Stocking Help Please

[Wills]

Perhaps I'm imagining this but I sense some sort of bitterness towards me in your posts? 

 
You too huh
 
Im on the fence with firemouths and groups Thoricthys is a big family - growing nearly every year with discoveries and there is a vast difference between top and bottom on the aggression scale - Ellioti are probably the calmest and in a tank yes a group will work. Thoricthys are not really that gregarious - especially when you compare them to other similar fish particularly their relatives Astatheros.
 
As well reason I went for single males rather than a group is its what Wrigtt3 was after in the tank - single males are a well documented success in tanks so I probably wouldnt be as aggressive against them - although I do agree it is slightly un-natural for them to be kept like that but there are a lot of examples of thriving tanks like this out there.
 
With the Texas - I was refering to them being kept in the 300 at the bigger end of the OPs tank limits. If you read the post I do mention changing fish for if he goes for a 240 for example Again also suggested going for a H.Carpintis rather thant the H.Cyanaguttus - the Cyanaguttus are a lot more aggressive and grow bigger than the Cyanaguttus - but the Cyanaguttus is still a big fish, though I think manageable in 75 gallons.
 
Agree with you Lloyd on the Columbians - but we were still building the tank and had not got round to dither numbers or species. But I also agree with Wrigtt3 on the Angels in a 30g tank more than 2 will just hurt each other its not big enough for a group.
 
Wills

 

[lloyd]

When I do the switch around I will certainly up the size of the tetra shoal, I was planning to do this before you mentioned it. I also stated that I was going to get another angelfish. In my opinion anything larger than a pair is going to cause aggression problems in all but the largest of tanks. I was also leaning more towards the Jack Dempsey and I agree with you about minimum sizes being inadequate sizes. 
 
Perhaps I'm imagining this but I sense some sort of bitterness towards me in your posts? 

Lol there wasn't any bitterness intended, truth be told I was quite tipsy last night thanks to a couple of bottles of redwine........which is strange for me because I don't drink that normally.  
 
Me pushing the groups on you was me pushing my own ideas and plans for my tank on you a bit i think.............................. stick to wills advice, he knows his stuff

 

[wrightt3]

No that's alright, I appreciated your ideas and will take them into account when stocking the tank. I guess I was just imagining it

Woop woop, 100 posts lol