Community Cichlids

[fish_r_great]

Oh and as far as suggestions for your 60, I like cardinal tetras(better shaped and more colorful than neons IMO), cardinal tetras, and rasboras.

 

[ANIM4L]

i will oook up rasboras now, arent cardinals a given lol they are really pretty will my angel eat them i know it MIGHT eat neons

 

[fish_r_great]

Oh yea forgot about your angel. Well this is one of those experience things. I've heard from several people that Angels will eat smaller tetras.

Here
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=102844&hl=

MegTheFish says cardinals are ok with angels but you might want others opinions on this as I believe cardinals stay smaller than neons and look quite similar.

Rasbora Info

http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...cfm?pCatId=1065

 

[ANIM4L]

neons -1.5 inches
cardinals -2 inches

i guess i could use both and if my angel eats them later on then he got a good meal, if not theni have lots of REALLY pretty fish

 

[fish_r_great]

Yeah you could always do that too.

 

[ANIM4L]

anyone else have any ideas

 

[pnyklr3]

Only one tip (sorry if you already know this): Make sure you don't just add all of these fish in at the same time. Your bio-bacteria will need to be able to handle the sudden waste increase. I would suggest adding in one school at a time, waiting a few days in between.

 

[ANIM4L]

yep I have a Penguin Bio-wheel 330, and i may be also adding the cinnister filter too if u guys think i should, would that really be neccissary?

 

[abstract]

check your PM...here is what i suggest basically..

Clown Pleco
Rubberlipped Pleco
Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami
Fire Red Dwarf Gourami
Marbled Angel
3 Honey Dwarf Gourami
Synodontis Eupterus
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6 lemon tetras
6 serpae tetras
6 black phantom tetras
10 cardinals
2 bolivian rams
2 blue rams
6 khuli loaches
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and then...
6 rummy-nose tetras?
male guppies?
or something else after a couple months...

 

[ANIM4L]

Ok this is what i am going to be setting up my tank with, after all the help i got from abstarct (thanks a lot by the way ):

Clown Pleco (4")
Rubberlipped Pleco (4")
Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami (2")
Fire Red Dwarf Gourami (2")
Marbled Angel (5")
3 Honey Dwarf Gourami (6")
Silver Tip Catfish (getting rid of it asap)
Synodontis Eupterus (6")
6 lemon tetras (9")
6 serpae tetras (9")
6 black phantom tetras (9")
10 cardinals (20")
2 bolivian rams (6")
2 blue rams (6")
6 khuli loaches

any one else have any suggestions, i still have room since these are such tiuny fish I may be looking for more tetra, (small waste, pretty fish) but anyone else have suggestions? I will most likely be adding one school of fish every few days, to not stress everyone out

 

[abstract]

yes, the adding of the fish absolutey CANNOT happen all at once or your tank will crash...you should wait at least 4 days in between adding each school of fish or you will have a lot of deaths guaranteed

 

[ANIM4L]

all righty will do may be i will get the honeys today, he seems lonely, and then get tetra on wednesday, and some cardinals on saturday, and go from there

 

[playfulalliecat]

Here is my suggestion. That is quite a list of fish for your tank. In your place, I would do as suggested and add a few at the time. After you get all of them in there or maybe even part of them, you may decide not to add more.

You are the only person who can decide how much is enough and how much is too much. As stated before by myself and others, the inch per gallon is only a guideline and isn't the stated rule in fishkeeping. Looks to me like with the selections you have now, you are going to have a busy tank. Don't just think of how much can I put in the tank but what fish am I going to enjoy having in the tank. Also, with more fish comes more maintenance...are you going to enjoy water changes every 3 or 4 days if you overload the tank? By going with fewer fish, you can limit water changes to once a week...that way you can sit back and enjoy watching the fish rather than work, work, work. Speaking from experience, the work part tends to wear on you after a while. I have had up to 8 tanks running at a time..........some of them fry tanks which required daily attention. You do get burned out in a hurry, especially if you also have a job or school to attend.

 

[ANIM4L]

its not a bother for me to clean my tank, sometimes it s ahassle a little bit, but it takes 5 minutes to gravel vac, and i have sand so i do it every 3-4 days anyways, just to make it look nice