Advice Needed On Stocking

[GTS_MAD]

Hey Guys,

Wondered if you lot could help me choose my next fish!
In the tank so far is...........

4 Clown Loach
4 Cory Dorys
1 Clown Plec
1 G-Knife fish

All Very happy and doing fine, i want a nice shoaling fish and was looking at Dwarf Neon Gourami's??? i want something a nice size and colourfull,
Its a 4ft tank.

Any ideas guys also what else could be kept i.e loachs or catfish

 

[GAB99]

clown loaches need 6 ft plus and at least 5 members, if you plan on moving them to a bigger tank later on id bump the shoal of corys to 6. glass knifes can get 16" and also need a 6ft tank and they need to be groups. so if the one you have (along with the loaches) is still small get 1 or 2 more.

last time i checked gouramis dont shoal, if they do then get 5 females and 1 male.

if im right and they dont, get 6 of either gold barbs (puntius semifaciolatus i think), emporer tetras, neon rainbows and small fish like that (cant get too big because of the soon to be ginormus fish)

if you get rid of the kife and loaches tell uus so we can fix the stocking.

 

[GTS_MAD]

Im not getting rid of any of them,
I plan to get a 6ft in the next 6months or so and all loachs are small at present anyway

 

[GTS_MAD]

what other options do i have, the misses is buying lol

 

[meguro]

have a look at rainbowfish, like praecox, lacustris, boesemani, trifasciatus etc.

is the g-knife a black ghost knife fish?

 

[GTS_MAD]

BLACK GOAST KNIFE FISH, AND WITH THE RAINBOWS HOW MANY>>>

 

[meguro]

rainbows for a 4ft would be around 8-12 of praecox (theyre the smaller species) or around 4-7 of the other species. if you can, try to get more females than males

 

[GTS_MAD]

where is the best place to buy fish online?

 

[Knox213]

You can buy fish from here.

Just write up a "Wanted" list.

And ask around before buying to make sure the livestock is in good condition

Dart Ford aquatics is pretty good.

 

[GTS_MAD]

what about a pair of dwarf gouramis would they be ok?

or what would people sudjest i would like southing around the size of dwarf gouramis

 

[Knox213]

Dwlaf gouarmis

<3 them.

im having them in my new stocking for my tank

GTS_Mad if you want you can read my journal on my new tank im getting soon.

 

[GTS_MAD]

Great thanks for the Advice may get some of these them, apart from dart ford aquatics where else is good to buy fish online?

 

[Knox213]

Ebay?

you could try there.

Erm.

to be honest i only know dart ford aquatics. They seem reliable

 

[mattlee]

dwarf gouramis in my experience need to be groups with 3 females to 1 male as the male will chase and chase the females to stress levels that will not be good. female dg's are very colourless and grey so not the most beautifull fish and can be quite hard to source as they dont really sell that well at lfs. the males come in beautifull colours though

 

[GTS_MAD]

what about a pair of males?