Setting up my 60 Gallon tank

[ANIM4L]

Ok i am redoing my 60 gallon tank, i have had to move about 10 fish out, for various reasons, such as wont work when being an adult, and mainly tkaing up too much room, so this is what i have in my tank right now:

60g - Fully Planted with Real Mopani Driftwood
1 Pearl Gourami (Loch)
1 Opaline Gourami (Surf)
1 Marbled Angel (Spaz)
1 Clown Pleco (Stripes)
1 Rubbernose Pleco (Pucker)
3 Ghost Shrimp (3 Stooges)

and i need help figuring out what fish to put in here, i was some fish that are peaceful, and that are really colorful and pretty and wont get eaten by anything. Some fish i have been looking at are rams, raphael catfish, and kuhli loaches. So please help me out if you have any ideas!!! Thank you very much!

 

[ANIM4L]

no one has any ideas? or able to help me?

i may, possibly be keeping 3 dwarf gouramis in the tank too, i havent totally decided.... but keep that in mind i guess

 

[PantherX3]

CLown Loaches like to be in groups, if i had that big of a tank id get 6 Clown Loaches, 1 Fire Eel, and a bunch of them gouramis u were talking about =)

 

[Dangerousdan]

CLown Loaches like to be in groups, if i had that big of a tank id get 6 Clown Loaches, 1 Fire Eel, and a bunch of them gouramis u were talking about =)

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Tanks not big enough for them

 

[ANIM4L]

ya i have all ready gone through this with everyone, i cant house them, i mean i CAN, but it would take half my tank space away when they grow up, same with the BGK i wont be getting. Thanks for the answer tho, anyone else have any ideas?

the three tank set ups i have gone through are:

medium sized community (medium sized fish, all peaceful)
small schooling community (may be pretty )
small cichlid tank

havent totally decided on which one yet

 

[ANIM4L]

opaline moved, dwarfs added, but can be easily moved if needed. Current tank set up:

60g - Fully Planted with Real Mopani Driftwood
1 Pearl Gourami (Loch)
1 Honey Gourami (Banana)
1 Dwarf Gourami (Flow)
1 Powder Blue Gourami (Dori)
1 Red Fire Dwarf Gourami (Nemo)
1 Marbled Angel (Spaz)
1 Clown Pleco (Stripes)
1 Rubbernose Pleco (Pucker)
3 Ghost Shrimp (3 Stooges)

I added some rockwork (living rock that is now dead, i bought i dead, adds caves ) and i added a few more driftwood areas, so my tank is really cool looking, more caves and places to hide, and swim through The reason shrimp are in there are as clena up crews, i dont care if they are in there or not, does it matter? if they get eaten i dont care because it is nutritious ot my fish

 

[ANIM4L]

no one has any suggestions?

 

[pseud]

A school of small fish would look neat. I'm always fond of a group of 11 neon tetra.
You could go for harlequin rasbora too.

 

[ANIM4L]

ya i was thinking of getting a bunch of schooling tetra and stuff, that is one of the options, i can fit lots of fish and thye are really pretty, but i havent decided if that is what i am doing, most likely i will tho It seems the easiest and stuff to take care of I took out the pearl gourami and the dwarf gourami, i didnt want the males to fight all the time so i took the mean one away, and the pearl i lost a week ago, died (they are really weak fish because thye ae extremely overbred) and i waas looking to eplace him but i havent so this is it:

60g - Fully Planted with Real Mopani Driftwood
1 Honey Gourami (Banana)
1 Powder Blue Gourami (Dori)
1 Red Fire Dwarf Gourami (Nemo)
1 Marbled Angel (Spaz)
*1 Silver Tip Shark (Bruce)
1 Clown Pleco (Stripes)
1 Rubbernose Pleco (Pucker)
3 Ghost Shrimp (3 Stooges)

*only till he needs brackish

 

[ANIM4L]

I HAVE DECIDED!!!!
I will be doing a 60 gallon full of small schooling fish!!! YAY!
I think it will look awesome, especially seeing tanks like that and hearing what others have been saying i am decided, but NOW, what to put in the tank???

 

[fish_r_great]

I don't know but, maybe you should just wait a while and really think about what you want because you seem to change your mind alot, which is fine i used to too.

 

[ANIM4L]

well no i have been saying i didnt know if i wante d asmall fish communtiy tank, large fish community tank, or a cichklid tank
i jhave decided

 

[fish_r_great]

Ok I just wanted you to know for sure so you don't have to go through giving away fish and such like before.

 

[ANIM4L]

thanks for looking out for me

 

[fish_r_great]

No problem I don't want to see you get eaten by people again.