is this a good 55g aqaurium?

[sholi]

1 male veil tail angelfish
1 female butterfly fish
4 silver hatchetfish
6 diamond tetras
1 kissing gourami
3 (zebra striped?) khuli loaches

ratio=1male:3female

Right now i'm just thinking about stocking for a 55g i know how to take care of an aquarium.

 

[sholi]

why is no one answering???

 

[somethingsfishy]

Kuhli loaches are best in schools of 5. Not sure about hatchets.

 

[somethingsfishy]

Sorry not hatchets I meant to say butterfly fish.

 

[BBradbury]

A Good 55 G

Hello sholi...

Guess I didn't catch the drift of your question. Your number of fish seems a bit small to me. But, I keep several 55 Gs and have Fancy Guppies, about 1,000 or so individuals with various species of Corydoras. Would you like to see some pics???

B

 

[bruinsbro1997]

1 male veil tail angelfish
1 female butterfly fish
4 silver hatchetfish
6 diamond tetras
1 kissing gourami
3 (zebra striped?) khuli loaches

ratio=1male:3female

Right now i'm just thinking about stocking for a 55g i know how to take care of an aquarium.

All I would suggest is upping the schools of schooling fish so you see them more active in the tank. Other than that I see no problems with the stock. However I'm not familiar with the butterfly fish but from what I've read it's a top dweller so I'm not sure how it would do with the angel who is also top-dwelling.

 

[sholi]

hmm... i see, because there have been some researching that butterfly fish might eat hatchetfish, i guess i'm gonna have to say no to the butterfly fish then...but i was thiking about having a similar, but different kind of community. but before i say so, what bottom or middle dweller fish will eat eggs like angelfish eggs? i wanna try adding more then 1 angelfish, maybe 3? 2females to 1 male.

 

[sholi]

i dont think i want khuli loaches anymore, knowing that tey're nocturnal, i also have noctornal pets too which i want to get daytime fish. not sayin im bored but its just that i wanna try something new besides noctunal pets.

 

[sholi]

yeah bbradbury i dont mind to see some pix.

 

[somethingsfishy]

Angels are awesome, best in pairs however.

 

[somethingsfishy]

Have you looked at yoyo loaches?

 

[sholi]

yeah, but its too hard to tell the gender and will fight if i got them as the same gender...

 

[bruinsbro1997]

yeah, but its too hard to tell the gender and will fight if i got them as the same gender...

I would think not. Territorial disputes if there are any would probably only be minor problems, when breeding is when they get aggressive.

 

[sholi]

sorry bruinsbro what did you mean by that?

 

[sholi]

no, yoyo loaches...are they aggressive?

 

[somethingsfishy]

The only sure way to get a pair is to get several angels and watch them pair off and remove the others. Loaches are peaceful ad long as they are kept in proper numbers.

 

[sholi]

yeah, i'm thinking bout getting other fish too.