Im Getting A 90 Gal Tank

[roseykat5]

im getting a 90gal tank with mature media and wanted to know about getting set up as i wnt have any fishes that come with it and wanted to start slow and wanted to know how many fish to start with ... these fishes i wanated to get is


barbs
gouramis
shaks such as redtail , white tip,bala or rainbow
maybe few angel fishes and
coryfishy about like 10 ish for the rest of them i dont know how many yet i just wanted to get some variety of sizes but can go together .... i dont think any tetras or maybe just a few types of tetras

any other fishes would be a great suggestions is appreciated thnks

 

[roseykat5]

am i rude or something ... would love some input on what to do as i want to do it right
i do have mature media and wanted to knoww which fish to stock first and how many to go with my cories will be one of the last ones to go in possible summer time

 

[leighann]

ok well the red tailed sharks and gouramis go good together but unfortunately you cant put barbs in your tank or tetras, tetras will get eatin and if your RTS or any other shark you plan to get are aggressive they will chase your barbs and it might not lead to death but it can make your fish look pretty ragged.

 

[bobross]

ok well the red tailed sharks and gouramis go good together but unfortunately you cant put barbs in your tank or tetras, tetras will get eatin and if your RTS or any other shark you plan to get are aggressive they will chase your barbs and it might not lead to death but it can make your fish look pretty ragged.

....what kind of barbs do plan on getting? If you want angelfish, I wouldn't recommend housing them with tiger barbs. IME they will attack your angelfish' fins..... Also, with the sharks(regardless of what type you get) I would recommend getting only one as most of the fw 'sharks' you can buy, (balas,irrendescent, rtbs, rainbows,etc) get very territorial and will harass those who intrude. you can definitely have the rtbs or the rainbow with gouramis w/o too many problems.

No offense, but just 'google' the types of fish your interested and see if they are compatible w/ what else you want. Even though there are a lot of web sites with a lot of sometimes contradicting info, a lot of it is repetitive no matter where you search which should somewhat help you with a resolution. AND if you find some info you're unsure of, there are plenty of people who could answer you q's here.


Good luck in your decision!!!!


BobRoss

 

[Tessla]

I'd avoid the bala sharks altogether as they're big schooling fish. You could keep a single red tailed black or rainbow shark, but I wouldn't keep anything smaller than it in the same tank, which would take most of the other fish off of your list. White tip sharks are brackish I believe, which wouldn't work in freshwater very well.

Agree with bobross on the barbs, they'll nip at anything with long fins. If you avoid sharks and barbs, you'd be fine with the rest of your list plus a lot of other peaceful community types. If you had your heart set on a shark or barbs, you'd have to fit the rest of your stocking around those fish, possibly some cichlids with a shark?

Other fish you could look at are any of the usual schooling tetras, rasboras or danios, though you'll want to avoid anything neon tetra sized and smaller with angelfish. A school of hatchetfish added when your tank is mature could be interesting. There are lots of interesting pleco species if you like that sort of thing, loaches are fun bottom feeders, though I wouldn't keep most of them with cories.