greenterrorlover said:
Hello,
Getting a 55 maybe 75 galln with a GT and I would like tankmates, I want atleast 3 bigger fish not bigger than the GT and they cant pick on my GT at all here is what I have please approve some?..
for the big 3 group of fish..
3 thorichthys maculipinnis
3 texas chichilids
3 peacock cichlids
3 Hemichromis chichilids
3 survums
3 firemouth chichilids
and for dithers..
Small School of neon tetras
Small school of giant dianos
Small school of cherry barbs
Small school of rosy barbs
Small school of kilifish
Small school of Golden White Cloud (Tanichthys albonubes)
Small school of jumbo neon tetras
Small school of Harlequin Rasbora
For algae...
2 ottos
Good news, bad news.
The 55 G tank is big enough for a single GT. BUT, the bad news is that it is not big enough for more large cichlids on top of that. Even if its a 75G, that would still be pushing it. If it were a 75G, you could go with a severum in addition to the GT, BUT.... make sure that they are the same size when being introduced to it. Also, the GT will likely believe the tank is 'his' and that could lead to trouble when introducing any new fish. So, before adding new fish, be sure to REMOVE the GT, give the entire tank a redecoration, move basically EVERYTHING to a new location. This will break up the territories differently, and allow for an easier introduction of new fish.
Having dithers with a GT is a challenge. As pointed out above, most of the options you listed aren't really going to work out well at all. Giant danios are likely the best option of your list, and likely the only true option.
Otos would be snacked up as much as the other fish, but i have heard that a BN could be kept with a GT. BUT, in order for it to work best, you will need to provide wood to the BN AND a cave for the BN to retreat to. My BN is the largest fish in my tank, and has been for nearly his entire life, but his natural behavior is to have a 'roost' where he spends the majority of his time in between when he's out foraging for food. This could be something as simple as a large flat rock with a bit of the substrate removed from under it.... don't worry, if he likes it, he'll push enough of the extra substrate out to make a hole for himself. My BN did that long ago. I didn't like him under there (because I could never see him there) and found a piece of mopani wood that was hollowed out on the inside, with a little 'window' for me to be able to see him when he's in there.
Before I removed his old roost, I added the wood to see if he'd switch. He didn't. When I rescaped the tank during a move, I removed his old roost, and placed the wood in roughly the spot that his old roost had been. It took him 4 days to adopt his new home (in the meantime he just hung out behind the filter uptake), but he lives in there all the time now. (You can tell he spends most of his time there, based on where all the poo is collecting from him.)
Anyway, my suggestion to you would be this:
Your GT
9-12 giant danios (bigger is better if your GT is close to full size)
1 male BN pleco
