What Stocking In A 566 Us Gallon Tank

[bae1994]

oh ok


this then

1 x tiger oscars
1 x sailfin plec
1 x royal plec
1 x common plec
2 x spotted sevs
10 x silver dollars
1 x lima shoval nose
1 x sun catfish
1 x perruno
1 x silver arowna (illl get one when all the other fish are grown up)
1 x giant gourami
5 x uaru
1 x fire eel
1 x clown knifefish

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Common

Gibbi

The only thing for me in your stocking is...there is a lot of fish with diff requirments...espech diet wise.

Theres a lot i personally wouldnt have...but to me your stocking seems fine

 

[bae1994]

diet wise isnt a problem as ill be getting feeding prongs and sourcing tthe food isnt bad either as i have so many lfs and foood shops near me

and thanks for the pictures

 

[bae1994]

hi again

few questions i dont want a royal or common plec i want 3 gibbis now is that ok also i may only have the one severum

also do the uaru need to be in groups if so i only really want the 1

also could i have a senegal birchir with these

also could i have two eels one fire eel and one spiny eel

so it would be this
1 x tiger oscars
3 x sailfin plec
1 x spotted sevs
10 x silver dollars
1 x lima shoval nose
1 x sun catfish
1 x perruno
1 x silver arowna (illl get one when all the other fish are grown up)
1 x giant gourami
1 x uaru
1 x fire eel
1 x senegal birchir
1 x spiny eel
1 x clown knifefish

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

You are very indecisive aint you lol

 

[bae1994]

you could say that yes lol

yeah i really am i just dont want to get it wrong

 

[Joller]

uarus do best in groups

and i'd say you're gonna have a bit of trail and error with a stocklist that big

 

[bae1994]

oh thats a pitty as i dont really want a big group of anything except the sd's

so the uarus out

so its

1 x spotted sevs
10 x silver dollars
1 x lima shoval nose
1 x sun catfish
1 x perruno
1 x silver arowna (illl get one when all the other fish are grown up)
1 x giant gourami
1 x fire eel
1 x senegal birchir
1 x spiny eel
1 x clown knifefish

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

How come no Oscar?

 

[bae1994]

dam i copy'd and pasted it wrong i meant to put

1 x oscar
3 x gibbi plecs
1 x spotted sevs
10 x silver dollars
1 x lima shoval nose
1 x sun catfish
1 x perruno
1 x silver arowna (illl get one when all the other fish are grown up)
1 x giant gourami
1 x fire eel
1 x senegal birchir
1 x spiny eel
1 x clown knifefish


thanks for pointing that out

 

[indigoj]

3x Gibby is asking for trouble they get to 2ft and are territorial to each other and to other plecs. I'd go for 1x Gibby or 2x Common or 2x Royal

When you say spiny eel what do you mean? Chances are the fire eel will not tolerate another eel even in a big tank.

You have a lot of big bottom dwellers on that list, I'd be concerned about territory space and would still have concerns about mixing catfish.

You are going to need MASSIVE filtration and will need to be prepared (and have space) to move fish if problems occur - that stock could work but is equally likely to have some problems arising.

 

[bae1994]

oh i dint know about the plecs

so ill just have the one

ive highlited all the bottom feeders i think now is there any more

if it was just the limas shovelnose and perruno no sun cat would that work

1 x oscar
1 x gibbi plecs
1 x spotted sevs
10 x silver dollars
1 x lima shoval nose
1 x sun catfish
1 x perruno
1 x silver arowna (illl get one when all the other fish are grown up)
1 x giant gourami
1 x fire eel
1 x senegal birchir
1 x clown knifefish

also the filter is a 190 gallon sump made of pond liner

 

[indigoj]

Remember the plec is also a bottom feeder.

"It's territorial towards both conspecifics and other large Pimelodids, so should be the only fish of this type kept in most situations." - about the perruno

"Other large Pimelodids or territorial bottom-dwellers are less suitable." - about the lima

I think it will be trial and error - the suncat is the more peaceful of the cats so I'd imagine more likely to be picked on but the more aggressive cats.

 

[bae1994]

mm ok

i def want the shove nose and plec but the other cats im open on i dont know what to do

 

[indigoj]

You could try adding the most aggressive last - let the others grow and establish territory.

I'd be very cautious about the perruno - they are beautiful but als get larger than the other 2 so if they did turn on them it could be fatal.