stocking 55

[lilme]

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sand
lightly planted
plenty of hideing spots
was thinking






6 cherry barbs 3m/3fm
6-8 neons tetra
6-8 corys 3-4m/3-4fm
1 ram
1or 2 dwarf gourami
6 ottos or a BN pleco
5 coolie loach i tend to feed a lot of food a day so they wont starve lol

what else could i add to my stock list and the tank is going to have 30 gallons old tank water
and the filter from it to keep it nice and cycled

btw it will be black water


love catfish of all kind but we are buying from petsmart so keep it with what they have online please

 

[ImACoolguy]

lowlight
sand
lightly planted
plenty of hideing spots
was thinking






6 cherry barbs 3m/3fm
6-8 neons tetra
6-8 corys 3-4m/3-4fm
1 ram
1or 2 dwarf gourami
6 ottos or a BN pleco
5 coolie loach i tend to feed a lot of food a day so they wont starve lol

what else could i add to my stock list and the tank is going to have 30 gallons old tank water
and the filter from it to keep it nice and cycled

btw it will be black water


love catfish of all kind but we are buying from petsmart so keep it with what they have online please

Looks pretty stocked as is to me.

You could probably bump Kuhli to 6.

I'd do 8-10 neons.

Only 1 gourami per tank. No exceptions.


Caleb

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[lilme]

any thing i can add to it i thougt about a angle but they said they eat neon tetras
any bigish fish i can add

 

[ImACoolguy]

any thing i can add to it i thougt about a angle but they said they eat neon tetras
any bigish fish i can add

Ditch the neons and you could do an angel. In most cases they will become and Angel snack one day.


Caleb

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[Pseudomugil]

any thing i can add to it i thougt about a angle but they said they eat neon tetras
any bigish fish i can add

I have a friend who has huge Angels with neon tetras. Usually of you get small Angels and let them grow up with neons, they won't eat the neons when they get bigger.

I think you should do this:

6 cherry barbs
8 cardinal tetras (more expensive than neons, but are bigger, more colourful, and much hardier.)
6 peppered corydoras
2 German blue rams
1 dwarf gourami
1 bristle nose pleco
6 kuhli loach
MAYBE 1 angel

 

[ImACoolguy]

I have a friend who has huge Angels with neon tetras. Usually of you get small Angels and let them grow up with neons, they won't eat the neons when they get bigger.



I think you should do this:



6 cherry barbs

8 cardinal tetras (more expensive than neons, but are bigger, more colourful, and much hardier.)

6 peppered corydoras

2 German blue rams

1 dwarf gourami

1 bristle nose pleco

6 kuhli loach

MAYBE 1 angel

It really just depends on the personality of the angel. If they all grew up together it might work. There's another thread that just got past this exact conversation of Angels and neons.

If you do 2 rams make sure is a M/F pair. 2 males won't end pretty.


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[Toad]

What do you want the ottos/BN for? If you want algae control go with the Ottis, bn are cool (I have one myself) but they are literal poop storms and don't really do a lot of cleaning in my experience.

 

[lilme]

i only 1 one ram

and i looked at arcas pretty but 30-50 buck in my area

 

[Pseudomugil]

i only 1 one ram

and i looked at arcas pretty but 30-50 buck in my area

They do better in pairs.

 

[lilme]

ok it is 250 gallon got it for 30 buck dude thought it was a 55

stock 1
oscar
jackdamsle
redtail or rainbow Shark


stock 2
10-12 cherry barbs
10 neons tetra
15 corys
1dwarf gourami
2 rams
1 redtail shark or rainbow
what else

stock 3
all up to yall

 

[NigelK8485]

ok it is 250 gallon got it for 30 buck dude thought it was a 55

stock 1
oscar
jackdamsle
redtail or rainbow Shark


stock 2
10-12 cherry barbs
10 neons tetra
15 corys
1dwarf gourami
2 rams
1 redtail shark or rainbow
what else

stock 3
all up to yall

How do you confuse 250 gallons with 55 gallons? What are the dimensions?


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[lilme]

it was what the dude said it was but we went to put it by our oscar tank and found out it was a 250 by messuring it and put in a cuculater for aquarium size
8foot long 2foot wide x25inches high

 

[lilme]

it is 250+gallons

 

[ImACoolguy]

Not sure how they missed a whole 4 foot difference but if u got the tank for that good of a deal and no cracks or leaks then I envy you lol


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[lilme]

im sups happy just got to figer out witch stock to go with

 

[Delapool]

it was what the dude said it was but we went to put it by our oscar tank and found out it was a 250 by messuring it and put in a cuculater for aquarium size
8foot long 2foot wide x25inches high

Holey smokes - sounds a good deal!

 

[NigelK8485]

Yeah, do you have a picture of it or have you seen it filled with water? It's hard to believe someone sold a 250 gallon aquarium for $30...and thought it was a 55 gallon aquarium.


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[ImACoolguy]

Yeah, do you have a picture of it or have you seen it filled with water? It's hard to believe someone sold a 250 gallon aquarium for $30...and thought it was a 55 gallon aquarium.


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This is why I'm speculative about it. 4 feet is a huge difference


Caleb

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[Werebat]

If it helps for comparison, I have in my 55:

15 corys (was 3 but they breed)
3 dwarf gouramis
2 dalmation mollies
1 common pleco
1 yellow dojo loach
1 african knifefish
1 pictus catfish

 

[ImACoolguy]

If it helps for comparison, I have in my 55:

15 corys (was 3 but they breed)
3 dwarf gouramis
2 dalmation mollies
1 common pleco
1 yellow dojo loach
1 african knifefish
1 pictus catfish

Common pleco and probably the Knifefish will outgrow that tank soon enough.


Caleb

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