Fish Tank Almost Finished!

[umlaut31]

Well I got a fish tank for Christmas - and finally its set up! It's currently stocked with a Bristlenose Plec (although he hasn't surfaced today - he hides in my ship ), 6 Longfinned Zebra Danios and 3 Mollies (1 pregnant - soon to drop). It's a 64l tank with decent filter and heater systems, and everything seems to be going *ahem* swimmingly

Just wondering..

• I'm thinking about buying 6 guppies on the weekend - would this be okay
• After the Guppies, I'll either get Angelfish (a pair)
• Some Dwarf Gouramis
• or perhaps a Yellow / Blue Ram

I'm hoping this would all be okay? Not too overstocked and not too much aggresion in the tank? It's my first actual tropical set-up so I want it go perfect, and I think that I'm almost there! So anyways, here are the promised pictures - and it looks a little bleak at the moment (thats 'cos I just removed the breeding trap, and my plants are slightly bent ) - Any comments, critiques or advice would be awesome! Thanks very much!

(That's Zeus - my Dalmation Mollie - he's soooo awesome!)

 

[Miah002]

Don't go for the angels. The rams and gourami should be fine.

Don't get the dwarf gourami. Theres a virus going round and they seem to die after one or two months.

Try a trio of honey or maybe a single pearl gourami.

 

[umlaut31]

Can i have a pair of Blue Ram's?

They seem to be hardy, awesome and generally good community fish!

 

[Keithoms]

Id ignore the dwarf gourami virus rumour. Ive had mine for about 5 months now, all going swimmingly.

 

[Truck]

rams are not for new tanks, mature only and there not hardy

 

[umlaut31]

rams are not for new tanks, mature only and there not hardy

How long does mature mean? Like weeks? Months? Years *gulp*?

 

[Truck]

6 months

 

[umlaut31]

ouch..

Can you suggest anything else then? Or shoudl I just stay with the Guppies, Mollies, Danios and plec for now - then around summertime get the rams?

Also - is a red-tailed black shark too big for my tank? Cos the one's in my LFS are tiny! How long till they grow?

 

[Miah002]

Honey gourami

 

[locker]

Not sure i you know this but guppies are:

1) Best in a 1 male to 2 female ratio

2) Will breed like rabbits!!!!

Good Luck

Locker

 

[matchstickman47]

cool i suggest bn plecos mine are practical imune and they are very hardy if you think your marbled mollie is cool youl luv plecos, how big is your tank i gota 110 litre for xmas but i can set it up yet im guna get rams later on.
i do recomend gouramis especialy honeys they are realy cool like fonzi

 

[Hawkins]

Can i have a pair of Blue Ram's?

They seem to be hardy, awesome and generally good community fish!

I have some of these which are nearing 7 months in my tank now, and for some reason they have CHANGED. gone a very horrible colour, look really thin and are quite shy now. I would suggest the honey gouramis.

ouch..

Can you suggest anything else then? Or shoudl I just stay with the Guppies, Mollies, Danios and plec for now - then around summertime get the rams?

Also - is a red-tailed black shark too big for my tank? Cos the one's in my LFS are tiny! How long till they grow?

I have not kept these, but my cousin had one and it killed quite a few fish in his tank.

 

[umlaut31]

Ah well i don't want any deaths! Not now i've got it all set up!

Well I was thinking about just 6-8 male guppies to be honest, the prospect of even more pregnancies in my tank is fantastic, but very daunting! I think I'll stick with the men for now, and then perhaps set up a breeding tank sometime in the future... (I have so many plans! hah)

I'm going for a run round all my LFS after college tomorrow, so I guess I'll be back on here with lots of ideas - but I like the sound of Honey Gouramis, except my friend said they only work well in bigger groups - another shoal in my tank would just push the bio-load too much and my filter would probably explode or something

We'll see - I'll be back on with a list tomorrow evening haha