Stocking a 55 gallon.

[Dekz]

Ok so it looks like I'll be getting a 55 gallon tank a lot sooner than I thought. I want to get all my planning and everything done now so that when I get the tank I can dive right in.

I think I want to go with a whole bunch of relatively small fish. I'm just gonna list a whole bunch of fish that I'm interested in and we'll see what will go good together.

Angels
German Rams
Dwarf neon rainbows
Threadfin rainbows
Rummy nose tetras

I really like rainbows so I was thinking about doing almost a species tank. Like 6-10 dwarf neon rainbows, 6 threadfins, 3-4 bosemani, and then a big school of ~20 rummy nose tetras. And maybe a bunch of cories for the bottom, 6ish?

I'm open to all kinds of ideas though. Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[joy13]

I have an empty tank and thinking about rainbows except I can't find any locally so I might have to go with schooling fish. Do you already have a tank set up?

 

[robott]

i love rummy nose tetras.

 

[Dekz]

Not it's not set up yet.

So with the rainbows (neon dwarfs, threadfins, and bosemanis) do I have to worry about male:female ratio, or can I just buy whatever?

 

[Dekz]

I recently saw some Odessa Barbs at the LFS and WOW, very nice fish.

Any problems adding some of those to this tank?

 

[guitarist_9018]

neon rainbows should be kept 1 male to every 2 females. im doing that exact type tank with a few corys and i love the action and color although i do miss my african cichlid set up to....