What To Stock

[Himmel]

What should I stock in my new tank I want it to be a tropical tank....... And I want a Pleco not sure of what type of pleco as of yet lol but what else should I put in, I also want an apple snail.

 

[dthoffsett]

There are tons of different fish you can put in a 75gal tank. By tropical do you mean you only want "standard community" fish?

To narrow it down, what are you looking for? Do you want several schools of small fish with a larger center piece fish or two? Are you wanting several larger fish? Are there any fish you are particularly interested in?

How about a bio-tope tank, you could go with Asian, Amazon, New World or African Cichlids, research what area you are interested in and then get the decor/plants and fish found in that area.

 

[Himmel]

i would like to have some schooling fish plus one or center piece fish..... but they cant eat the shooling fish and I want plecos i love plecos and catfish love them soo much I dont know why hmmm

 

[SJ2K]

tetra, gourami and bristlenose plec.

 

[dthoffsett]

Well, I'd suggest going to your LFS, write down every fish that interests you, then post them on here and we can help you with stocking.

As long as you avoid really small fish such as neon tetras, you could go with angel fish as your centerpiece. Gouramis (as SJ2K suggested), German/Bolivian Rams, or kribs would be other good choices.

I'd stick with smaller plecs since your other fish will probably be on the smaller side, here's a great list of plecs under 8". [URL="http/www.fishforums.net/content/Plecos-and-other-Loricarids/132656/30-Plecos-Under-8-Inches/"]http/www.fishforums.net/content/Plecos-a...Under-8-Inches/[/URL]