Ideas On What To Stock My Tank With?

[jaymagicpants]

hi i have 180l jewel tank, its fully planted with a sand and gravel substrate,
its been up and running for about a 6 weeks now and all levels have stablized.
i have 6 male guppies which have been in there for about a week all well and good apart from the odd scrap, and im looking for advice on what to stock it with???
i have some ideas on what i want ie danios, red tail shark, angel fish, clown loach, neons, possibly a siamese fighter? also something to deal with snails and algae, but not plant destroyers ???
end result im after a nice looking community tank, any advice on what i have mentioned would be great ie pros and cons on fishes chosen so far (i know some are a bit aggressive)and anybodys personal complete setup including guppies already in tank.

any help would great

 

[forby3]

i wolud not put a fighter in with a angel mate they will be alot of fin nipping going on

 

[jaymagicpants]

i wolud not put a fighter in with a angel mate they will be alot of fin nipping going on

thank you i will take that on board

also want fish in tank too cover all levels

 

[corycatz]

you could go with German blues or an apisto pare
defiantly wouldn't want the Siamese fighter with the angle

 

[jaymagicpants]

you could go with German blues or an apisto pare
defiantly wouldn't want the Siamese fighter with the angle

are these very fussy about water conditions

 

[stang1]

Apistogrammas are less fussy than Geman Blue Rams, although the water still needs to be good.

 

[jaymagicpants]

Apistogrammas are less fussy than Geman Blue Rams, although the water still needs to be good.

just dont want too jump in deep end and end up with lots of dead fish, but on other hand am willing to put effort in to keep conditions good...
just am not keen on fish that are very sensitive to the smallest of changes..

 

[stang1]

Glowlight Tetras and Pristella Tetras are hardy fish and not known to be nippy.

 

[jaymagicpants]

Glowlight Tetras and Pristella Tetras are hardy fish and not known to be nippy.

thank you will look into those

 

[jaymagicpants]

Glowlight Tetras and Pristella Tetras are hardy fish and not known to be nippy.

thank you will look into those

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[jaymagicpants]

hi i have 180l jewel tank, its fully planted with a sand and gravel substrate,
its been up and running for about a 6 weeks now and all levels have stablized.
i have 6 male guppies which have been in there for about a week all well and good apart from the odd scrap, and im looking for advice on what to stock it with???
i have some ideas on what i want ie danios, red tail shark, angel fish, clown loach, neons, possibly a siamese fighter? also something to deal with snails and algae, but not plant destroyers ???
end result im after a nice looking community tank, any advice on what i have mentioned would be great ie pros and cons on fishes chosen so far (i know some are a bit aggressive)and anybodys personal complete setup including guppies already in tank.

any help would great

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[twin54]

From the reading and pictures I have sceen the clown loach grows pretty darn huge! May want to stay away from that size of fish with the other "small" fish you seem to want to stock your tank with. Not sure on max size of the red tail but whenever I see "shark" in the name I do a google search to see hwo big they grow and then estimate if its feasable.

For the Danios if you can find some "long fins" are simply stunning! As well long fins seem to have a less "hyperactive" temperment compared to reg zebra dans from what I have sceen. Thus you get a nice fish that isnt driving the rest of the fish nuts by bouncing around all over

As some one else mentioned the glow lights are beutifull! I love em but if you can find some ember tetras there also a great choice for adding orange to the tank

Neon tetras are nice but so are cardinal tetras so I would look and see if you prefer less or more red

Personally I love harlequin rasbora and would recomend looking at them too (http/animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cyprinids/HarlequinRasbora.php)

I have 4 of these beuties(http/animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/pristella.php) and they school with my neons all around the tank. So if you are gettign neons and are thinking of a slightly larger tetra to compliment the school you may want to look into these


In the end it's your tank and your tastes! Just be sure you take care of the tank, the water and there care! The fish will give you hours of pleasure and all they ask for is clean water and good food

Keep us up to date on what you decide=D cant wait to see your final stock!

 

[Jazzzz]

Clown loach is unsuitible and the red shark can be aggressive

 

[OldMan47]

If you are still leaning towards the angels, be aware that they will get big enough to eat adult neons. I had always had some success keeping them together in the past so I ignored similar advice. After they were all about 2 years old, the number of neons just gradually went down to zero and new neons didn't bring the numbers back up any more. It turns out that the slow moving angels are really quite good ambush predators. They move as if not interested until some small fish is close enough to no longer get away, then they make a very fast strike by a single flick of their fins. Adult black neons are just enough bigger than regular neons to survive with the angels.