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