Stocking questions for 75 gallon heavily planted tank.

[undbulsu]

My current setup is a 75 gallon heavily planted tank run at pH 6.6,,kH 4 and temp at 79. I currently have the following inhabitants

5 Corydoras Sterbais
3 Siamese Algae eaters
2 otoclinus
10 Cardinal Tetras
2 German rams (breeding pair)

My lfs has several keyhole cichlids and I plan on adding some to my tank, as well as more German rams. Now for my questions.

1. Should I add an even mix of male and female german rams or go for more females than males? I was thinking of 3 or 4 more

2. How many Keyholes should I obtain? Once again I was thinking of three, but because they are impossible to sex, maybe more to get a breeding pair.

 

[FishLover14]

First Of alll,

Welcome To AA


Second o naswer your questions i would have more femla blue rams than males.

I persoanlly would not add keyhole cichlids as if you had a spawning pair they could become relatively aggressive, and in a big tank their is less chance they will hurt anyone but i still juts wouldnt risk it.

JMHO

 

[mattrox]

If you want to be guaranteed a pair you need a minimum of 6. (Chosen randomly from a selection where there are 1/2 of each sex)

I'd go for it. If they got aggressive you could always set up a breeding tank. I hear that they breed sporadically so they mightn't even breed at first anyway.

Take a look at this link.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=44943&start=0