I'm working on stocking for a 'loach' aquarium and unfortunately have no first hand experience with some of the species in question so am hopeful that those more experience can provide some feedback on this stocking:
The target water condition is tds 50, gh 2, kh 1, ph whatever (probably high 6); temp 78-80.
12 clown loaches
20-30 zebra loaches
6 yoyo (left over not adding more)
8 krobia xinguensis
40 cardinals tetra (will krobia eat these) ?
maybe 1 flagtail prochilodus
4-6 laetacara species (probably curviceps)
12 Anostomus anostomus (not sure about these)
maybe a platydoras armatulus (am i over populating the aquarium; or the bottom of the aquarium?)
4 crossocheilus langei (never see these in usa but if i can get them)
Some random plecos (mostly 6 inch or smaller; L204, L397, L128, 172a,..)
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Something i could see adding at a much later date include chocolate cichild (this would eliminate all schooling fishes due to their size); this would require i remove the cardinals; this is unlikely as they could also eat the zebra loaches which would make me very sad.
Anyway if you've kept some of these fishes and can provide some insights or suggesting for tweaking the stocking appreciate it.
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substrate will be estes stoney river (black); tank will have a fair amount of planting
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The tank will be uniformly heavily planted with open areas in the middle front; drift wood and shale will make natural caves for the plecos/clown loaches - no artificial caves. I hope to have enough burried in there to keep conflict from occuring between the clowns and plecos as this can be a serious issue - usually with the pleco suffering.
The target water condition is tds 50, gh 2, kh 1, ph whatever (probably high 6); temp 78-80.
12 clown loaches
20-30 zebra loaches
6 yoyo (left over not adding more)
8 krobia xinguensis
40 cardinals tetra (will krobia eat these) ?
maybe 1 flagtail prochilodus
4-6 laetacara species (probably curviceps)
12 Anostomus anostomus (not sure about these)
maybe a platydoras armatulus (am i over populating the aquarium; or the bottom of the aquarium?)
4 crossocheilus langei (never see these in usa but if i can get them)
Some random plecos (mostly 6 inch or smaller; L204, L397, L128, 172a,..)
-
Something i could see adding at a much later date include chocolate cichild (this would eliminate all schooling fishes due to their size); this would require i remove the cardinals; this is unlikely as they could also eat the zebra loaches which would make me very sad.
Anyway if you've kept some of these fishes and can provide some insights or suggesting for tweaking the stocking appreciate it.
-
substrate will be estes stoney river (black); tank will have a fair amount of planting
-
The tank will be uniformly heavily planted with open areas in the middle front; drift wood and shale will make natural caves for the plecos/clown loaches - no artificial caves. I hope to have enough burried in there to keep conflict from occuring between the clowns and plecos as this can be a serious issue - usually with the pleco suffering.