75 Gallon Stocking ideas..

DevilsAdvocate · Aug 1, 2005

Hey guys, so I just picked up a 48Lx24Hx15"W tank and stand for nothing...now I need some ideas on what to stock it with. I want cichlids, south or central american preferably. I wanted some larger cichlids such as red devils, but realise the footprint of the tank isnt the best for this, or is it?

Anyways, any help on what I could stock this with would be appreciated

Thanks.

IMCL85 · Aug 1, 2005

Discus is the way to go baby. Also severum is nice as well, I kept both on 2 different tank they all r beautiful, ofcourse discus is way more beautiful then severum but they aren't as hardy as severum. If you dicide to go with discus. They r well known for their beautiful coloration. I love snowflake and blue diamond. But as u see on my discription I only have blue diamond my LFS dont have snowflake for sell. This is just my opinion tho. If you really going for discus make sure u read planty of books and have the tank set up for about 2 weeks atleast and have a few hardy fish intank before stocking any of them. Discuse can not be put into a all new cycled tank. They need aged water and good water condition to be healthy. So dump a few swordtail/feeder inside to produce ammonia for the cycle runs smoothy. And after a monthes if you see no problem with the fish you put in then you take them out/sell/give away those testing fish. And u go for discus. The reason I suggest u do this is minimize the $ you would lose. Back in my first keeping discus I was so newbie and put the discus into a newbie cycled tank and they all die. Good luck buddy.

rixy · Aug 1, 2005

the tank is ok for cichlids,but they are nasty bu***rs.i,ve had them.if you want to keep them,really do your research as i made a costly mistake and put the wrong cichlids togeather. :nod:

DevilsAdvocate · Aug 1, 2005

Dont get me wrong, I know what cichlids are like...I have 5 tanks already dedicated some nasties :angry:

Im just running a little low on ideas what I could do with this tank due to the funky footprint of it.

Thanks for the suggestion IMCL85 but I cant stand discus at all

. Its nothing personal..just dont like them!

Keep the suggestions coming! Thanks :kana:

Elite · Aug 1, 2005

Oo, go with severums

D I'd love to have a tank big enough for them.

btw, like your avatar...I'm emo, lol.

slamster17 · Aug 1, 2005

send it to me bud

i think you should do some kinda big new world.
maybe a pair of something i mean you have enough tanks gah lucky bizatch

glolite · Aug 1, 2005

slamster17 said:
send it to me bud

Nooo! send it to me, I'll stock it for you

How about a mix of middle sized central americans like firemouths and sajicas and a couple of other similar sized. Could be interesting.

Undawada · Aug 2, 2005

There's some really nice blue jack dempseys in the LFS, they look awesome. I don't know anything about JDs though, so you'd have to research and see if they'd be fine in that tank.