200 Lirte Tank

[joshjames]

wat could i put in there i was thinking
2 clown loaches
some big gouramis
angels or discus
acara?
electric yellow lab r also nice?
any help

 

[markandhisfish]

blue acara are nice im looking at geting 1 or 2 soon myself. i believe the clown loaches would end up needing a bigger tank

 

[three-fingers]

I'd give the clown loaches a miss, though they grow slowly, they get to over a foot and they would prefer to be kept in bigger groups.

Also the yellow labs aren't suitable for standard community tanks, they should be kept in a Malawi type tank (high pH, lot's of rocks and other cichlids).

For bottom dwellers look at yo-yo loaches or a bigger shoal of corydoras.

You could go for a discus set up if you wanted, but that requires quite a bit of research and understanding of what discus prefer.

 

[Mr Bliss]

wat could i put in there i was thinking
2 clown loaches
some big gouramis
angels or discus
acara?
electric yellow lab r also nice?
any help

Clowns need a bigger tank, as they both grow big and should be kept in bigger groups. I think a small shoal of one of the smaller loaches, such as Zebra loaches, would work out better.

I'll let the Discus-keepers comment on the discus, but I wouldn't try keeping them in 200 litres.

Electric yellow lab is mbuna, that is a Malawi cichlid that should be kept in a specialized hardwater tank with other mbuna. Combining them with any of the other listed fish would probably result in a lot of violent deaths.

Dunno about Blue acara. At up to 8 inches, I'd rather put them in a bigger tank.

My picks from that list would be to go with some combination of these: a couple of Angels, a 3 - 4 Pearl or Blue gourami (1 male + 2 or 3 females), ~6 zebra loaches or similar, and possibly add a couple of Kribensis or Keyhole cichlids and/or some compatible schooling fish if there's room left.

 

[joshjames]

wat about bolivian or butterfly ram?

 

[three-fingers]

I'd go for bolivian ram, both are suitable, but 'butterfly' rams are a different species which tend to be much more sensative, if you want them wait until the tank has been set up for a while and you know what your water stats are staying at .

 

[markandhisfish]

hey three fingers what is that fish in your post the 1 above your name i love it and i want 1 !