Help picking Fish for new 55 gallon tank!!!

[Tigroscr]

Need some advice for stocking my new 55 gallon tank which should be here soon, I'm very indecisive and can't make up my mind! I was going to go with Discus but I'm having second thoughts and am thinking about doing a community cichlid tank if possible with smaller species of cichlids. I also will be putting a bn pleco and a feather fin catfish and some yo- yo loaches in this tank. PLEASE help I just can't decide!! if anyone has Discus what size is your tank? How many do you have? And what are suitable tank mates? Would the ones I listed above work? I appreciate any and all advice!

 

[TankMan]

Oh yeah. I love discus. Don't have any though. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[Tigroscr]

Oh yeah. I love discus. Don't have any though. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

Any suggestions? What fish do you have? I would like to have a peaceful tank!

 

[TankMan]

The fw 10g has just ghost shrimp and some guppies, as well as 5 peppered cory's (my favorite fish). The 55g has tiger barbs, one RTS and that's it right now. Still stocking slowly due to my BB.

 

[JacksonJigsaw]

well, you could make it more South american and get tetras, corys, ect. in a large tank you could have big schools of small fish that move together for a good lookin effect.

 

[Tigroscr]

Well I was really dead set on getting Discus until I went to my neighborhood Cheddars Restaurant and really started checking out their humongous fish tank (the kind I dream about lol) They have mostly a cichlid tank, it had some convicts, blood parrots, yellow labs etc and the coolest looking algae eaters I've ever seen!

 

[Tigroscr]

I should go back there soon so I can take pictures and see if people can identify all them for me!

 

[CleverBs]

Need some advice for stocking my new 55 gallon tank which should be here soon, I'm very indecisive and can't make up my mind! I was going to go with Discus but I'm having second thoughts and am thinking about doing a community cichlid tank if possible with smaller species of cichlids. I also will be putting a bn pleco and a feather fin catfish and some yo- yo loaches in this tank. PLEASE help I just can't decide!! if anyone has Discus what size is your tank? How many do you have? And what are suitable tank mates? Would the ones I listed above work? I appreciate any and all advice!

well i dont have discus however I am setting up a 75 gallon planted tank. My stock list is
6 German Blue rams
10 Cardinal Tetras
10 Seprea Tetras
2 Discus - Later down the road, going to use the money i get from breeding my rams (Hopefully) to buy the discus.

 

[Tigroscr]

well i dont have discus however I am setting up a 75 gallon planted tank. My stock list is
6 German Blue rams
10 Cardinal Tetras
10 Seprea Tetras
2 Discus - Later down the road, going to use the money i get from breeding my rams (Hopefully) to buy the discus.

That sounds like a pretty compatible tank but most info I've researched recommends 5-6 discus, just in case you didn't know

 

[CleverBs]

That sounds like a pretty compatible tank but most info I've researched recommends 5-6 discus, just in case you didn't know

I do but i have seen and heard many people who keep only 1 or 2 and they do just fine. So personaly ill take the risk, because I think they will be happy beings ill have perfect water proam for them beings my water with be soft and 6.5ph this should keep them plenty happy

 

[Tigroscr]

That's cool! Good luck! Let me know how it goes!

 

[Helloelliee]

I like a bunch of different little fish. You can get all kinds of colors and when they school together it looks so pretty. I have danios, platys, 2 gouramis, and then cory catfish, and one pleco. It's awesome watching all of my little fishies swim together. My friend has a cichlid tank and yeah its pretty, but after you watch the tank for a while you can tell the fish are stressed they all just chase each other around constantly. I'd have to imagine that's stressful on the fish. There's a few that don't even come out of hiding because of it. I prefer small community mixture. Good luck with yours though!

 

[jetajockey]

breeding rams is a fairly difficult endeavor, I wish you the best of luck!