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All fishes are now enjoying their new 210 Gallon home. No new fish have been or will be added. Stock is 1 Firemouth Cichlid, 1 Platinum Angelfish, 2 Pictus Catfish, 2 Bulldog Plecos, 2 Whiptail Suckercats, 1 Striped Anostomus, 6 Silver Dollars, 1 Gold Gourami, 2 Gold Dojo Loaches, 1 Rainbow...

Finished cycling the new tank, with filter media seed from current tank. Will be moving fish in tomorrow !

Stock plan for son's 75 gallon. He likes Silver Dollars. We will have an AquaClear 110. Water is pH 6.5, soft, slightly acidic. Temp will be 78. We're thinking about; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 3 Pictus Cats 5 Silver Dollars 7 Buenos Aires Tetras Does this list look like it would work ?

I now have 21 fish, 12 species.

Thank you Mikey. I'm now down to 6 Silver Dollars. I will very soon be up sizing to a 210 gallon, 72" L x 24" W x 30" H. since everyone seems in agreement that I'm overstocked. Thanks for your help.

Whatchutalkinbout Willis ! Sorry, couldn't help myself, thank you for your reply. Yes it is an unusual mix of fish. I have many friends in the hobby and they all have the usual tanks. Discus tanks, African Cichlid tanks, Amazon community tanks, fancy goldfish, etc. I wanted something...

Thank you very much, I didn't think Discus could be in this tank or that more fish should be added. Guess I was just looking for a second opinion before I told her no. Regarding nitrates, they are stable at 15. I will up my weekly water change volume though just to be safe. Thank you very much...

Thank you for your reply, I did a lot of research on these fish long before I started this tank. Silver Dollars were what got me back into the hobby so I started there. I had 7 of them but traded 1 so now I have 6. They are not unusually skittish, just typical Silver Dollars. They are out in...

Thank you. I agree, no more fish for this tank. I'm pretty happy with the nitrates right now, usually OK with anything under 30 before a water change but I will keep an eye on it.

Recently back into the hobby after a very long time. I have a 125 gallon rectangle aquarium. I'm running two Aquaclear 110's, two HydroSponge Pro 5 sponge filters, and a SunSun CUP 9W internal UV sterilizer. My water parameters are 78 degrees, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 15 nitrate. I perform a 20...