Stocking For A 48 Gallon?

[Knox213]

Ok..

here goes
2x Dwalf gourami's
2x Angel fish
6x Platy's
2x Mollies
3x guppys
5x sebria Danio's
1x common Plec ( Rehoming soonish i hope )

I Think it sounds well over stocked what do you lot think?

 

[Curiosity101]

Depends on the size of the plec really. But no it sounds fine (once the plec is rehomed), not even fully stocked IMO.

 

[Knox213]

Sounds great !

i would add some neons but angels + Neons dont realy mix..

i would add a few crab's but i know they dont like certian fish and go for them might get a dozzen cherrys and Endlers?

 

[Curiosity101]

If you mean red claw crabs then they are not fully aquatic and shouldn't be mixed with fish cause they require specialist care, and also tend to try to eat fish.

Cherry what...barbs?

Endlers...perhaps, seem very snack sized for the angel though.

If it were me then I'd loose the common plec, replace with something a bit more suitably sized.
And then pick a bottom feeder because alot of your fish will be in the top half of the tank almost exclusively.
My vote would go for Kuhli loach, but I'm unsure as to how well they'd mix with fully grown angels.

 

[Knox213]

my mate had some and it ate he's Angel fish! i was shocked when i heard. And cherry shrimp

what about a bristlenose plec?

 

[Curiosity101]

You friend had Kuhli loach which ate his angel fish?

Cherry shrimp will get munches by the angels for definite, so chances are if they do survive to breed and keep up numbers then you will never see them.

And a bristlenose would be fine in there. But don't rule out all of the other nice plecs you could have in there.

The king tiger pleco is a good example of something you could consider. Or perhaps even a pair of clown plecos. You have to have the time to make sure they get properly fed though.

 

[Knox213]

nope.. it was the crab and ah dam

so basicly cherry's would'nt last 5 minutes with angels?

 

[meguro]

what about a group of 4-6 loaches like botia striata or kubotai or almorhae?

 

[arobinson1984]

A nice smallish plec would make a great addition once the common plec has been rehomed, I wouldn't add another plec until you've rehomed the common otherwise the waste produced in the tank will be huge lol

Harlequins are probably your best bet if you are wanting a shoaling fish compatible with angels, also on another note, although they are usually ok you can get instances where angels and gouramis wont tolerate each other.

Andy

 

[Knox213]

Ok thanks