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[Khasilooluv]

So, I posted this list on another site, but I'm looking to get other's take on it.
I am getting a 75gal this winter and I am putting together my stock list so I was looking for some opinions on it.

This is my list so far:
6x Chocolate Gourami
2x Koi Angel
6x Orange Sunshine Guppies
4x Red Fire Guppies
6x Black Kuhlii Loach
4x Pineapple Swordtails
10x Tetra rummynose or serpae
2x Fresh Water Clams
3x Ghost Shrimp
2x Blue rams

So how does that look so far?
-khayde

 

[fluttermoth]

Forget the clams; they don't survive in tanks.
I'm not sure about angels with chocolate gouramis; I think the angels might be too boisterous for them, but I don't know much about gouramis.
The angels might eat the guppies when they got big, but apart from that it sounds ok.

 

[Khasilooluv]

Forget the clams; they don't survive in tanks.
I'm not sure about angels with chocolate gouramis; I think the angels might be too boisterous for them, but I don't know much about gouramis.
The angels might eat the guppies when they got big, but apart from that it sounds ok.

Thanks for the tips.
I starting thinking about them, someone told me the angels might be too much for the Gouramis but to get a few more opinions on it. I might just get another 6 of a different species of Gourami.
- khayde

 

[waterdrop]

Hi Khasilooluv and Welcome to TFF!

Very exciting to getting a big tank like a 75g! Lots of flexibility for your stocking plans.

I'd personally be inclined toward the Rummys rather than the Serpae just because Serpae can be such nippers sometimes. Theoretically a big shoal like 10 should keep them busy within themselves but you never know. Rummys on the other hand seem completely unlikely to bother other fish and you could possibly even make their shoal a little bigger as their overall adult body mass might be a little less, although that's a hard call, they might actually be about the same.

Planning ahead like this should give you plenty of time to read any number of articles in our Beginners Resource Center and have discussions with the members on some of the core skills like the Nitrogen Cycle, the Fishless Cycle, gravel-clean-water-change technique and of course good stocking plans. Many of us "re-beginners," like I call myself have found the many experienced hobbyists here to be a wonderful resource for refining skills we thought we knew well and making them even better with new information.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[Khasilooluv]

Hi Khasilooluv and Welcome to TFF!

Very exciting to getting a big tank like a 75g! Lots of flexibility for your stocking plans.

I'd personally be inclined toward the Rummys rather than the Serpae just because Serpae can be such nippers sometimes. Theoretically a big shoal like 10 should keep them busy within themselves but you never know. Rummys on the other hand seem completely unlikely to bother other fish and you could possibly even make their shoal a little bigger as their overall adult body mass might be a little less, although that's a hard call, they might actually be about the same.

Planning ahead like this should give you plenty of time to read any number of articles in our Beginners Resource Center and have discussions with the members on some of the core skills like the Nitrogen Cycle, the Fishless Cycle, gravel-clean-water-change technique and of course good stocking plans. Many of us "re-beginners," like I call myself have found the many experienced hobbyists here to be a wonderful resource for refining skills we thought we knew well and making them even better with new information.

~~waterdrop~~

Thank-you very much for the welcome!
I've just been lurking for a couple days but I can't wait to join into the community. Thanks again for the welcome and take care!


-khayde

 

[Mark Z.]

I have angels and pearl gouramis in my tank together. Absolutely no problem.