36 gallon stocking

[Megg]

I posted awhile back about stocking, and finally have my fish moved and am ready to add more fish. I have a 36 gallon bow front (I think it's 30"x15") with 4 serpaes, 7 neons, and 4 platies. I'm planning to add more serpaes and a clown pleco, rubber lip pleco, or kuhli loaches. What kind of fish would be compatible as a centerpiece?

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[Finnster]

May I suggest adding 2 Serape Tetra, maybe 3 Neon Tetra, a platy, 3 Boesemani Rainbowfish, and 2 or 1 Pitbull Plecos (dependent on your algae bloom/detritus buildup levels).
-Finnster

 

[Megg]

May I suggest adding 2 Serape Tetra, maybe 3 Neon Tetra, a platy, 3 Boesemani Rainbowfish, and 2 or 1 Pitbull Plecos (dependent on your algae bloom/detritus buildup levels).
-Finnster

I'm planning to add 3 more serpaes for sure, and will probably also add a few more neons. I've been told that boesemani rainbows need to be in a 55 gallon minimum also. Is this untrue?
Also, I'm mostly looking for a larger fish for a centerpiece.. maybe a gourami or angel? I'm concerned the serpaes will nip at them, but I've heard they might not if they're in a large enough group.

 

[Finnster]

I'm planning to add 3 more serpaes for sure, and will probably also add a few more neons. I've been told that boesemani rainbows need to be in a 55 gallon minimum also. Is this untrue?
Also, I'm mostly looking for a larger fish for a centerpiece.. maybe a gourami or angel? I'm concerned the serpaes will nip at them, but I've heard they might not if they're in a large enough group.

I've read mostly 30 gallons and up for the Boesemani. And I'd be more worried about the Gourami (if not a dwarf) or the angel to nip at the Serpae. If you have solid water parameters maybe some Rams for the centerpiece.

 

[howardg]

Rams. Good


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[snailpufferguy]

Pearl gouramis are nice

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[Megg]

Would it matter if they were German blue rams or Bolivian? (Those are the 2 I hear about a lot)

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[Finnster]

No all rams are very similar in every way, the only difference is color. LiveAquaria has a good pic on the differences Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Fish: Ram

 

[howardg]

Blue Rams

I've got a German Blue Ram in my 29.lwith a dwarf gourami, 3 buenos tetras and 5 head and tailight tetras
The ram is peaceful and beautiful.

 

[howardg]

German Blue Ram


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[guppygourami]

I've heard that germans are much more sensitive and can be more aggressive :


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[Megg]

This thread is a few months old so this is no longer an issue. Thanks for the response, though.

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[guppygourami]

This thread is a few months old so this is no longer an issue. Thanks for the response, though.

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Whoops, sorry. What did you settle with? And I sent you a private message


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