75 Gallon Community Tank Discussion!

[jsmeester]

hi everyone!
i am having a dilema with my 75 gallon fish tank stocking. i just cant decide what i want to do!
the current stocking right this second is...

3 angels. 1 black angel, 1 marble angel, and 1 smokey angel.
6 dwarf neon rainbowfish
6 lemon tetras
1 male bolivian ram
2 albino brisltenose plecos(pair)
2 bristlenose plecos(male and female)
4 albino cories
and 6 juli cories.

so basicly my fish choices have no color and i need to have color in my tank.
im wondering what i should add to add color and what to take out to make room for the colorful fish. i wouldnt want guppies or platy's or anything like that but i would consider swordtails. also i think i want to get rid of my lemon tetras and get 6 more rainbows. maybe the big school of rainbows will be a cool thing to see. also i was recamended a pearl gourami? how would 1 or 2 do with my angels and ram? i kindof want to sell my 4 albino cories and get 4 more juli, to have just 1 big school. maybe to add a very beautiful blue color to the tank, i could add like 15 cardinal tetras? how would those do with the angel?

 

[Dieses Madchen]

I personally would up the amount of lemon tetras and add more to your cories. as for color, why not shoot for some glowlight tetras or cardinal tetras?

 

[onidrase]

your bolivian ram would likely color up nicely if you gave him a buddy (or a few)

They're not iridescent or glittery, more of a pastel color range, but still beautiful no less.

favorite fishes in my tank. They've got tons of personality.

cardinal tetras would work fine with the angel though, neons on the other hand could be snacked on.

 

[jsmeester]

I would love to find my male a female ram! Everytime I get more rams for this tank, they end up not eating and dying. I had a female but was with 2 males. Maybe I could get another female and see if they pair up! I don't want my lemons any more, they're kind of ugly. I think cardinals will look awesome in my tank. A nice school of 15 and it'll be a great addition!

 

[onidrase]

I just threw a random 6 bolivians in my tank, and they all get along fine, they kinda shoal with one another. There is a pair in the group that does go into a cave for their alone time, but they always rejoin the group now and then.

 

[jsmeester]

I use to have a group of 4 or 5 and they shoal at first, then a dominant male ram would bully the rest of them

 

[onidrase]

my 6 are in all sizes, two of them almost full grown (one being the dominant male) but he doesn't pick on the others, just butts head now and then, I've never seen so much as a shredded fin, though. Are you sure you're not talking german blues?

 

[jsmeester]

Where talking about Bolivian rams?

Oh just kidding, read that wrong and yeah I'm sure. I've had 2 rams die due to not eating and I've sold 1 due to not eating

 

[jsmeester]

What do you guys think of this stocking?
Either 4 Angels or 2,
1 pearl gourami
1 or 2 Bolivian rams
10-15 cardinal tetras
10 dwarf neon rainbowfish
10 juli cories
And 2 albino bristlenose plecos
And 2 bristlenose plecos

 

[ETAM H]

Try penguin tetras the angels will leave them alone

 

[onidrase]

What do you guys think of this stocking?
Either 4 Angels or 2,
1 pearl gourami
1 or 2 Bolivian rams
10-15 cardinal tetras
10 dwarf neon rainbowfish
10 juli cories
And 2 albino bristlenose plecos
And 2 bristlenose plecos

I have 1 BN plec and he's fine on his own. 4 of them will turn your substrate into a pooey mess. I can't even imagine, my one is bad enough in my 75g. 4 is totally unnecessary. See all those little brown patches in the black sand on one of the bolivian pictures? That's from him.

I'd do two angels, you wanna get them in groups of 6+ if keeping them in groups to disperse aggression.

Two bolivians is better than one.

Aside from that, everything looks fine to me.

 

[jsmeester]

Penguin tetras are ugly and have no color. I was gunna try to cardinals to add color to my boring tank(color wise)

So my 100% plan is, to add a female Bolivian ram and I'd like to add 1 more angel. And 4 dwarf neon rainbows.

 

[onidrase]

if your angel has already settled in to the tank, it most likely won't take kindly to another angel. when you do two, you want them to be a breeding pair. Angels are not peaceful, at all.

 

[jsmeester]

I really want to add 1 more angel. The store has beautiful koi angels that are relatively the same size as mine and I think I'm going to get it tomorrow. But the thing is, I know I am taking a huge risk with adding a new angel whenbive had my 3 for a whole now. But it worked when I did it last time. I am going tO see how they react to it, if nothing good happens, I'll just put the new angel in my 38 gal.
Let's take a toll on another question I have:
Will Angela be fine to live with cardinal tetras!? Yes or no

 

[Electric Warrior]

I really want to add 1 more angel. The store has beautiful koi angels that are relatively the same size as mine and I think I'm going to get it tomorrow. But the thing is, I know I am taking a huge risk with adding a new angel whenbive had my 3 for a whole now. But it worked when I did it last time. I am going tO see how they react to it, if nothing good happens, I'll just put the new angel in my 38 gal.
Let's take a toll on another question I have:
Will Angela be fine to live with cardinal tetras!? Yes or no

If you really insist on adding another angel after there are a few established in the tank, I would rearrange some of the plants/decor before you put it in, as that should help reduce some of the aggression over territory, which will reduce the stress on the fish you are adding, etc.

Cardinals are fine with angels usually, as long as they are mature enough in size. If they are juvi and smaller than the angel's mouths, they will eat them. I would have added cardinals to the tank before the angels, just from experience...