My 2 Tanks

[carney]

Hiya

These are going to be my 2 tanks (48x15x18)

A) 2 kribs, 3 loach, 1 rtb shark, 1 plec, 1 pictus, 1 blue acara, 2 keyhole, 1 firemouth, 2 angel, 2 festivum, 2 sailfin molly, 3 odessa barb, 4 tiger barb, 4 scissortails

B) 2 corydoras, 2 kuhli loach,5 neon tetra, 3 cardinal tetra, 5 serpae tetra, 5 black neon tetra, 5 black phantom tetra, 3 bleeding heart tetra, 5 red eye tetra


Sound ok
Any need swapping over??


Any help much appreciated
THANKS V MUCH

 

[rabbut]

OK, your tanks are about 200 litres each, or about 45g...

A) 2 kribs, 3 loach, 1 rtb shark, 1 plec, 1 pictus, 1 blue acara, 2 keyhole, 1 firemouth, 2 angel, 2 festivum, 2 sailfin molly, 3 odessa barb, 4 tiger barb, 4 scissortails

This one is a bit iffy realy... The Pictus will get too large, at 18", and will eat most of the smaller occupants. I'd recomend scratching him The Sailfin mollies will likely get chewed by the Tiger Barbs and Kribs also... The Blue Acara, Festivium and Firemoths are also in the same bracket as the pictus, getting large enough to view the smaller occupants as dinner... Unlike the Pictus they should be OK in a tank that size though...

Idealy, you want to choose either the large ocupants, and accept that due to the large waste load of these fish, overkill filters are needed, and a "light" stocking according to the inch per gallon rule. These fish are too large to try to apply this rule to and need more space than it would surgest The Acara, Firemouth, Angels and Festiviums could work, but that would be a very heavy stocking I'm not well up on three of those Cichlids though, so you'll want a second opinion...

Alternatively, sticking to the smaller fish and the plec could also work, with note of the nippers and long-finned fish...

B) 2 corydoras, 2 kuhli loach,5 neon tetra, 3 cardinal tetra, 5 serpae tetra, 5 black neon tetra, 5 black phantom tetra, 3 bleeding heart tetra, 5 red eye tetra

That one looks resonably OK. The corries need a group of 4+, as do the Kuhli loach, but otherwise is a very workable stocking With those groups up to the recomended minimum numbers, you would be stocked to arround 1.75inches per gallon. I would not put them all in at the start, mebe 2/3rds of them and the rest after 6 months, but otherwise, assuming you have good filters and keep up with larger than adverage waterchanges, that stocking should be OK

All the best
Rabbut

 

[fish.com1]

In the first tank you ideally want 5+ tiger barbs then they shouldn't fin nip as much.

 

[carney]

Hi
So do you suggest i scratch the sailfin mollys and pictus from tank 1 and the rest is ok in that tank or do i scartch teh scissortails too?

 

[Nick16]

i suggest, having less species of fish, but more fish of the remaining species.

 

[rabbut]

In the first tank, you want rid of the Sailfin Mollies, Tiger Barbs, Scisortails, Keyholes, Pictus, Pleco and Kribs. This is because they would be eaten by the other larger new world Cichlids Adding the Pleco would overstock the tank, so, if you want one, you will need to remove 2 other larger fish You're call on that one

Alternatively, you can scratch the Acara, Festiviums, Firemouth, Pictus, Tiger Barbs and possibly the Kribs... Again the pleco would overstock it, so you would want to either remove him from the stocking or about 15 of the other small fish

All the best
Rabbut