Stocking A 150 Gallon

[josh7]

If you get rainbows I think they might nip angels.

 

[Kbiff]

I'm trying to avoid any fish that conflict with the angle because it's the centerpiece of the aquarium and the one fish that the wife actually wants

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[josh7]

I would avoid rainbows then.

 

[Kbiff]

So the current stock is
2- Marble Angels
8- Silver Hatchet Fish
20- Cardinal Tetras
1- Rainbow Shark
5- Panda Cory Cats
5- Albino Cory Cats
10- Kuhli Loaches
5- Silver Dollars
2- Dwarf Gourami

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[josh7]

That sounds like one heck of a tank you should have no issues and have a colorful interesting community.

 

[Kbiff]

Now I know this is a little off topic. But now that I have figure out what I want in the tank. Do I need to have a lot of artificial plants or can I have predominantly rocks with the plant every now and again. And also just to be on the safe side sand won't cause a problem with any of these fish?

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[josh7]

Make sure to have at least 5 large caves. I would try to have at least 6 decent sized silk plants. It just makes it look more realistic.

 

[Kbiff]

I will probably have a little more then that. I just didn't really want to have a forest of plants.

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[josh7]

Oh yah you don't need a forest by any means but I mean plants will look good.

 

[Kbiff]

Not including maintenence on the tank. The Cory cats and kuhli loaches should do a decent job at turning up the sand and cleaning the tank?

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[josh7]

They will turn sand and clean up scraps but you will still need to do at least 25% water changes every week to control nitrates.

 

[Kbiff]

Awsome. With that many fish will my fluval be able to keep up or will I need to buy another small filter?

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[josh7]

You should be fine with that big of a filter. But you could buy anotherif you want the more filtration the better.

 

[Kbiff]

I'm going to do more research on some other odd and end things. I shall post again with either more questions or pics when I start my tank project. I just want to say once again thank you for all the much appreciated help and knowledge.

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[josh7]

Ok sounds good and not a problem were here to help!

 

[Aquaenthused]

I tend to disagree on the danio issue, but only if you have a SE Asian biotope with lots of surface plants with long roots and dense jungle Blackwater aquascaping.... It's a lot of work though.
I think this stocklist would be pretty cool
3 angels (try for 1m 2f)
7 silver dollars
5 yoyo loaches
10 hi-fin panda Cory
5 horse head loach
Longfinned cherry barbs (7)
25 Batman oto cats
12 sparkling gourami


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[Kbiff]

So after reading a little Iv decided that They rainbow shark is off the listing

 

[josh7]

Ok I know it says rainbows chase fish but they are really harmless if you have plenty of caves and sight breakers but its up to you.

 

[Aquaenthused]

Don't mistake the aggressive red tailed shark for a rainbow shark- in a 150g you could have 2 or 3 rainbows provided you break the line of sight up where as red tailed sharks are one per tank... They are mean fish!!

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[josh7]

Red tailed sharks get a bad rap I have kept one forever and don't see aggressive behavior ever. It's just a rule you keep 1 rainbow or red tailed shark per tank. They are both highly aggressive towards each other.