[Wanted] Room-mate(s) in our Fluval Ebi

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Threadfin rainbows are definitely peaceful and beautiful. They would get along with cories just fine. I have noticed that they like to swim the length of the tank though so maybe a longer tank? I have seen them recently at Noah's Pet Arc and Aquariums West as well as Pj's Pets. I used to never notice them in stores, but now they are everywhere.

I thought about Coral Red Pencil fish for my Ebi recently, but I was told they are nippy fish at my LFS and more of species tank habitats.

I'm a sucker for chili rasboras and since no one has mentioned them I will! Pick the CHILIS! Though they are kind of small and you may be going for impact.

I had shrimplets in my RBI ebi before. Just put some pantyhose over the filter.

[Arcteryx]

Change the filter with AC20 and use Fluval prefilter , shrimplet will be fine. As soon as I added CRS in my Fluval Flora , my pygmy cories became shy they only out when the light is off

Yeah y'know, my dwarf cories became shy pretty quick - as soon as they sorted out their hidey holes, they seem to prefer to stay hidden. They do come out now and then to forage and hunt for food, but other than that, it takes a keen eye to spot them. My kids make a game of counting the ones they can see as they flit in and out of the shadows. I'm OK with it, glad to see I've got enough cover that they can indulge in their natural behavior, I do wish sometimes they'd come out and play a bit more. They're little charmers once they're out in the open.

[Morainy]

I'm finding the same thing with the cories that are in my Ebi. The dark background and dark substrate that I have in there makes it even harder to see them, even if they are moving around.

The first day or two that they were in the Ebi, they zoomed around quite a bit. But now they hang out in groups, staying low to the substrate or behind the plants. (Lots of plants). While they were in the 36 bowfront, they used to school with the harlequin rasboras sometimes. I think I might move these into the 22 gallon long tank, see how they do with the rainbows and sterbai.

Yeah y'know, my dwarf cories became shy pretty quick - as soon as they sorted out their hidey holes, they seem to prefer to stay hidden. They do come out now and then to forage and hunt for food, but other than that, it takes a keen eye to spot them. My kids make a game of counting the ones they can see as they flit in and out of the shadows. I'm OK with it, glad to see I've got enough cover that they can indulge in their natural behavior, I do wish sometimes they'd come out and play a bit more. They're little charmers once they're out in the open.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Wanted to thank everybody here for their generosity and effort they put into answering... I think I've decided to go with a combination of endlers and red cherry shrimp - hardiness and "outgoing-ness" being main factors for me! Always puzzled after seeing a list like this why some people think that fresh-water fishkeeping is boring vs salt-water - it's not, it's totally different with its own wealth of selection and challenges.

Once again, thank you all very much!

Its not so much that "fresh-water fishkeeping is boring vs salt-water" for me as it is that I've kept all those fish suggested in this thread + shrimp over the last 35 years. The salt-water keeping is more about the corals than the fish for me at this point.

I currently have Galaxy rasboras, Threadfin rainbowfish & German Blue Balloon Rams (from Richard) in my wife's/Felicia's fw planted tank.

[Arcteryx]

I adopted a few endlers a couple of days ago - 2 boys, 4 girls - thanks Matt & Larissa! They've settled in nicely! Very active, very lively, flitting about here and there chasing after anything that looks like food. I have to sneak the pygmy cory's food past them... so far so good. Cheers to everyone who suggested them... working out well so far.

I'm pondering moving the pygmy cory's out... will decide over the next couple of weeks...

[InfraredDream]

Sounds good.
So we're not meeting tomorrow then?