72-gallon, What Do I Put In It?

[Miss Wiggle]

i'd be tempted by marine with that big a tank

too much work..

or an Oscar

Oscars community fish?

no, just an Oscar by itself

probably not what your after if you want community, but that's what I'd do with a big tank

 

[CBBP]

mm.. no oscar then.. any cilids(sp?) I can gert with them?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yup, there's a fair few that would mix with an O, but the standard min size for an O is 75g, sure 72 would be OK, but I wouldn't advise putting anything else in with them until you've assesed they're personality properly, some of them will tolerate anything, some nothing.

If your interested in chiclids why not look into african rift lake chiclids, could probably do a couple of colonies of shell dwellers in that size tank, v interesting fish

 

[SamUK]

miss wiggles i expected better!


its cichlids.

 

[sylvia]

30 tetra's (I am not sure which kind I want to get)
Cories.
Loaches.
Gouramis.
Angle fish.
Barbs.
Oddballs (little gourami fish they only looke dlike they got 1/2" long, barbs that had betta like fins)
Shrimp

Based on this:
20 harlequin rasboras. Small tetras are in danger of ebing eaten. Besides which harlequins are the best schooling fish in terms of swimming together in a tightly packed group and they are also hardy and non-nippy which is ideal for a tank with this combination of species.
5 dwarf chain loaches. It's best to stick with small, non-aggressive ones if you also want to keep cories.
6 cories of your choice - I'd reccomend balckfins (Corydoras leucomelas). They don't grow too big and are extremely hardy.
3 moonlight gouramies You have to take care, if you want to include angels, that your gouramies are of a peaceful species and able to take care of themselves if harrassed by the angels.
4 angels
I would skip barbs altogether - unless you want to put in a trio of cherries (1 male, 2 females).
I don't know what you mean by the oddball fish but, again, I'd skip it unless you know exactly what you're after. Besides, with the above stocking, your tank would be pretty full and also quite lively.

I was also going to mention cichlids BTW - this would be the perfect size for a nice, big, mbuna tank IMO. Think about the malawi cichlids... These are my favoruites:
L. caeruleus: http/www.aquamalawi.com/Mijn-Labidochromis-Y-M01-Full.jpg
I. sprengerae: http/www.aquamalawi.com/assets/images/I.srengerae02m.jpg
P. socolofi: http/aquavisie.retry.org/Database/Vissen...us_socolofi.jpg
P. saulosi: http/tropicalfishatlanta.com/images/Saulosi.jpg (pair)
P. acei: http/www.um-um.pl/malawi/data/media/2/Acei_4.jpg

These fish can also be combines with a plec and synodontis catfish. You can look both up here: http/planetcatfish.com/

 

[Miss Wiggle]

miss wiggles i expected better!


its cichlids.

u expect me to be able to spell ???

u obviously don't know me!

I can't say/spell fish names, we've got our tang tank set up now, and I actually say it tanganamanagawatsit tank I haven't a clue with stuff like that

 

[CBBP]

30 tetra's (I am not sure which kind I want to get)
Cories.
Loaches.
Gouramis.
Angle fish.
Barbs.
Oddballs (little gourami fish they only looke dlike they got 1/2" long, barbs that had betta like fins)
Shrimp

Based on this:
20 harlequin rasboras. Small tetras are in danger of ebing eaten. Besides which harlequins are the best schooling fish in terms of swimming together in a tightly packed group and they are also hardy and non-nippy which is ideal for a tank with this combination of species.
5 dwarf chain loaches. It's best to stick with small, non-aggressive ones if you also want to keep cories.
6 cories of your choice - I'd reccomend balckfins (Corydoras leucomelas). They don't grow too big and are extremely hardy.
3 moonlight gouramies You have to take care, if you want to include angels, that your gouramies are of a peaceful species and able to take care of themselves if harrassed by the angels.
4 angels
I would skip barbs altogether - unless you want to put in a trio of cherries (1 male, 2 females).
I don't know what you mean by the oddball fish but, again, I'd skip it unless you know exactly what you're after. Besides, with the above stocking, your tank would be pretty full and also quite lively.

I was also going to mention cichlids BTW - this would be the perfect size for a nice, big, mbuna tank IMO. Think about the malawi cichlids... These are my favoruites:
L. caeruleus: http/www.aquamalawi.com/Mijn-Labidochromis-Y-M01-Full.jpg
I. sprengerae: http/www.aquamalawi.com/assets/images/I.srengerae02m.jpg
P. socolofi: http/aquavisie.retry.org/Database/Vissen...us_socolofi.jpg
P. saulosi: http/tropicalfishatlanta.com/images/Saulosi.jpg (pair)
P. acei: http/www.um-um.pl/malawi/data/media/2/Acei_4.jpg

These fish can also be combines with a plec and synodontis catfish. You can look both up here: http/planetcatfish.com/

oh I like that set up.. except the moonlights..

could I fit a discus or too?


also, any oddbalish fish? like those african butterflies...

and what of shrimp?

 

[CBBP]

sylvia... which of these plant packages fits best?

http/www.azgardens.com/newhabts2.php

 

[CBBP]

 

[jayjay]

you won't be able to get discus in with a communtiy IMO but people do it, you would need to cut down that stocking to get discus in as they are shoaling fish.

 

[CBBP]

you won't be able to get discus in with a communtiy IMO but people do it, you would need to cut down that stocking to get discus in as they are shoaling fish.

how many discus to a school.. I can replace the angles wiht them.. they are prettier.

and how come IYO they are not community fish?

could I cut everything else and go with only

4 Discus
20 Golden harlequin rasboras
4 Angelfish
A few shrip/crayfish.

 

[CBBP]

This discus site says 5 gallons per discus...

 

[timmystood]

Community of sharks, or make it brackish and have a community of Puffer's, such as figure 8's! Imagine how many you could get!! It would look well cool!

 

[CBBP]

Community of sharks, or make it brackish and have a community of Puffer's, such as figure 8's! Imagine how many you could get!! It would look well cool!

mm.. brackish? as much work as sw?

 

[SamUK]

you won't be able to get discus in with a communtiy IMO but people do it, you would need to cut down that stocking to get discus in as they are shoaling fish.

how many discus to a school.. I can replace the angles wiht them.. they are prettier.

and how come IYO they are not community fish?

discus are much bigger than angels so youd need to lose alot more than jus them.

also discus like pristine water and most people that have them do upto 50% water changes on them twice a week.

the other community fish will fowl up the water for them.

there also very slow and there feeding habits are described as grazing so any fast fish stress them out and nick there food.