40 gallon build

[Goldfish loach boy]

Hello? After being long gone from the hobby I decided to come back, keeping my 55 gallon tank and building a new one, a 40 gallon goldfish tank
This is what I have planned for now
1 black moor
1 oranda
2-3 golden dojo loaches
2 bulldog plecos
Could I add anything else or just leave it like that?
Will be running 2 40 gallon filters
Thanks!



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[Goldfish loach boy]

Thinking about adding a school of peppered cory's or some White Cloud Mountain minnows, or maybe both, what do you all think?


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[Finian]

I'd be interested to see what others say as I plan on upgrading a goldfish tank this year

45 gal. freshwater and 10 gal. female betta tanks

 

[ImACoolguy]

IMO that's a lot of bioload for one tank between goldfish and pleco's... Regular water changes will be mandatory for this tank. Goldfish are messy eaters and pleco's poop a lot.


Caleb

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[ImACoolguy]

I'd also up the filters, especially with that stock.


Caleb

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[Adamtron2000]

Maybe just one bulldog pleco to lower the bioload a bit? And what's the GPH on those filters?

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

The gph is 250 for each filter, or 500 in total, but I can up it to 500 each if that would do any better


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[Adamtron2000]

In my opinion, since you have about 12 times the gallons for your filtration, you're good in that area.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

I'm down to perform bi-weekly water changes if necessary


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[Fishobsessed7]

I'd leave out the cories and the minnows.


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[Goldfish loach boy]

Ok so plans right now are
1 oranda
1 black moor
3-4 dojo loaches
1 bulldog pleco
1 Borneo loach
3 Apple snails
Is adding another goldfish a possibility or just stick with two?


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[jlk]

Tank conditions for a Borneo (or hillstream) loach and fancies are not compatible. I honestly would skip the loach and pleco and stick to two fancies. Perhaps a school of wcms or rosy reds if you add plants/protection for them.


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[jlk]

Snails would be fine as long as you can figure out how to manage feeding them with piggy goldies.


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[Goldfish loach boy]

Well unfortunately I can't do the 40 gallon and have to make it a 20 gallon long, obviously it won't be a goldfish tank anymore, will be starting a different thread about the 20 gallon, thanks for all the help!


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[TigerFusion]

Sorry it did not work out with the 40 Gallon. I also was concerned with the Bioload. I currently have 3 Comet Goldfish in a 75 Gallon with 2 Golden Dojo Loach... That is it... Nothing else is going in there.

I look forward to seeing what is in store for the 20 gallon.

 

[RitztoRubble]

Working on a very similar project

Hey all!

I am new to the thread, I know this has wrapped up a few days ago. BUT I am actually currently working on a nearly identical set up to Goldfish loach boy!

The plan is to expand my highly overstocked 10 gallon with the 50 gal Hextank I just got. There is a catch however. Living in an apartment and wanting to utilize my fish as much as possible. So I use them to grow food, through an aquaponic set up. Which works best with a fairly high bio-load.

I am looking for fish that are compatible with Fancy Goldfish (Black Moor,Fantail)

I currently have White Clouds, Apple Snails, and Ghost shrimp.

Looking to make it close to natural habitat. Any ideas?

Thanks!