55 Gallon South And Central American Tank

[Jethro85]

Hi I just acquired my first large tank (I've had a Betta in a 10 gallon for 2 years) and I have started my cycle, now I am looking for the right fish to put in it.

I would like to have a community tank with all Central and South American species in it. I have picked out a list of fish based on this and I wanted to post them here and make sure that they will get along before I start putting them in my tank.

Here is what I have thought of so far:

• Corydora (preferably panda)
• Guppies
• Black Tetra
• Zebra Pleco
• Platy
• Mystery Snails
• Shrimps

Will this community of fish get along ok? It seems that they all have similar temperature and pH needs, but I am not sure about temperment ect. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

 

[Wills]

Hi welcome to the forum! No problems at all with any of the fish on there in the mix. Only problem I see is the zebra pleco they cost around £130 for a 2 inch baby but there are similar ones but not that white and black mix as defined.

Wills

 

[natalie265]

Sounds like a very nice community to me. I like themed tanks. I started out w/an Amazon theme in mine, but it's evolved into something quite a bit more global! I would choose guppies OR platys rather than doing them both for purely asthetic reasons. When you say black tetra, do you mean a black skirt or black neon tetra? They're both nice and i think both would go nicely with your tank.

Have fun w/your new 55 gallon!!

 

[Jethro85]

I plan on having the black skirt tetra, it has such an interesting shape.

Does anyone have any suggestions for plants in a tank like this?