L_Plates - Stocking My 240 Litre

[L_Plates]

Gotta say, im really looking forward to seeing pics of your tank once its stocked

Your not the only one golfzzin so am i

 

[L_Plates]

Ok so it looks like Saturday is fish day here is what i plan to have.

12 - 14 Harlequin Rasboras

6 Corydoras Sterbais - Open to ideas on which type.

4 Bolivian Rams (2 male 2 female) - Will this be ok or may they fight. Would it be better to have just one male and one female ?

12 Tiger Barbs - I will be adding these a week later after the others have settled in.

All help and ideas very welcome.

LP

 

[Tizer]

I was in a Maidenhead Aquatics shop today and in their display tank they had some XL Harlequin Rasboras, a little larger than the standard fish. Very colourful in the shop display tank, that belonged to the manager, but very bland in the stock tanks. I think these will be the ones i go for next month when i have a few pennies and might be worth a squint at for you.

Im also wondering if the Tiger barbs might now have a negative effect on the Rasboras as a friend said he lost a few to whitespot brought on by tigers bullying rasboras in the past.

Didnt want to throw a spanner in the works but might be worth some investigation.

The tank i looked at had about 20 of these XL rasboras and 20 Penguin Tetras and it kinda made a nice display. But it was a 5 foot tank, about 400 litres.

 

[L_Plates]

Cheers Tizer i have agreed to meet a staff member on saturday to look at the stocking ideas aswell. He mentioned about a different type rasbora to me aswell that might be a better fit, cannot remember what he called them, might have been volcanus or something.

I love the idea of having tigers in my tank but i am worried they may cause havoc. Might be an idea to see how the others settle in and then decide if its worth the gamble.

LP

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Cheers Tizer, so do you think something along the lines of:

15 Harlequin Rasboras
8 Dwarf Chain Loaches
10 Corydoras Sterbais

12 Tiger Barbs or 14 - 20 Tetras of one species.

Just slightly worried about the Barbs pestering the Harlequins.

LP

Could you check out five banded barbs? They look very similar to tigers, but are apparently much less aggressive.

 

[L_Plates]

Could you check out five banded barbs? They look very similar to tigers, but are apparently much less aggressive.

Brilliant thanks for this. They look very nice fish. I will add this to my list and speak with the guy on saturday about them

Thanks again Eagle.

LP

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Could you check out five banded barbs? They look very similar to tigers, but are apparently much less aggressive.

Brilliant thanks for this. They look very nice fish. I will add this to my list and speak with the guy on saturday about them

Thanks again Eagle.

LP

Someone else mentioned them to me. Currently I am investigating to see where I could find some, if I decide to go with them. (Also, they are apparently pretty tight schoolers.)

 

[Tizer]

I think that was me who pointed you at the 5 banded barbs a while ago, i was about to mention the same here too, hehe

They are a lovely fish, far more passive and a lovely colour when fed up well. Im pondering a school of 20/25 at the moment for my main tank but im not sure if they like to nibble on plants, need to research them more.

 

[OldMan47]

The sterbai are rather large cories compared to most others. I would suggest a slightly smaller cory like the paleatus, common name is peppers, or the trilineatus which often are marked as julii. Julii is another species but it is hard to tell them apart from trilineatus except by the price. True C. julii cost at least twice as much as C. trilineatus.
I am a bit excited about your fish choices so far. It sounds like you will have a very nice looking tank with a decent light stocking. Light stocking can be a big plus if you find you don't have time for a routine water change or some such. A few extra days between water changes can be well tolerated by lightly stocked tanks.

 

[L_Plates]

The sterbai are rather large cories compared to most others. I would suggest a slightly smaller cory like the paleatus, common name is peppers, or the trilineatus which often are marked as julii. Julii is another species but it is hard to tell them apart from trilineatus except by the price. True C. julii cost at least twice as much as C. trilineatus.
I am a bit excited about your fish choices so far. It sounds like you will have a very nice looking tank with a decent light stocking. Light stocking can be a big plus if you find you don't have time for a routine water change or some such. A few extra days between water changes can be well tolerated by lightly stocked tanks.

Cheers i was thinking peppered cory nice looking fish