Stocking Suggestions Please!

[mac32]

Hi, I got a new tank, 94 litres, and am looking for ideas on stocking.
I was thinking of possibly:
2x dwarf gourami
10x harliquins
5x panda cory

Thoughts and opinions welcomed and your ideas on what to stock welcomed, I'm open to any ideas.

Thanks a lot

Mac.

 

[catfish4ever]

sounds fine imo try adding another panda since corys like to be in groups of 6+ but that should be fine anyway

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Which of the above (Dwarf Gourami, Harlequin Rasbora, Panda Corydoras) is your "must have fish"? The reason I ask is that I see them as fish from different climates... Pandas from temperate (no more than 20C for most of the year); Harlequins sub-/low end tropical (below 24C for most of year); Dwarf Gourami tropical (no more than 26C for most of the year).


You could look at profiles and decide they all share 25C in common, so why not set the tank up as such? But by doing so, those Pandas are going to suffer horribly long term, burning their "candle wax of life" very quickly and thereby dieing prematurely. The Harlequins would have their metabolism a little hightened, shortening their lives a little, but not as much as the Pandas, while the gourami should live a standard lifespan.

 

[mac32]

Thanks for the replies. I was looking for bottom , mid and top dwelling fish, some variety in terms of colours and size but still safe together. After doing a little reading I thought these would be okay.

If you think there not that well suited that is fine but it would be nice for some suggestions please on what would go to gether rather than a leture on the wax of time being burnt awat to early.....very dramatic!!! As I said from the start, I'm open to suggestions, none of my list are must haves.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

As the saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison, what fish I like (African riverine and oddballs) may completely unappeal to you... There are a myriad of possible communities you could do in your 94l tank, but for anyone to help you build a responsible community, it is down to you to tell us what fish you want above all others. Then we can offer advice on what fish have suitable personalities, temperature requirements, amount of current etc.

As a quick example, in a 90l I would stock...
2 African Butterfly Fish for the surface
6 Upside Down Catfish for the middle
2 (sexed pair) of African Butterfly Cichlids for the bottom

 

[pablothebetta]

Peppered cories may work better with the harlequins - they prefer low 20's I think. A trio of honey gouramis could work, as they can do ok in the low 20's also (but like the dwarfs also do well in mid-high 20's), though they are smaller than the dwarfs. What about a pearl gourami? (though I don't know a lot about these so I cannot confirm suitablilty). They grow a little larger than dwarfs and aren't quite as colourful, but pretty interesting looking fish

As the saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison, what fish I like (African riverine and oddballs) may completely unappeal to you... There are a myriad of possible communities you could do in your 94l tank, but for anyone to help you build a responsible community, it is down to you to tell us what fish you want above all others. Then we can offer advice on what fish have suitable personalities, temperature requirements, amount of current etc.

As a quick example, in a 90l I would stock...
2 African Butterfly Fish for the surface
6 Upside Down Catfish for the middle
2 (sexed pair) of African Butterfly Cichlids for the bottom

Nice idea there! Just out of interest, would you be able to have a shoal of small fish such as harlequins or neons instead of one of the pairs in this setup?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Peppered cories may work better with the harlequins

Sorry, but I strongly disagree!

Peppered Corydoras have even cooler temperature requirements than Pandas, in the wild the water they inhabit is known to drop to 16C, similar to Bearded Corydoras.

On the other hand, something like Corydoras habrosus (one of the "pygmy" species) would work well.



"Just out of interest, would you be able to have a shoal of small fish such as harlequins or neons instead of one of the pairs in this setup?"
If the African Butterfly Fish were staying, Neon Tetras and similar small torpedo-shaped fish would be out of the question, as they would be live lunch waiting to happen. On the other hand, Harlequins develop a nice deep body as they mature and so would be completely left alone by ABFs.