Ok so I joined this forum back in 2008 when I had a LOT of fish tanks and was a regular user. A lot has happened since then and I ended up getting rid of all my tanks

I now have a colleague selling her 60L tank with everything for £30 so decided to take up fish keeping again

Problem is, I have forgot most of my knowledge lol!! I know about setting up a new tank with the fishless cycle (my ammonia and liquid test kit are both on their way) and waiting to stock this etc.

Question is what can I stock it with? I want a schoal of rummy nosed tetra's but what else could I have, i know it's only a small tank. Are cory's ok for a new tank? I'm sure i had a few to start with last time and they was all fine.

Thanks and nice to be back!!

Welcome back phishy, good to see you are back into fishkeeping again

Cory's would be great - they like plants by the way so maybe add a few bits of greenery for them, and like to be kept ina group too. Lovely little fish though. I have some Panda Croy's and they are brill.

Yeah, I had 4 albino's and 3 peppered's before but love the panda corys so may get a group of these. I was thinking about 8 rummy nosed tetras and 4 or 5 corys. Anything else that wouldn't be a squeeze? Maybe 6 rummy's and 6 other small tetras and corys?

I think 6 rummy's, 6 cory's and maybe a small shoal would be ok for 60litres with good filtration.

I saw some Red line torpedo barbs today- they look real nice in small shoals of 6 to 10- I'm not too sure about 60L being enough for them though.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/red%20line%20torpedo%20barb/fishpicsmike/den1.jpg

hi phishy

nice to see you back on site -glad your back in the fishkeeping again sounds like you haven't forgot to much, i think the RNT and a couple of corys would be ok.

i have had a look at the torpedo barbs myself K they are stunning and will be my next addition,but they get to around 5/6 in and would be to big for a 60 lt mate, but a stunning fish all the same.

The torpedo barbs are stunning, but grow too big for my tank although watch this space I may upgrade again lol!! Within a year last time I had 4 tanks from 500L with piranha's to 60L, so I took it to extreme's lol

I think maybe 4 corys, 6 rummies and 6 other small tetras, possibly glow lights (had them last time and they looked good in a schoal) or cochu blue tetras.

I filled the tank with water yesterday, bought some black gravel now just waiting for my ammonia and API test kit to arrive (which is £32 in p@h I'm sure this has gone up £10 since i last bought mine 2 years ago lol!! - so bought mine off ebay instead)

hello phishy
welcome back