130 Gallon Stocking Help

[idlefingers]

I went to LisaLQ's house this weekend to pick up her 6ft x 2ft x 18", 130g tank.

I'm now in the process of cleaning it and am starting to think about what to put in..

I have a 3" oscar in a 50 gallon right now and he'll be moving over, so that narrows down what else can go in quite a bit. I've been reading the post in the fish index and the sticky in this forum, so I have a general idea of what could be kept with them, but I don't know what to do..

I like the idea of silver dollars but am worried about what I've read about their nervousness.. Are they really that bad?

With bala sharks, tinfoil barbs and clown loaches, I'm not really wanting to have a group of fish quite that large in the tank.. I don't want it to look too full.

Not too sure about a big plec.. Having seen what a bristlenose creates, I do worry about the amount of poo that would build up from having a plec and an oscar!

Help! I don't know what to do!!

 

[DiscusAngel]

I went to LisaLQ's house this weekend to pick up her 6ft x 2ft x 18", 130g tank.

I'm now in the process of cleaning it and am starting to think about what to put in..

I have a 3" oscar in a 50 gallon right now and he'll be moving over, so that narrows down what else can go in quite a bit. I've been reading the post in the fish index and the sticky in this forum, so I have a general idea of what could be kept with them, but I don't know what to do..

I like the idea of silver dollars but am worried about what I've read about their nervousness.. Are they really that bad?

With bala sharks, tinfoil barbs and clown loaches, I'm not really wanting to have a group of fish quite that large in the tank.. I don't want it to look too full.

Not too sure about a big plec.. Having seen what a bristlenose creates, I do worry about the amount of poo that would build up from having a plec and an oscar!

Help! I don't know what to do!!

Glad you gota good pick up from lisa.

ok heres what ivecome up with

1
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2 Oscars

2
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1 Oscar
1 Jack Dempsey
5 Silver Dollars

3
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1 Oscar
1 Green Terror
5 Clown loachs

4
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1 Oscar
1 Firemouth
1 Blue Acara
1 Convict

5
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1 Oscar
1 P.Senegal Bichir
1 P. Dehezi Bichir
1 lima shovelnose
5 Silver Dollars

thats some suggestions. i think all the combos will work have a juggle see what you like.

 

[matt295]

good combos DA i like 3,4, and 5 best

 

[Maximus]

How about an immense school of shell dwellers?!

That would be a sight!

Always something I've wanted to do

 

[matt295]

another really cool thing to have would be tons and tons of cardinal or neon tetras and then some corys at the bottom

 

[idlefingers]

Cheers DiscusAngel, I'll have a read up on those.. I like the idea of no. 2, but do worry about the reported skittishness of silver dollars.

How about an immense school of shell dwellers?!

That would be a sight!

Always something I've wanted to do

another really cool thing to have would be tons and tons of cardinal or neon tetras and then some corys at the bottom

Sounds like expensive oscar food.

 

[Maximus]

Well, without the oscars lol

Have a read of this:

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ulti...hellie_tank.php

 

[matt295]

oh yeah i forgot that the oscar was going in there. still it would be cool if they were alone

 

[OscarMan33]

I would do the (1)Oscar, (1)JD and (6)SD that would be a cool tank or the 2 Oscars...

 

[idlefingers]

I would do the (1)Oscar, (1)JD and (6)SD that would be a cool tank or the 2 Oscars...

Yeah, I like the idea of two oscars, but from what I've read, they'd have to be a pair (?) otherwise there would be aggression between the two and even if they are a pair, it could still end in pain for one. Not too sure if I like the idea of that..

 

[Garbage]

When I saw the topic I was gonna say Red Devil or Black Shark but after I saw you already had an oscar, both of those fish would probably kill it