Help! Need To Know How Big Of A Tank I Need!

[channing]

HI,we are looking at houses and when we move i get a big fish tank!!!! but heres my problem. i have my fish picked out but i dont know what size of tank ill need. it has to be in us gallons please but heres the fish im looking at.
5-discus
2-4-angels
12-neons
6-congo tetras
6-Serpae tetras
6- glowlight tetras
6-head and tail light tetras
6-rummy nose tetras
4-german blue rams :drool
: 4-german gold rams

a cleanup crew of some kind. suggestions would be great!! also any tetras i missed that glow in some way. or any cool other fish that would mix well. its going to be a amazon biotope so needs to fit in.

 

[afishdude]

hmm i would say a 100g or so. just because of the discus and the angels

 

[channing]

oh wow that drooling smiley is kinda creepy!!!

 

[fry_lover]

yep i agree with the Dude, also "clean up crew" i thought that was just marines?

if you mean corydoras or bristlenose, they should really have their own food and not just left overs.

Clean up crew = your filter and hand and syphon and water change

 

[channing]

oh i mean snails or shrimp. sorry i call them my clean crew


that sounds bout right i am looking at a 125gallon but was wondering could i get any other fish in there or is that going to be to much

 

[afishdude]

o yea and the angels and discus will eat your neons.

 

[channing]

o yea and the angels and discus will eat your neons.

they will?!! is there a way to make it work? like neons first or lots of hiding spaces?

 

[afishdude]

get some giant neons, a fully grown angel can eat a fully grown neaon. in the wild neons are a stable part of angel fish diets.

 

[channing]

get some giant neons, a fully grown angel can eat a fully grown neaon. in the wild neons are a stable part of angel fish diets.

whats a giant neon? ive never heard of them. do you mean Cardinal Tetras?

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Um there is another problem that people always forget about with Discus...

Discus require a tank temp that is much higher than what is healthy for many other fish. Please make sure that all the fish you want can live happily in the 86+ degrees F that Discus need.

 

[afishdude]

get some giant neons, a fully grown angel can eat a fully grown neaon. in the wild neons are a stable part of angel fish diets.

whats a giant neon? ive never heard of them. do you mean Cardinal Tetras?

it was a joke....
and cardinal tetras are the same as neons except their red bar goes all the way down their body.

 

[channing]

oh now i feel silly. i was even trying to find them on google for a pic!!!

 

[afishdude]

lol im sorry, i didnt meen for you to believe it.

 

[channing]

lol im sorry, i didnt meen for you to believe it.

thats ok im kinda gulliable

 

[betta527]

DONT go spending your money on a 100 gallon tank get a tank between 50 and 70 gallons,and to keep the tank clean get LOTS of live plants,snails,and shrimp!



P.S. i would love a tank like that! But i would have no where to put it..........