Tank Mates

[fordie1990]

Hey guys&girls just set up my first tropical tank as have down graded from marine as not having as much time to clean and prean the tank so set the tank up about 5 weeks ago now just added the fish late last week i have never kept tropical before so all help will be welcomed.
I want my tank to look like a show tank dence plants loads of colour like u see in the likes of sealife center so specs are

BRAND:Fluvel
MODEL:Roma 125
WATER VOLUME:125ltrs
FILTER:Fluvel U3 internal
TEMP: 26-28C

Inhabitats are:
7X cardinal teras
2X bristle nose pleco 1xM 1xF
3X female fighters
1X platie

DECOR:
MIX OF LIVE PLANTS 2TYPES
4x PEBLES 4"X2"
1X DRIFTWOOD smalish approx 6.5-7" long
approx 12-15kg or dorset gravel(natural)

what could go in as want some thing a little bigger than what i have maybe 4"-5" and 1-2 fish about 6"-7" max as a center peice
i dont want guarmis/rams as i know people that say they die at click of a finger but i realy like anglefish and have been told by lfs if i add small angles they wont eat my cardinals when there bigger as cardinal where xl when i got then.
i want fish for all regions of the tank as evey thing i have at the moment is at the bottom all the time so fish for middle and top regions moreso and a good cleaning crew please for bottom like shrimps etc.
thanks all

 

[ash90]

best get an oscar or convict or jack dempsey all these are not very big fish oscars may hit 12-16" but load of charictor and more like a dog

 

[AstonN24vantage]

theyre very aggressive though

 

[twodoctors]

best get an oscar or convict or jack dempsey all these are not very big fish oscars may hit 12-16" but load of charictor and more like a dog

Jack Dempsey will eat everything in your tank. Speaking from personal experience here!

I think what you need to do is check your pH first. Tetra are acidic fishes, so I am assuming you have acidic water. They don't last very long in alkaline water as I understand. If you do have acidic water, have you thought about discus?

Adrian

 

[guppy love]

best get an oscar or convict or jack dempsey all these are not very big fish oscars may hit 12-16" but load of charictor and more like a dog

No no no! Oscars need at the very least 55 gallons, this guy only has 125 litres! Jeez.