Ulrichsd
Aquarium Advice Freak
I'm looking for suggestions for stocking a 60 gallon! This is my third tank (MTS), but it is always fun to plan the stocking phase I just upgraded my mbuna to a 125 gallon that were previously in the 60 g. I love my African cichlids and happy to get the acei some more swimming space. I also have a 20g African Clawed Frog tank.
So.... all these tanks are in the basement (man cave) and this particular one will be behind the bar. What I'm saying is that most of the time people won't be looking at them from inches away. My thought is the barbs will get big enough to show up well from a viewing distance of 6 feet for anyone sitting at the bar.
My thought was it would be fun to get a large school of tiger barbs. Maybe 20 or so - I think it would be beautiful with lots of movement. I know that they aren't that unique, but I've always really liked the look of them. And then maybe 10 kuhli loaches, which I've read that they might be good tank mates with barbs and could be fun to keep.
So my question is... and I'm open to ideas - is there any other stocking idea I should consider other than the barbs/kuhlies? The idea of discus or saltwater reef tend to cross my mind, but I just don't think I want to deal with that much work. I still have the 125 g maintenance so I don't want to take on an exponential amount of additional maintenance.
Just got the dual AC 70 filters delivered yesterday, so I'll start cycling tonight!
Thanks,
Scott
So.... all these tanks are in the basement (man cave) and this particular one will be behind the bar. What I'm saying is that most of the time people won't be looking at them from inches away. My thought is the barbs will get big enough to show up well from a viewing distance of 6 feet for anyone sitting at the bar.
My thought was it would be fun to get a large school of tiger barbs. Maybe 20 or so - I think it would be beautiful with lots of movement. I know that they aren't that unique, but I've always really liked the look of them. And then maybe 10 kuhli loaches, which I've read that they might be good tank mates with barbs and could be fun to keep.
So my question is... and I'm open to ideas - is there any other stocking idea I should consider other than the barbs/kuhlies? The idea of discus or saltwater reef tend to cross my mind, but I just don't think I want to deal with that much work. I still have the 125 g maintenance so I don't want to take on an exponential amount of additional maintenance.
Just got the dual AC 70 filters delivered yesterday, so I'll start cycling tonight!
Thanks,
Scott