starting a 55 gallon freshwater tank

[Alexander15992]

Hello everyone my name is alex I just got done building my fishtank stand for my 55 gallon tank here are some pics I started the cycle process. I have alot of questions I had a simple 20 gallon but I wanna do plants and drift wood in this tank just curious what your guys thoughts were. Also looking for tank mates here's a small list of what I liked pepper cory cat
Cherry barbs black kuhli loaches angles neon or cardinal tetras and ram chilids and Brush nose pleco I believe it's called. Thank you all for your help will post pics as I go

 

[Fish king]

That's a good set up they can all live together and you never posted the pics


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[Alexander15992]

Thank you

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[Alexander15992]

I'm going to add another bubble wand to the other side

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[Alexander15992]

And what use is a power head and do I need one?

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[Alexander15992]

I also liked the dwarf gourami

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[Fish king]

Yes that well work all of those are peaceful what kind of gourami do you want


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[Madmike10000]

i like it. down the road if you want to get rid of the hob filter you can get aqua top cf500 canister. it would fit in the cabinet and be much less room on top. it cost around 120$ and its rated for a bigger tank but over filtration has never been a bad thing.

 

[Alexander15992]

I liked the neon dwarf gourami or the blue gourami and yes I was looking at a canister filter but wasn't sure on how well they worked so I went with two of the emperor 400 bio wheel filters

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[Alexander15992]

The flame dwarf gourami are cool looking as well

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[Pseudomugil]

Tetras, cory cats, barbs, and kuhli loaches like to be in groups each of at least 6.
You could get:
15 neon tetras (I find them easier to care for than cardinals)
8 cherry barbs
6 kuhli loaches
6 peppered cory cats
4 electric blue rams
2 bush nose plecos
2 neon dwarf gouramis

That would be about as much as you could get. The rams can be aggressive so watch out if you decide to get them. And the cherry barbs might nip other fish's fins but usually this isn't a problem.

 

[Alexander15992]

Pseudomugil thank you so much that helped me alot I was curious the amount I could have in my tank

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[Fish king]

Yeah you can have quite a bit


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[Alexander15992]

How are angel fish

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[Fish king]

They might get nipped at a little bit but I never had angelfish so I cant help you with that


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[treemanone2003]

The cherry barbs and Rams should be fine. The Angels may become the aggressors of the tank in time.


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[Fish king]

The cherry barbs and Rams should be fine. The Angels may become the aggressors of the tank in time.


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Angels are aggressive there so slow moving


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[treemanone2003]

Angels are aggressive there so slow moving


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They're only slow moving when being graceful and majestic. When they've got established territories in a tank they'll move like a runaway train to defend their area.


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[Alexander15992]

Thank you both for your help I think I will hold of on the angels

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[Alexander15992]

Here's a update on the fishtank looking for a place to get plants and driftwood of any one has any ideas checked the local pet store and got the 3 small driftwood with plants on them but that's all they really had

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