Stocking Numbers

[Theplayboy]

I am in the process of changing around my set up and would like to know what sort of numbers of fish i could keep.
I have a 350l 75ukg juwel trigon.

Current fish that will be staying
Swordtails x9
Neon tetra x4
Fire line tetra x 4
Ruby shark x 1


Fish i would like
More fire line tetras
More neons
Cardinals
Rummy nose tetras
Rose line sharks

I would like to have equal groups of the tetras
What sort of numbers would i be looking at for these fish? And does anyone know of anywhere i can get the rose line sharks in essex/south east for a reasonable price?

 

[Theplayboy]

anyone?

 

[Wills]

Hi yeah you have tons of room in that tank for more stuff I would probs do something like -

Swordtails x9
Rose line shark x 8
Neon tetra x10
Cardinal tetra x 10
Fire line tetra x 10
Rummy nose tetra x 10
Ruby shark x 1

IMO needs a cichlid in the mid water there Something like a trio of red head tapajo geophagus? Gets to about 6 inches (males sometimes bigger) but look awesome but shouldnt eat your smaller fish, as example they wont pose any more of a threat to your neons than the rose lines would.

Wills

 

[Theplayboy]

Ok great thanks

Could i have bigger groups of tetras or would this be pushing it? say groups of 15?

Ill have to look into the red head tapajo geophagus, i would like some cichlids in there and these look lovely.

 

[Theplayboy]

Anyone got an answer for ^^^^

And also i was thinking about having some skunk corys, would this be ok and if so how many would be a good group?

 

[Gourami123]

yeah you could get 15 of each

but two large peaceful cichlids would be an alternative
or about five dwarf cichlids i like ramirez personally
by the look of your tank a few corydoras about 7 would be fun to watch at the bottom

 

[Wills]

The tank you have is actually 90 US gallons which is what most people use so I would refer to that rather than the 75 UK g that it measures. With regards stocking if you maxed it out and got an extra external filter you would probs be able to do.

Redhead Geos x 4
Swordtails x9
Rose line shark x 8
Neon tetra x15
Cardinal tetra x 15
Fire line tetra x 15
Rummy nose tetra x 15
Ruby shark x 1

Regular water changes are a must though as always

 

[Theplayboy]

Ok, thanks for your help guys.
Im running an external eheim 2217 will this be good enough?

 

[Wills]

Is that alongside the internal juwel or just on its own?

 

[Theplayboy]

With the internal. But im moving the tank this weekend and had planed to take it out. Should i leave it in? I also have a fluval 405 that i could run, which would be the better setup do you think?

 

[Wills]

Ah right okay they I would agree and take out the internal out and run the Fluval and Ehiem and you should be sorted

 

[Theplayboy]

That not gunna be possible im afraid as my mum needs to run 1 of the filters on her tank.

So should i leave the internal in and use the ehiem? If i did this i would probably look to get another external in the not too distant future.

Thanks for all you help btw it much appreciated.

 

[Wills]

Hi yeah no probs, I would perhaps consider leaving the internal in then but if you can have an option to add an other external at some point you could just start off with one external and then add an other when the fish start to grow a bit its just to make sure the water keeps moving and all organic material gets picked up etc.

Wills

 

[Theplayboy]

Ok cool, thanks for all your help