Adding fish to our 40 gallon

[themartins]

I'm looking for some imput on future fish purchases. Right now we have 1 5" red tail shark, 9 zebra danios, and 3 cherry barbs. Thinking about maybe a tiger pleco, a few more cherry barbs, a school of tiger barbs, 3 clown loaches, and maybe a couple of Angel's. Any input or other tank mate suggesstions?

 

[KevinES]

I wouldn't put angels in with tiger barbs...I wouldn't add any more than what you listed and what you listed might be over doing it. Clown loaches get big...they will out grow a 40 gallon. I would focus on the danios and tiger barbs. I think they go nice together. Sepae Tetras and Columbian tetras can hold their own in there if you really want other fish.

 

[TraceyB4602]

I would not get the clown loaches they will out grown your tank. You can try another kind of loach like maybe a yo yo of kuhuli or maybe a few cories.

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[tyspot1000]

I would add up your cherry barbs for sure. Make sure to use the 1 male to 2 female ratio.

I would leave out the tiger barbs; they do better in species only tanks. As being aggressive fin nippers, they are hard to put with any tankmates, but I guess it depends on the individual fishes personality (some can be fin nippers; some are not).

I would also recommed keeping the clown loaches out of the stock question. They can get 12-13 inches big and need at least 100+ gallon tanks.

You could possibly do an angel or two but I wouldnt. The zebra danios would possiby nip them (the cherry barbs might also, but there hasnt been many reports of them nipping.

 

[DragonFish71]

You can also try some of the dwarf species of cichlids; rams, kribs, apistos. We started our 40g a couple of years ago as a ram tank, didn't have much luck with them so went with kribs. Now we have rams doing excellent in our 115g and kribs in our 40g.

 

[KevinES]

I had a tank with 6 Tiger barbs, 5 colombian tetra, 5 serpae tetra and a rainbow shark. Never had an issue with the tiger barbs.

 

[themartins]

Dragon Fish - Dwarf cichlids would be great! I would love to observe their behavior in my aquarium, however I don't know anything about cichlids. Are rams, kribs, and apistos types of dwarf cichlids? What would you suggest for someone starting out with their first cichlids - how many would you suggest that I add in my tank? The ph in my aquarium stays right around 7.2 - 7.6. Where can I turn to learn more about dwarf cichlids?

My plan now for total inhabitants:
1 red tail shark
9 zebra danios
9 cherry barbs
1 Bushy nose pleco (they only reach 4 1/2" adult size)
? dwarf cichlids

 

[gkuzel]

I love my Bolivian rams. Wouldn't trade them for the world! Blue rams are a little more touchy to the water conditions. But the Bolivians are a great first timer cichlid!