Need Some Help Making Some Decisions

erk628 · Dec 21, 2009

Ok here it goes. You can see what I have in my sig. Ive decided to get two bigger tanks so I can put my terrors in there. I orginally was going for two 75s but now I'm thinking a different route. I'm thinking about getting a 125 gallon now heres were I need your help. I know the minimum size tank for two columbiam sharks is 75 but I have mine in a 55 and they have been in there for over about 4 years. Id say there probaly 7 to 8 inchs and they havent grown any for quit some time. They have no troubles moving around in the 55 at all. I dont really want any more brackish fish so I dont really want to move them to a bigger tank. I'd like to keep them in there tell there gone and be done with brackish for now.

Now one of my terrors the one in the 30 long is pretty big, the one in the 29 use to be in a 30 long but it sprung a leak so moved him to the only other desent size tank I had shes quit a bit smaller then the bigger one. Ive had both of them for about 4 years to. In my 75 I have an oscar who is prob around 10 inchs and hes pretty much full grown. The three tinfoils arent as big as some I've had before when I first got them about a year ago I tried putting them in with the oscar got up the next morning only had 1. Went got two more moved them to the 29 for a month or 2 tell they were a little bigger and put them in the 75 now they get along great with the oscar. My 3 loaches Id say the biggest is about 5 inchs.

Now this is what I was thinking about doing. Getting a 125 moving the oscar barbs and loachs to that. I'm also going to try and put the little terror in there with them last time didnt work out put him in there with the oscar before I got the other 6 and he tried killing the oscar the big terror got beat up by the ocar and tried beating up the smaller terror thats why I got 4 tanks right now. Anyways then putting the big green terror in the 75.

Recap since I babbled on

125:

Oscar, barbs, loaches small terror. then I will have room to add more fish thinking about maybe uping the barbs to 5 or 6 and maybe the loachs to 4 or 6. then what ever else.

75:

The big terror and maybe somehing else if she will let me.

55:

Keeping my sharks in there.

If the small terror doesn't work out will get another 75 or 55 for her.

So what do you guys think would that work out or do you think another combination would work better.Any suggestions comments or constructive critisim welcome. Thanks in advance to all that reply.

erk628 · Dec 22, 2009

Any suggestions comments etc?

OldMan47 · Dec 22, 2009

It looks like it should work to me Erk. I am far from a cichlid expert but the stocking looks good from the standpoint of fish load and fish sizes being OK. I have no idea of specific compatibility but I am sure you know something about that since you have been keeping these combinations. The 75 gallon vs. 55 gallon means nothing to me as far as your sharks. A 55 and a 75 are almost the same tank, with only a small difference in the distance from front to back. I doubt the fish will notice that bit and all of these guides are just that. They are only guides.