Stocking My 130l Tank....

[rust81]

I'm coming to the end of a fishless cycle on my 130L tank and plan to do a 90% water change at the weekend before buying some fish for the tank. This is my 3rd tank (if you include the hopsital/Q tank) and I already have 4 danios that are in the Q tank waiting to go in. In my main tank i already have tiger barbs and neon tetras plus 1 bn.

So for the 130L i wanted to go for something different and maybe some bigger fish that i cant keep in the 70L i already have up and running. I was thinking of something along the lines of:

Guppies, Danios, 4 bns (once the tank has been goinf for 3 months). I may get some gouramis (but not dwarves) and was thinking of clown cloaches. What do people think? Obviously I wouldnt get these all at the same time - but dont want to shoot myself in the foot like i did when i got my barbs, as i soon found out that it is difficult to put other fish with them.

 

[Mr._Fishy]

I think you might want to put only 1 bn in the tank, as they establish very large territories and will fight over them. 120l is too small for clowns, they can easily get over a foot long and appreciate other clowns. Other than that I think it should work. And how many tiger barbs are in the tank? In my experience, they aren't too hard to keep with other fish as long as they are in a school.

Ryan

 

[SJ2K]

IMO 130l is a little small for 4 bns, 2 would be fine and maybe a bulldog/pitbull plec also. Clown loaches get big and need to be in groups so there not a great idea either but theres loads of others to choose from

Good luck and keep researching! Makes it all worth while when the fish are clearly happy

 

[rust81]

What bigger fish could i realistically go for? The largest fish i have in my 70L so far is probably a tiger barb or bn. I would like to have 2-3 big fish and then maybe get another fish that shoals like tetras etc

 

[SJ2K]

Depending on dimensions you might get away with Angels/larger gourami's

 

[benniebru]

What bigger fish could i realistically go for? The largest fish i have in my 70L so far is probably a tiger barb or bn. I would like to have 2-3 big fish and then maybe get another fish that shoals like tetras etc

id say nothing over 3 inches maybe 4 inches but that would be it