Angelfish Tank

[Jenste]

I am looking to turn my 72 Gallon bowfront into an Angelfish tank (with a few other species)

I was looking to have a group of 6-8 Angels, if too many end up being males I can rehome a few in the long run.
For the bottom I was interested in a large school of corydoras and maybe a species of dithers.

My tank is a bit more bare with a few pieces of driftwood and minor live planting.

It was my axolotl tank but I am moving on from the amphibian side of things, I want to get my hands into genuine fish keeping again -

Any thoughts on the set up/proposed stocking?

I have 200 gallons worth of filtration on the tank.

 

[minnnt]

Sounds like a very nice home for them.

Rummynose Tetras, Corydoras Sterbai and a group of L239 Plecs.

 

[brian1]

Hope we get some pictures, I always wanted an angel fish tank.........please

 

[Jenste]

I will absolutely over load you guys with pictures!!!!

I will probably mix some silk and live plants to make it a bit fuller. I like the simpler side of planting and do not have a green thumb so we'll see how it comes out!

The axolotls and goldfish I had in the tank will be moving into other systems and I am going to stock at least the cories and tetras this week to keep my cycle going. If I find enough angels I like I will probably add them in also.
I hope to get the move done next weekend and hopefully I will have pictures for you by early/mid next week.

Am open to lots of suggestions in the mean time!

 

[brian1]

Are you good at aquascaping?, with a tank that size it would be great to start on, you can get lots of idea's on here in tank of the month,
my little 16 gallon....

 

[Jenste]

The move went sooner than planned, so I stocked my tank between yesterday and today....and voila!
I am not so handy at scaping yet...

Here is what I am "satisfied" with so far - a few silk plants are mixed into the live plants to fill out the spaces and break up visuals for the fish.

a quick video

http/s899.photobuc...t=VIDEO0080.mp4

 

[Jenste]

 

[minnnt]

Looks like you got some nice ones. Not keen on Veiltails personally, but each to their own.

The stocking is a little mish mash though. A lot of different prefered temperature ranges...