55 Gallon FW Semi-Aggressive

[Talvari]

Joining the site motivated me to take some new pictures of my tank. I'm not happy with our plant selection, really... they don't flow together very well. Money is limited though so if I revamp it, it will definately take awhile to redo.

Anyways... we went with a less-is-more sort of scheme. My husband is the one who wanted semi-aggressive fish.. I would much rather have had tropical community. You can do so much more with it, IMO, because you dont have to worry as much about who is going to get along with who.

Anyways... We started off with 6 tiger barbs, but unfortunately the smallest of the bunch died not too long ago. Not sure what was wrong with him, but he was always a little smaller and a little less bright than everyone else. I rescued a couple of clown loaches from being flushed by a 'friend' of mine, so there are two of those. We also have a Gold Gourami and a hi-fin pleco. Oh and about 10 baby molly fry that I rescued from work that will be going to my co-workers 36 gallon once she has it cycled properly. (hence the breeder net in the tank)

Anyways... Here are the pics. The first is the full tank, the 2nd/3rd/4th are the left/middle/end of the tank, and the last is my gold gourami. You can see my tiger barbs in the third pic. My other fish are in hiding.

 

[redsea]

Nice tank. I like the tiger barbs!

 

[Valous]

nice I am a fan of the gold gourami. Now that pleco does get very large and will grow out that tank. It will be a while but sometimes its hard to get rid of a giant pleco. I would also consider filling out the school of loaches.

 

[Talvari]

I know, the hi-fin pleco usually gets to be about 18 inches. Hopefully, we will have our own house and a larger tank (Im hoping for a 120) by the time he gets to be full size. If not, I know a few people who have larger tanks that would be more than willing to take him.

I wont add any more clown loaches for the same reason. I know they can get between 10 and 14 inches and 55 gallons is not big enough for the ones I have now, let alone a larger school of them.