I Can't Make Up My Mind

[Man of fish]

3 Molly
1 platy
2 bolivians
10-15 tetras (glow-lights12-15, pristellas 10-13, rummy-nose 10-14, cardinals12-15, neons 12-15, goldens 10-12 please suggest)
1 clown plec/ or candy-stripe pleco and 1 bn
2 cherry barbs

 

[Man of fish]

Bump

3 Molly
1 platy
2 bolivians
10-15 tetras (glow-lights12-15, pristellas 10-13, rummy-nose 10-14, cardinals12-15, neons 12-15, goldens 10-12 please suggest)
1 clown plec/ or candy-stripe pleco and 1 bn
2 cherry barbs

 

[Ruskull]

Jumped ship? As in launched itself out of the tank?

I like your latest list, especially the Pristilla Tetras. PetCo has some nice X-Ray Pristellas that I would get if I didn't already have overstocked tanks. They look a lot like my Lemon Tetras with more detailed & brighter markings.

 

[FishFanatic04]

Honestly I wouldn't get the BN. Huge bioload, even though they are cute. I had bought some good sized ones and couldn't handle 2 in my 75g, not until I have black substrate. It's unimaginable how much poo sits in the tank. Your bolivians will be sifting for there food in a layer of poo....it wasn't cute to watch my cories doing it.

 

[Man of fish]

Ok well what type of pleco would be better to do it? Or would a SAE do a good job?
Thinking this now after a few suggestions.

3 Molly
2 platy
2 bolivians (would a pair of GBR be a bad idea I just like how they look so much more no offense to my bolivians, I keep the tank at about 79-80)
10-15 tetras (mix of gold and regular pristellas 10-15, cardinals12-15, espes rasbora 13-17 please suggest) candy-stripe pleco (need more plec suggestions)
2 cherry barbs

 

[samorkel]

SAE and some otto's would do a better job than pleco's ime

 

[FishFanatic04]

SAE are cute. You could have a couple to replace the BN as they are small.

 

[Man of fish]

2 SAE vs a BN then just a show plec or something? I heard that some of the non-algae eaters are less waste

 

[Ruskull]

I have 2 female Bristlenoses and I don't think they make that much poo at all. Granted, they are only less than 2 inches long each, but I really haven't had a problem. In fact I have one of them in my 36 & one in my 20 gallon with the light colored sand. Do you think she's hiding somewhere?

They're very fat too.

..........and how many tetras are you looking to add total? It sounds like you plan to load up like a few dozen.

 

[Man of fish]

Oh god no!!! Only 1 of those species like if I choose cards I'd do 12-15 of them. If I do pristellas 10-15 of them and if I choose espes rasboras I'll do 12-17 of them.
Interesting.....

 

[FishFanatic04]

The BN's I bought were 3.5-4 inches each {full-grown }and covered 1/2 of the sand in poo in 3-4 days. 75 Gallon! You are in for some poo!

Even fixing my water flow problems just made a insane pile in a corner. I will have them again, but on a dark sand, in a big tank, where the poo piles up where I can suck it out every few days.

 

[Man of fish]

I think I'll go for 2 SAE and then a showcase non-algae eating plec like a candy-stripe. That will be cool. Bobs tropical plants has SAE for only $2.50. I'll also get an assassin and a nerve snail

 

[FishFanatic04]

Let me know how the shipment goes please. I love that site so far, and plan to place some live fish orders soon. I want assassin snails badly.

 

[Man of fish]

I hope all goes well and hope they reply to my email fast.
I need an assassin I've got some mystery snails all over my tank. Do assassins clean too or just eat the other pest snails?
Aldo gonna grab a nice, supposedly rare, big-line zebra nerite

 

[FishFanatic04]

hehe on my last plant order I got a runaway spotted nerite which I named "Poop" snail. It's not pretty, but I'm starting to like it