Final Stocking Check.

[TekFish]

I have a 200L Maidenhead Aquatics tank, 100cm x 40cm x 50cm;
pH 7.0,
8 kH, 11 gH,
26'c,
0ppm Ammonia
0ppm Nitrite
20ppm Nirate
Plants: Java Fern, Java Moss, Amazon Sword, Hygrophila Polysperma, Anubias Barteri.

Acquired Fish: Bristlenose Catfish x 1, Banded/Indian/Striped/Giant Gourami [Colisa Fasciata] x 2.

Proposed Fish
Rummynose Tetra x 18
Diamond Tetra x 15
Apistogramma Macmasteri x 2
Panda Corydoras x 8

Is this OK?

TekFish

 

[crazyforcordoras]

I think it should be fine. I like your choice of fish too.

 

[TekFish]

Thank you so much, being a newbie that means a lot but what I was checking was whether C.Panda would be OK at that temperature.

TekFish

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I have a 200L Maidenhead Aquatics tank, 100cm x 40cm x 50cm;
pH 7.0,
8 kH, 11 gH,
26'c,
0ppm Ammonia
0ppm Nitrite
20ppm Nirate
Plants: Java Fern, Java Moss, Amazon Sword, Hygrophila Polysperma, Anubias Barteri.

Acquired Fish: Bristlenose Catfish x 1, Banded/Indian/Striped/Giant Gourami [Colisa Fasciata] x 2.

Proposed Fish
Rummynose Tetra x 18
Diamond Tetra x 15
Apistogramma Macmasteri x 2
Panda Corydoras x 8

Is this OK?

TekFish

To be brutally honest, I think you are pushing the luck of those fish big time, way in excess of 200cm of adult fish in a slightly squat 200l tank (presuming the BN and Banded Gourami are going in here too).

Corydoras Panda will not fair well at ~25C all year round, look at truely tropical species like Corydoras sterbai.

I would suggest going with something like...
2x Banded Gourami
1x BN
10x Rummynose Tetra or 10x Diamond Tetra
2x Apistogramma Macmasteri
10x Corydoras sterbai

But I have to confess I'm guessing that this gourami specieis an upper water dweller and the Apistos will not give the catfish any grief. I do not feel you have room for three social species and three fish that are likely to grow to ~10cm or more.

 

[TekFish]

Hmm....what about if I drop the cories?
Since the biggest fish are living in completely different areas of the tank, so I thought it would be alright. I used a stocking calculator that shall not be named, and before I get absolutely hammered, I am aware that it is not completely accurate but it gives me an idea, then I bring it here to check, and I'm glad I did because it says Panda Cories will go up to 28'c
I would also like to mention that these particular gouramis as they get bigger seem to move slower, and the BN isn't the most active fish going. Is this the problem or is it just space?

Also I don't really like C.Sterbai, is there a Cory that lives in my temperature water? Possibly C.Adolfoi?

TekFish

 

[bmonki]

this is probably no help at all... but i have 10 diamond tetras and i love them. so pretty, but they are teeeeeeny weeny and 10 doesnt create a particularly large shoal.

 

[TekFish]

this is probably no help at all... but i have 10 diamond tetras and i love them. so pretty, but they are teeeeeeny weeny and 10 doesnt create a particularly large shoal.

Heheheh not Diamond Neons! Diamond Tetras! Moenkhausia Pittieri
Thanks anyway.

TekFish

 

[TekFish]

To be honest, I think there will be enough space if I lower the number of tetras slightly it could work.

How about this?

2 Banded Gouramis
1 BN Pleco
15 Rummynose Tetras
10 Diamond Tetras
2 Apistogramma Macmasteri
8 of whatever Cory works.