46 Gallon Bow Front Stocking

[Rxblade123]

What should I put in my 46 Gallon? It's cycle and it currently contains 2 Blue Rams, 1 Black Ghost Knife, and 4 Zebra Danios. I'm going to remove the Zebra Danios, but not sure about the Blue Rams.

 

[FishLover14]

I might add some loaches or corys. Maybe 2 zebra loaches and a bushy nose pleco as a cleanup crew.

Some cardinal and neon tetras in a school would be nice, not sure but the ran might bother them.

Red and Black Phanotm Tetras in a school are stunning too.

JMHO

 

[Rxblade123]

Is the bushy nose pleco a good fish for eating algae?

 

[gheitman]

The bushy nose pleco (aka bristlenose or Ancistrus) is an excellent fish for eating algae. They don't grow very big (<4" usually) and they are very well behaved with other fish. If you get one you should also have a piece of driftwood in the tank because they like to gnaw on that too. I would suggest adding 5 or more corys because they are fun to watch and a school of larger tetras. I would avoid any smaller fish, including neon tetras, because as the ghost knife gets bigger it might consider them snacks. Remember that it has the potential to get up to almost 20" long although I'm not sure what the norm is. If you follow this link it will give you more info on your ghost knife including a list of compatible species.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/knifefish.xml

 

[Rxblade123]

Well I won't have to worry about getting small fish becaused my BGK has died . It was my favorite fish...

 

[SerLunchbox]

That just sucks. I guess you are going to have to get a new one now

 

[Rxblade123]

Yea I would want to, but I don't know.... Don't want my Zebra Danios and Blue Rams to harass the new one.