I'm new to the hobby and I just set up a 40 gallon breeder that is currently cycling. I'm running an aqua clear 110 at its lower setting (160GPH) I could switch it over to 500GPH if that is a better option. I have a few plants in there right now moneywort, pennywort, java fern, anubias nana, and anubias barteri. Its half sand half gravel and I have lava rock and driftwood in there right now but not a lot. I can change the temp. easily and I was hoping for some stocking ideas, I want a peaceful tank. I really want cories and black skirt tetras but I'm not sure what else, I like danios, dwarf gouramis but other than that I'm not really sure.
Stocking Ideas 40B??
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brennae
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Black skirt tetras are not peaceful. They harass and nip fins of other fish. In a 40b I'd do 10 corys. They are much happier in larger groups.
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coralbandit
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+ 1 on the skirts and some dwarfs...
Agree on the more cories the merrier!
How are you cycling the tank?
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Agree on the more cories the merrier!
How are you cycling the tank?
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sinibotia
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If it's an option, switch to the 500gph. More filtration is always better.
I recommend 5 zebra loaches or angelicus loaches! They're some of the most interesting bottom dwellers you can get for a 40 gallon.
You could do a solitary angelfish if you add it to the tank a while after everything else! That would be a nice way to fill out the middle space.
I recommend 5 zebra loaches or angelicus loaches! They're some of the most interesting bottom dwellers you can get for a 40 gallon.
You could do a solitary angelfish if you add it to the tank a while after everything else! That would be a nice way to fill out the middle space.
I think I'll just not put black skirts in if their nippy and definitely a lot of cories
Eggheadfish
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I have 27 cories and 3 cryptoheros cutteri in my 40b. Though I tend to overstock and do a stupid amount of water changes cause I have a bajillion bottom dwellers...You could look at doing some kind of SA/CA cichlid like rams. Tetras are good choices. My other 40 has Odessa barbs. Smaller rainbowfish, rasboras, livebearers, something like that
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