Good mix of top, bottom fish for planted aquarium for a 2 feet tank.

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Most hobbyist would have a school of tetra in their planted aquarium and they are mostly mid water swimmers. What would be your recommendation for:
1. top swimmers that don't normally leap out of the tank
2. bottom swimmers that would not uproot plants like HC.
3. both 1 and 2 should be slow swimmers that do not continuous dart all over the place like zebra danios. (My experience watching them in a school of cardinal tetra was so stressful.)
4. all the above should not grow too big for a 2 feet tank.

Thanks in advance for sharing.

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Better to let your HC plants sit into the soil firmly before intro bottom swimmers.
As for my tank, i have guppies, tetra, cherry barb. Bottom is amano shrimp, RCS, otto and SAE.
For your information, guppy and SAE will leap out of the tank.

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Yes, I even have tetras jumping out of my tank before. I always wonder how some hobbyist can top up their tank almost to the brim without fear of fishes jumping out. Do everyone cover your tank?


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Ya lo. I use to top up my water almost to the brim. But after that, even my amano shrimp jump up. I decided to reduce the water level. Until now, no sign of fish jumping up, except the nertie snail lolz.