100 Gallon Stocking List

[zophie]

So everyone, I think i am going to get a nice 100 gallon, and i'm trying to figure out the stocking list. I'm a little sick of really big fish (I have too many Oscars....!), so I was thinking small. So far I was thinking of these fish...

10 x Rummy Nose Tetra
10 x Cardinal Tetra
10 x Emperor Tetra
10 x Skunk Corydoras
2 x Bristlenose Pleco
2 x Pearl Gourami

So... what do you think? I'm open to any advice, stock change's, etc. I basically want a nice planted tank with nice, small, peaceful fish... Any idea's/ advice?

Thanks, Zophie

 

[Wills]

You could easily double that IMO if not more so.

 

[Biulu]

You have lots of space left... I would make a nice large shoal of at least 25 fish of the same type. Some loaches for the bottom are nice too (personally I love the zebra loach).

 

[chilli-spice]

aw kuhlie loaches.
you could add some of those.
i love them

i like your stock list

 

[kizno1]

I would add a few dwarf/smaller cichlids just to give some more colour. Something like
15 x Rummy Nose Tetra
15 x Cardinal Tetra
15 x Emperor Tetra
15 x Skunk Corydoras
3 x Bristlenose Pleco
2 x Pearl Gourami
4 x Apistogramma (1male 3females) i would go for Agassizii
2 x Rams
2 x Red Breasted Acara
2 x Dwarf Flag Cichlids
And maybe something for the surface like a group or Marble Hatchets or Golden Panchax.

 

[zophie]

Thanks for the idea's guys! Kizno, I like your idea about the dwarf cichlids... but I herd that Cor's don't do well with them on another thread. I'm not sure if this is true, so if you know, let me know. Also, I have been looking around for a few of those cichlids you mentioned (Apistogramma,Red-breasted Acara), and can't seem to find them. But I will defintly go for some Ram's.

So I have a few stocking list's here....

15x Rummy Nose Tetra
15x Cardinal Tetra
15x Emperor Tetra
15x Skunk Corydoras
2 or 3 Bristlenose Pleco
2 x Pearl Gourami
2 x Rams
2 x Cockatoo Cichlids

Hmmm.... not sure if that would do or not, tell me what you think. I know Pearl Gourami's and Cockatoo Cichlids have nice long fins... see any fin-nippers in there?

Thanks,, Zophie

 

[Wills]

I think if it were me I would do a big shoal of Cupid Cichlids Either Biotodoma Cupido or Biotodoma Wavreni (spelling) and I would swap the bristlenoses for a few species of the small L number plecs and get some really stunning ones like Blue Phantoms and King Tiger etc or I would swap them for the more delicate whiptail species which would match your tetras better IMO.

The cupid cichlids are a really nice type of Geophagus or at least a relative of. When they are young they are really cute with big eyes on little yellow bodies then as they grow they gain height as well as length growing to about 3-4 inches, though 4 inches is big for a cupid. As adults they get a lot of blue spangling all over them. The pictures on this page http/www.aquatic-experts.com/Biotodoma_wavrini.html are probably the best IMO none of the other pictures really show the blue luminous spangles as well as these pics which is often why they are over looked. They are a really peaceful, gregarious cichlid that do well in groups. Tons of personality with them as well

If it were me I would do a stocking like

10x Cupid Cichlid
20x Rummy Nose Tetra
20x Cardinal Tetra
20x Emperor Tetra
20x Skunk Corydoras
2x L ??? - your choice
2x L ??? - your choice

Wills

 

[zophie]

Thanks for the idea's, Wills... I'll look into it So, does anyone know if Corydoras are okay with Cichlid's
Wills, do you think there is any way I could fit the gourami's in there, and if I need to cut the stock down I will?
I'll look into some nice catfish

Zophie

Edit: I was just reading about Cupid Cichlids, and it said that they can get aggresive and eat small fish when there older...

 

[zophie]

aw kuhlie loaches.
you could add some of those.
i love them

i like your stock list

I know

 

[Biulu]

I am keeping rams with cories and haven't experienced any problems.

 

[Wills]

So, does anyone know if Corydoras are okay with Cichlid's

Cichlids is quite a vague term, there are a lot of species of cichlids that can be kept with them and others that can not basically but in terms of mixing cichlids with cories in this tank then no its not going to be a problem as all the suggestions are dwarf cichlids and the only time they have issues with cories is in small tanks

Wills, do you think there is any way I could fit the gourami's in there, and if I need to cut the stock down I will?

Maybe drop 2 of the plecs I suggested for the pearls if you wanted them in, being open water fish they are unlikley to clash with the cupids.

Edit: I was just reading about Cupid Cichlids, and it said that they can get aggresive and eat small fish when there older...

To be honest that "can get aggressive and eat small fish when older" is just a generic disclaimer line for anything with cichlid in its name or associated with cichlids. At 3 inches as adults they are not going to be predatory to other fish and in a group of 10 these gregarious cichlids are going to be so caught up in their own hierachy that the other fish will not matter to them what so ever. I imagine even if they were hungry they wouldnt go after the tetras, they are just not high enough in the food chain to be a threat to small fish.

Which profile did you get that from just out of interest?

Wills

 

[mrscullen5373]

So everyone, I think i am going to get a nice 100 gallon, and i'm trying to figure out the stocking list. I'm a little sick of really big fish (I have too many Oscars....!), so I was thinking small. So far I was thinking of these fish...

10 x Rummy Nose Tetra
10 x Cardinal Tetra
10 x Emperor Tetra
10 x Skunk Corydoras
2 x Bristlenose Pleco
2 x Pearl Gourami

So... what do you think? I'm open to any advice, stock change's, etc. I basically want a nice planted tank with nice, small, peaceful fish... Any idea's/ advice?

Thanks, Zophie

First off i suggest Lemon tetra absolutely cracking fish one of my favourite tetras! with your tank i would say atleast 10 or 12

I will forever recommend Kuhli loaches they are pretty much my favourite ever fish and definatly favourite loach about 12 of them would be perfect.
Although there are some really great loaches out there one of my other favourites were chain loaches but they are very expensive because they critically endangered in the wild.
I think it would be really great if you had several different groups of loaches; kuhlis, polkadot, zebra etc (i prefer zebra more than polka mainly because of patterning but polka have super personalities)
IMO I would stay away from clown loaches though, they are really great and all but they grown to a whopping 30cm and in most tanks eventually the bioload will increase too much.

If you are looking for a small peaceful fish i also recommend they Cherry barb. Many people consider it a boring fish and that you could have much more interesting fish in such a large tank but i disagree. I have always at some point had a group of cherry barbs and i absolutely love the little darlings. I especially love watching the male courtship displays, completely harmless but fascinating to watch. A group of 9 or 12 would be great the ratio should really be 1 male for every 2 females (males bright red, females beige/brown)

Oh and panda corys truly super, energetic, crazy little fish! They would go well will your shoal of skunk cory, but a seperate shoal would be needed.

If you have any cichlids then i truly recommend the German blue ram cichlid they are absolutely stunning little fish with gorgeous colours and personalities to match! Mine two always come swimming to the front of the tank whenever i walk into the room, desperatly trying to seek attention(and food no doubt) by flashing there stunning colours at me, they always follow my finger when it touches the glass as well as swimming to and fro following my footsteps as i walk across the room!
Most people would say to you to get them bolivian ram instead because it is much hardier and bigger aswell but IMO the german blue ram cichlid is far more attractive and peaceful. Alot of people say that GBR cichlids cant survive in a community tanks temperature but this is incorrect they can florish in temperatures from 24oc-30oc

I would recommend rummy noses but i can see you have already listed
them!

Thats all i can think of for now but i will try to think of some more for you!
Btw one of (if not) my favourite fish website is 'aquahobby' they have all kinds of fish on there and for every profile you get aload of comments from people who have had the fish and there opinions.
There is profile on 'aquahobby' for all the fish i have listed and also the ones you have mentioned (i am pretty sure):
Lemon tetra - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_lemont.php
(PICTURE DOESNT DO JUSTICE HERE IS ANOTHER - http/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Hyphessobrycon_pulchripinnis.jpg
Kuhli loaches - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_kuhli.php
Polkadot loaches (Burmese Border Loach) - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Botia_kubotai.php
Zebra loaches - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_striata.php
Cherry Barbs - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_cherry.php
Panda Cory - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Corydoras_panda.php
German Blue ram cichlids - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_German_Blue_Ram_Mikrogeophagus_ramirezi.php
Bolivian Ram cichlids - http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Bolivian_Ram_Mikrogeophagus_altispinosus.php
If you scroll right down on the pages there are usually (keep your eyes peeled!) several fairly small number that means there are more comments and pages.

My other good website is 'badmans tropical fish profiles' - http/badmanstropicalfish.com/profile.html
They have many detailed profiles on there too and on the single pages there is a small comments section at the bottom.

Well i really hope this helps you! please feel free to email or pm me if you ever need anything else x x x

P.S. sorry for such a LONG post!
Just wanted to help out

Oh and btw i have kept many MANY cories with my rams and kribensis for years and i have never really had a problem.
The only time i did was with the Kribensis but tbh they hav been known to be aggressive to other tank mates anyway

 

[saltynay]

1 endler

 

[Wills]

Mrs cullen - decent list but just to point out a few things. Mainly the GBR - the reason people say high temperatures low Ph is to ensure a full natural life of 5+ years when kept in community tanks these rams tend to die off at about 18 months old. And GBR are much more aggressive than Bolivian Rams - hence why they are naturally more colourful.

Also Aquahobby and Badmanstropical are probably 2 of the most inaccurate profile sites on the net. Aquahobby is inundated with inaccurate information on all kinds of species with people creating unorthodox stocking and then saying its worked for them so it must be right they are actually just lucky. And Badmans profiles are highly inaccurate with wrong sizes and also wrong species assigned to wrong scientific names etc.

Profile sites I would promote alongside forum posting are, seriouslyfish.com, tropicalfishfinder.com and practicalfishkeeping.co.uk also for more specialist profiles planetcatfish and loaches.com can not be beaten - all of which are written by leading hobbyists and ichthyologists rather than someone with a fish tank and access to the internet.

Wills

 

[zophie]

Thanks for the reply's, guys

I undersatnd your point, Wills, and will defintly be looking into the cupid's! Thanks for all the info, mrs. cullen, i'll check it out! Hmmm.... does anyone have any idea's for nice, small-medium sized pleco's?
I'm starting to like the Kuhli loaches.. any idea's on them? Also herd that they are really hard to catch...

Edit: Here's the link, Wills: http/fish.mongabay.com/species/Biotodoma_cupido.html