Oxfordblue
New Member
Hi,
I have just ordered a new 300 litre aquarium and am trying to come up with a suitable stocking plan. I am hoping to keep a keep a few pairs of dwarf cichlids, a couple of shoals of tetras (possibly including Congo tetras), a plec, and maybe some corys. The footprint of the tank is 115cm x 50cm - how many pairs of dwarf cichlids is this suitable for? I was hoping to get 2x apistogramma of some kind, 2x German blue rams and possibly 2x keyhole cichlids. Would this work?
My local tap water is unfortunately quite hard, but in my current 100L set up (which has a lot of bog wood) things are slightly better (and I have a GN Plec which appears to be thriving). My current conditions are:
GH 140
KH 160
pH 6.8
My new tank will have sand substrate, lots of bog wood, some dragon stone and reasonably heavy planting.
Any advice on numbers of dwarf cichlids, which species to go for/avoid, and suitable tankmates would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Neil
I have just ordered a new 300 litre aquarium and am trying to come up with a suitable stocking plan. I am hoping to keep a keep a few pairs of dwarf cichlids, a couple of shoals of tetras (possibly including Congo tetras), a plec, and maybe some corys. The footprint of the tank is 115cm x 50cm - how many pairs of dwarf cichlids is this suitable for? I was hoping to get 2x apistogramma of some kind, 2x German blue rams and possibly 2x keyhole cichlids. Would this work?
My local tap water is unfortunately quite hard, but in my current 100L set up (which has a lot of bog wood) things are slightly better (and I have a GN Plec which appears to be thriving). My current conditions are:
GH 140
KH 160
pH 6.8
My new tank will have sand substrate, lots of bog wood, some dragon stone and reasonably heavy planting.
Any advice on numbers of dwarf cichlids, which species to go for/avoid, and suitable tankmates would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Neil