Fish stock 58 gallon | fish jumble game.{aka bug Menagerie}

[webmoose]

Substrate / light / water is in my 58.

Here is a list of fish that currently have my attention:

rainbow fish
blue gourami
opaline gourami
cories panda / pigmy / bronze
dojo loach
otto's
red tail or rainbow shark
german blue rams

Let's play a game. Pick combos you think would work. kinda like a word jumble game. ITS FISH jumble game. feel free to tell me your thoughts including don't you dare put a gourami in with a rainbow fish. I assume they would not like each other. Anyone know?

[Endgame319]

Any of those fish would be fine together with the exception of the sharks. I would skip them unless your planning a semi-aggro tank. Here's what I would do:

For the Bottom:
2 Dojos
6 Panda or Bronze Cories

Bottom to middle:
3 Rams

Middle-top:
6-10 of your favourite tetras ([acronym:a1df7f75c5="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:a1df7f75c5] tetras are needed in every community tank)
5 Small Rainbows (Axelrodi, Praecox, or Boesemani)
1 Gourami (Either, Opaline is just a color morph of the blue gourami)



That total inches per gallon should end up around 60, dojos dont really follow that rule too well because they are long and thin. You could probably even chuck a couple otos in there, if you have good filtration.

[webmoose]

gourami and shark agression concern me would like a gourami but are they all as agressive as the opalines?

[Endgame319]

Gouramis aren't really aggressive, except against other male gouramis. Sometimes it works, but thats the exception and not the norm.

[webmoose]

Thanks for playing along EndGame I can't wait to go out and get some fish!!!

[Menagerie]

I want to play!! Pisces still has pygmies and some beautiful rams . Plus I would get panda cories and tetras (serpea) for a red color. I don't know what dojo loaches look like, but I just bought two yo-yo loaches and they add a yellow color I was missing (BUT they would be another bottom dweller. I have never had rainbowfish, but keep reading about them and they sound lovely.
[acronym:4783c38a82="For your info"]FYI[/acronym:4783c38a82]--I am very bias towards cories--I have 13 in my 50 and five in the 10 [acronym:4783c38a82="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:4783c38a82]. If cichlids would leave them alone, they would be in there too!! I don't know the dimensions of your tank, my tank is only 18" deep--lots of "floor space" for my bottom dwellers!

[webmoose]

Hey Menagerie thanks for playing along with me. I was at Pisces today and saw those rams and pigmy's... I might break down and get them tomorow. My tank is 36x18x21 I really like the cories I have as well and couldn't imagine a tank without them.

What kind of cories do you have?

[Allivymar]

Oooo. I want pygmy cories! I have been looking for them in this area for almost a year *sigh*

What kinda rams?

Just a thought, and someone pls correct me if I'm wrong, but do both the rainbows and the gouramis inhabit the top of the water column? There may be a problem between em if they do...

[webmoose]

Thanks for your input Allivymar I am pretty sure Rainbows will win out on my list. I would only add the gourami if he/she played along. The rainbows are def'nátely the more important on my list.

I am not sure I think they might be German Blue Rams. Maybe Menagerie remembers. 1 looked a bit un happy but the rest looked pretty active and happy. I was pretty excite to see the pigmies as well. As soon as I saw the rams in the store I thought of you Allivymar.

I let you know if I break down tomorow and pick up some fish.

[webmoose]

my list looks like this right now:

rainbow fish
cories panda / pigmy / bronze
dojo loach
otto's
german blue rams

ottos will be added once the tank is established