Tetra tank - 44g/165lt - small Pleco/stocking ideas

[ezbandrea]

Hi everyone, I am about to embark on a new 44g tank based around a Rio Orinoco amazon build. My stock list would be
Cardinal Tetra x 7
Platinum Tetra x 6
Ember Tetra x 8
Pencilfish x 6
Corydoras x 2
Otocuclus x 4
I am wanting to include a Loricariidae but a small sized species. I am favouring towards the L316 Jari Zebra or Queen Arabesque Pleco L260. Any thoughts!?!?!

My wish list for a few other inhabitants(but not all of them!!) would include -
Lime green Tetra
Vilma Tetra / chocolate neon Tetra
Belguim flag Tetra
Peruvian Tetra
Loreto Tetra
Ruby Tetra
Marbled Hatchetfish
Ruby tetra
Any experience, advice or thoughts would be most welcome...

 

[bruinsbro1997]

to AA!
I'd say you'd already be pretty stocked with your current list, if not overstocked, I'd tune it down to just two pencilfish and get rid of a school.
You are going to cycle the tank, right?

 

[epiphysis]

Welcome!!

Take out the pencilfish and up the corries. They need to be in a school and are so much nicer. Apart from that, just add the schools slowly, like one school at a time every two weeks or so. By the second second you can look at how things go and decide if you can fit one more in.

But firstly, as bruinsbro1997 said, get it cycled.

 

[ezbandrea]

Thanks for the welcome and replies.

I am going to cycle the tank and all parameters will be correct before putting in any fish. I am going to use some plants and filtration meduim from my current tank to get the BB going.

Any thoughts on which fish to put in first?
Any ideas on a suitable small plec?