Any Of These Suitable For Community Tank ?

[Zincubus]

Any of these suitable for community tank ?


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Current fish :
Red Tail Black Shark (6")
4 plecs
4 botias ( uncommon ones NOT clown etc)
2 banjo catfish
1 Twig catfish
1 shell dwelling cichlid.
Pair of Borelli ( spelling) cichlids - very similar to rams

2 misc dwarf peaceful cichlids ( nanacana & nudiceps ??)

Giant filter shrimp 3"

 

[nurglespuss]

Current fish :
Red Tail Black Shark (6")
4 plecs (species? commons?)
4 botias ( uncommon ones NOT clown etc) [not orange fin botias are they?]
2 banjo catfish - cool
1 Twig catfish - delicate
1 shell dwelling cichlid.
Pair of Borelli ( spelling) cichlids - very similar to rams

2 misc dwarf peaceful cichlids ( nanacana & nudiceps ??)

Giant filter shrimp 3"

Wow, that is quite alot of fish already! I would say with the ammound of 'bottom-lower' dwelling fish you have, another (even mildly) territorial species would be a bad idea. I would look at somthing that is not a Cichlid..... Hatchet fish perhaps... How big is the tank by the way?

 

[stang1]

As Nurglepuss said, how big is the tank?
We also need to know what types of Plec you have to work out stocking levels?
The shell-dwelling cichlid needs to be kept in a different set up, not a normal community tank. I see from your other thread that you have ID'd it as a Lamprologus Ocellatus. They are a Tanganyikan cichlid and need to be kept with other fish from the same area. They need a PH of about 8.5 and are very aggressive towards other fish (and humans!)

Lamprologus Ocellatus

 

[fishyfeet]

I shouldnt have thought so, di

 

[Zincubus]

Well that seems to be the little fella ... although he is EXTREMELY calm and friendly - NO SIGNS of ANY agression whatsoever .

All fish are really small exept for one 4 inch plec and a 6inch Red Tail Black Shark.

Tank is 30" x 12" x 15 " deep - with a what seems like a powerful internal filter ( fluval 3)

 

[stang1]

It's not so much the aggression that's an issue, he needs to be with his own type and not in a tropical community tank.
Do you know what type of Plecs you have?

 

[DarkEntity]

Its only a 22gallon tank, so its overly full already. Dont add anything else unless you plan to get a larger tank first

on a side note, Nanochromis Nudiceps etc are not peacefull cichlids, they can be rather aggressive and will defend their territory with vigour if required.

 

[Zincubus]

An eventfull day !!


I swapped the 6 " Red Tail Black Shark for a BABY RTB Shark as SHARKEY has recently started to GET over aggressive .

Also removed the Nudiceps to a different tank .

Current set up
Note ALL the fish are just over one inch in length EXCEPT the 4" Plec

Red Tail Black Shark (BABY !)
4 plecs ( 1 x 4" and 3 x 1" ones)
4 botias ( 2")
2 banjo catfish ( 1")
1 Twig catfish
4 small Praecox Rainbows ( male)
2 Keyhole Cichlids ( Babies)
Pair of Borelli cichlids - very similar to rams (1")

1 Nanacana cichlid (1")

Large mountain filter shrimp 3"

 

[Zincubus]

With regard to the 4 plecs .

The large one seems to be a L200 - "Green Phantom" costs £21 !!!
Small plec with a reddish tinge all over - L??? beautiful - seems like a light brown with larger dark spots . - possible Clown plec .. cost £14 !!
Small Leopard plec only cost £4
Small plec that looks just like a Gold Nuggett exept that the tail fin has yellow corners rather than a yellow stripe at the end.

 

[Zincubus]

UPDATE
Just added a fairly powereful pump to this tank and it's pumping out of TWO airstones .... looks real nice .

After getting rid of the 6" Red Tail Black Shark ....I also returned the two larger botias as they were getting too boisterous - and I discovered that they will eat smaller fish AND grow up to 12 inches long !

Bought another SMALL plec ..... A simple BEAUTIFUL Queen Arabesque plec - cost £18.99 but well worth it.