livelifelow
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Hello, I was hoping to get some advice on tank stocking, or at least bounce around some ideas. No one in my life cares about fish and I have about 5 different ideas of what I want to do.
Currents tanks/occupants:
75g SW DT: 1 sunrise dottyback + small CUC + 2 SPS corals
20g SW invert QT: 4 LPS corals, small CUC
20g SW fish QT: 2 engineer gobies
55g FW DT: 5 Boesemani Rainbows, 5 Roseline Barbs, 1 Opaline Gourami, 2 Neons, 2 Farlowella catfish, 2 Otos, 1 FM albino BN, 1 Julie Cory, snails
20g FW QT: 1 Boesemani Rainbow fry, 1 FM betta, 2 Mexican Dwarf Lobsters
34g: Relatively empty (1-2 kittens, they seem to like the fishy smell)
10g: Possibly empty, haven't seen the hermit crab since July, I'm declaring him dead in a couple weeks.
pH: 7.6
kH: 200 ppm
gH: I think it was 17, may need to retest
Overall, I definitely want to get the Gourami out of the 55g so that I can increase the waterflow in that tank, since I read that the Barbs and the Rainbows preferred higher flow, and the Gourami does not. The Boesemani fry is almost larger than bite size for the other Boesemani and Barbs, but not for the Gourami, he is intended for the 55g. I have always wanted a nice Golden Nugget Pleco and am hoping to put one in the 55g. My FW QT will become a smaller DT once its done being QT. The Boesemani getting busy while in QT has definitely delayed things. I am also hoping to put some different shrimp in tanks where they won't be eaten, and the Mexican Dwarf Lobsters I'm hoping to stick in my 55g.
My rough plan is to put the Gourami in the 20g. Not sure what can go in with him other than a nice (maybe false zebra or snowflake BN) pleco. He took a liking to fish and demolished 5 guppies and 9 neons (hence only having 2). I think how the Gourami move is incredible to watch, he was a spontaneous purchase that shouldn't have happened.
I'm thinking the female betta for the 10g. I had toyed with the idea of a betta sorority and bought her.
The 34 is where I'm hitting a big snag. Here are my ideas:
-Figure 8 puffers and bumblebee gobies
-Small schooling fish (congo tetras, neons, purple harlequin rasboras, and galaxy rasboras), cool pleco, maybe pearl gouramis, and a bottom critter (dwarf chain loaches, peru neon laser cories, or venezuelanus cories, with the other (loach or cory) going in the 55).
-Large betta sorority
-Opaline gourami and something going here
-Leopard Ctenopoma, can these go with my Opaline Gourami? Or with anything else? I fell in love with one of these at the pet store once, but upon further research it didn't seem like a good idea at the time.
-Perhaps a FOWLR tank with my engineer gobies, an urchin, starfish, and other non reef fish.
Please give me your opinions, please correct me if I am doing something wrong. I know my cory should be in a school, I have kept it solo since it is a 4-5 year old 1" long fish that I'm concerned would be out competed (feel free to tell me if you think it needs other cories). The neon school is only 2 because the Gourami ate the other 9, I intend on having more once he's separate. The otos and farlowellas were in groups of 6 and 4 respectively, I had concerns that I lost the others due to lack of food for them, so did not replace what was lost yet, but will if you tell me to.
I greatly appreciate all thoughts and corrections. My 34 has been sitting (relatively) empty since June with me unable to make a decision.
Currents tanks/occupants:
75g SW DT: 1 sunrise dottyback + small CUC + 2 SPS corals
20g SW invert QT: 4 LPS corals, small CUC
20g SW fish QT: 2 engineer gobies
55g FW DT: 5 Boesemani Rainbows, 5 Roseline Barbs, 1 Opaline Gourami, 2 Neons, 2 Farlowella catfish, 2 Otos, 1 FM albino BN, 1 Julie Cory, snails
20g FW QT: 1 Boesemani Rainbow fry, 1 FM betta, 2 Mexican Dwarf Lobsters
34g: Relatively empty (1-2 kittens, they seem to like the fishy smell)
10g: Possibly empty, haven't seen the hermit crab since July, I'm declaring him dead in a couple weeks.
pH: 7.6
kH: 200 ppm
gH: I think it was 17, may need to retest
Overall, I definitely want to get the Gourami out of the 55g so that I can increase the waterflow in that tank, since I read that the Barbs and the Rainbows preferred higher flow, and the Gourami does not. The Boesemani fry is almost larger than bite size for the other Boesemani and Barbs, but not for the Gourami, he is intended for the 55g. I have always wanted a nice Golden Nugget Pleco and am hoping to put one in the 55g. My FW QT will become a smaller DT once its done being QT. The Boesemani getting busy while in QT has definitely delayed things. I am also hoping to put some different shrimp in tanks where they won't be eaten, and the Mexican Dwarf Lobsters I'm hoping to stick in my 55g.
My rough plan is to put the Gourami in the 20g. Not sure what can go in with him other than a nice (maybe false zebra or snowflake BN) pleco. He took a liking to fish and demolished 5 guppies and 9 neons (hence only having 2). I think how the Gourami move is incredible to watch, he was a spontaneous purchase that shouldn't have happened.
I'm thinking the female betta for the 10g. I had toyed with the idea of a betta sorority and bought her.
The 34 is where I'm hitting a big snag. Here are my ideas:
-Figure 8 puffers and bumblebee gobies
-Small schooling fish (congo tetras, neons, purple harlequin rasboras, and galaxy rasboras), cool pleco, maybe pearl gouramis, and a bottom critter (dwarf chain loaches, peru neon laser cories, or venezuelanus cories, with the other (loach or cory) going in the 55).
-Large betta sorority
-Opaline gourami and something going here
-Leopard Ctenopoma, can these go with my Opaline Gourami? Or with anything else? I fell in love with one of these at the pet store once, but upon further research it didn't seem like a good idea at the time.
-Perhaps a FOWLR tank with my engineer gobies, an urchin, starfish, and other non reef fish.
Please give me your opinions, please correct me if I am doing something wrong. I know my cory should be in a school, I have kept it solo since it is a 4-5 year old 1" long fish that I'm concerned would be out competed (feel free to tell me if you think it needs other cories). The neon school is only 2 because the Gourami ate the other 9, I intend on having more once he's separate. The otos and farlowellas were in groups of 6 and 4 respectively, I had concerns that I lost the others due to lack of food for them, so did not replace what was lost yet, but will if you tell me to.
I greatly appreciate all thoughts and corrections. My 34 has been sitting (relatively) empty since June with me unable to make a decision.