some say the 1 inch per gallon rule works well and others contradict it so im just not sure. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I want a varied tank with as much activity as possible but I also want healthy happy fish!