Best Shoaling Fish For A 125l Community Tank

[loubega]

just bought a 125l tank, going to plant it, but wondering what the best looking shoaling fish are?

i like black skirt tetra, congos but was hoping for a few other options?

also prob going to put a BN in there for clean up

cheers

 

[Pleccy]

Hello,

A large shoal of rummynoses would look very nice, and they shoal quite readily unlike other tetras, which tend to hang around in their own group. Some other very good shoaling fish include rasboras, such as the Harlequin rasbora Trigonostigma heteromorpha.

 

[doresy]

Hi, I second the Harlequin Rasbora. Their darting to the surface at feeding time is fun. I have had a shoal of 8 for two years or more without a loss. Can't imagine my community tank without them now!

 

[loubega]

Hi, I second the Harlequin Rasbora. Their darting to the surface at feeding time is fun. I have had a shoal of 8 for two years or more without a loss. Can't imagine my community tank without them now!

thanks,

in a 125l tank how many could i have?

i will also have a BN plec in there too?

could i have a shoal of harliquins and congos?

 

[Truck]

i would have harlequins and rummynose tetras. i would have 2 shoals of 10 so 20 in total. they will be ok with a bn plec.

 

[loubega]

i would have harlequins and rummynose tetras. i would have 2 shoals of 10 so 20 in total. they will be ok with a bn plec.

not congos? i love their eyes...so big!

harliquins and rummy nose....are they relatively hardy?

will one BN be enough as clean up crew? wot else cld i use?

 

[Truck]

[will one BN be enough as clean up crew? wot else cld i use?] yo could also add about 8 amano shrimp but im not very clear about plecs they should be alright if not a group of 6 ottos would be good. just remeber any thing like corys, ottos and shrimps count as virtually zero on your bio load.

if you had congos you could have 6 congos. and 10 - 12 harlequins. as congos grow slightly bigger. and also neons are a very nice shoaler as are glowlights

 

[loubega]

[will one BN be enough as clean up crew? wot else cld i use?] yo could also add about 8 amano shrimp but im not very clear about plecs they should be alright if not a group of 6 ottos would be good. just remeber any thing like corys, ottos and shrimps count as virtually zero on your bio load.

if you had congos you could have 6 congos. and 10 - 12 harlequins. as congos grow slightly bigger. and also neons are a very nice shoaler as are glowlights

cheers,

think ill get 2 shoals,

def harliquins, then either congos or glowlights/rummynose


might gets few corys 2

 

[Truck]

might gets few corys 2 if you want something to look after the algae i would get ottos if not corys would be nice. either peppered, sterbai, bronze, panda. but get 4 corys as they prefer to be in groups

 

[Pleccy]

Also if you decide to get otocinclus make sure the tank is mature as they can be quite sensitive in new tanks.

 

[doresy]

All pretty good advice so far.......

If algae (some) clean up is on your mind then Oto's (group of 4 should be suffecient) will do the job but like previous posted suggested a more mature tank is required. Also, another point to consider with Oto's is they more than deffinately will have been 'wild caught' and they do not travel too well so only buy from a LFS that have had them in stock for quite some time.

Cory, (lovely guys) are not really algae eaters although they will tuck into the odd wafer. They are great for making sure that no food is left to rot at substrate level. While we are talking of substrate Cory prefer sand to sieve through although I believe some members keep them over gravel. Just make sure the gravel is the smooth type as they have very sensitive and easily damaged barbels. The previous advice on Cory numbers is correct, minimum of 4 and of the same species. They also love bloodworm and catfish pellets

 

[loubega]

after plenty of thinking over i am still unsure about what selection to go for,

still torn over whether to get harliquins/rummynose/congos or glowlights?

with 125l tank how many fish could i get? could i say get 10 of each of the harliquins, rummynose and glowlights? whilst still having a BN in there?

also what sort of shrimp would be suitable?

 

[saz326]

I have a shoal of 6 silver-tipped tetra... but am not sure if I would recommend them.

They are vary pretty to look at and they are beautifully active - all over the tank and chasing each other...... - but they don't seem to shoal as they used to.

I think some shoaling species shoal while nervous/scared, and then go their own way once confident.

I wonder if adding more of them to my tank would encourage the shoaling?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I would not go for congo's, while they are a really beautiful fish they do get quite large, while the space requirements are probably just about OK, they'll dwarf everything else in the tank and it can look a bit out of proportion.

i would go for harlequins and rummy noses, both lovely fish

 

[loubega]

I would not go for congo's, while they are a really beautiful fish they do get quite large, while the space requirements are probably just about OK, they'll dwarf everything else in the tank and it can look a bit out of proportion.

i would go for harlequins and rummy noses, both lovely fish

cheers MW,

just wanted something a bit different? could i get 3 shoals of small tetras and harliquins? of maybe 10-12? or would 2 larger shoals be better?

any advice is welcome