stocking

i could be starting a 55 gallon aquarium soon and if i did i thought i would try something diiferent so i thought origonally that a turtle and fish tank might work but it turns out that it wont from the advice of 2 people on the froums and a couple of sites ive found   so to start a new it...

Hi all,   The OH and I are 99% decided on a Juwel Trigon 190 for our living room, but that's about the only thing we've agreed on!    We've been talking about stocking options as we want to decide on this before we buy the aquarium.  Unfortunately we both want different things from the tank, so...

Hi!   So, I've ended up with a 38 gallon (ish, a tiny bit larger) long tank that I'm in the slow process of setting up properly (it came with a filter, I need to purchase lighting and I have a heater). Cycling is coming to an end, so I'm considering the fish I want to stock it with.   I'd like a...

  I just purchased a 29 gallon last night. I set it up this morning and its looking excellent. I have a fake wood center piece, and 3 clumps of some sort of grass that I forgot the name of. I'm having a really hard time deciding on stocking options. At first I was thinking a community tank, with...

Hello there! I’m studying an animal care diploma and my current module is fish. I’ve always liked fish, but cannot even begin to explain the amount I have learnt and the appreciation I have gained for these amazing creatures – and I’ve barely even scooped the surface water in the ocean of fishy...

Hi, 　 I'm El, and completely new to this forum and to keeping fish and would really welcome some advice. I'm starting to get the bits together to set up a 120L (32 US gallon, 26 imp gallon) FW tank (Interpet Fish Pod, 120 Litre).   I've been reading this site for a couple of weeks now so I'm...

Hey guys!   So I need help for stocking suggestions (those who had helped a few months ago may recognise me. I'm back again, but this time have a few measurements changed. :) )   Here is my tap water quality:    Anyway, I need some ideas on what fish I should stock. I would like a community...

Hello all,   I am making a pond in my back yard. It will be a circular, with a ten foot diameter. 6 feet deep at the bottom. It will be roughly 3,000 gallons, probably a little less. (2,800 gallons maybe). I was wondering if I could put 7 koi in this pond, with their adult size considered when...

Hi! I am getting a 50 gallon tank very soon and I'm wondering if this stocking is alright?  tank dimensions: 48 1/4"L x 12 3/4"W x 20"H filters: Tetra whisper EX70, Tetra Whisper 10-30i   8x Panda Cory 1x peppermint pleco 2x german blue ram 1x angelfish* 6x cherry barbs 2x honey gourami 3x...

I know to have a balanced tank, you want to distribute top, middle and bottom swimmers and not overcrowd but cories stick to the bottom of the tank so would it matter whether you only had 2-3 or a big school like 6-7 since they dominate the tank floor and wouldnt cause overcrowding because they...

Ihave a 26 gallon (24x14x20) community aquarium with a pleco and 4 danios. What would be the best centerpiece fish, iam currently thinking of either a.. -honey gourami -angelfish -opaline gourami What is your centerpiece/favourite fish in your tank and what would you recommend?

I have a 26 gallon community tank with 4 danios, and a dwarf spotted pleco. Im looking to get a school of fish, and a centerpiece fish like a honey gourami or 3 spot opaline gourami Does anyone have any recommendations for a school of fish and whether a singular gourami would be too aggressive...

Hey Guys,   So I'm not new to the scene of fish keeping, but this is by far the largest design I've done. So due to a lack of knowledge in fish species, I need some help with what to choose!   I currently have a tank which is: 222 litres (58.6 US Gallons) It's filter is the: Tetratec EX1200...

i have a fluval roma 125 which has been running for a month and slowly adding the fish into the tank to help with the cycle and would like some stocking advice???   i already have;   1 GBR 1 Honey gourami 3 Rummy nose tetras 2 Cardinal tetra      any ideas of what else i could add or how much...

Hello everybody!   I'm new to the forum, and I'm planning a new tank, so I thought I'd seek some advice from the people here on my stocking ideas.    Planned Tank 61cm x 31cm x 32cm 1x male betta 6x glass catfish 6x panda cory   Is this overstocked? The tank will be heavily planted and have...

Hi everyone, as it is coming up to Christmas, I thought that I would surprise my partner by getting him a fish tank! He absolutely loves fish and fishing it's a huge hobby of his. Already owning a gecko and bearded dragon he likes the unusual pets. Now, this is where I need the help. I really...

hi there, im a newbie and I've just finished cycling a Rekord 700 (70 litres) which took a long time because I was confused at first and had to start again! Basically I just want a few groups of small easy to care for fish since I'm new to the hobby. I went and got 5 neon tetras from my LFS and...

I am getting a 20 gallon tank tomorrow. I am planning on the fish I would stock it with and how I would cycle it?   My current plan for fish is: 2 Dwarf Gourami's 3 Guppies 4 Albino Cory Catfish 5 Silver Hatchet fish I ran this through aqadvisor.com and it sad 99% stocking capacity.   I was...

So I cannot decide what I want to stock in my new 55 gallon freshwater tank. Kind of like aquarist writer's block ugh! Originally I wanted large schools of small fish like danios, tetras, rasboras etc but also want to dabble in larger species maybe even a few centerpiece fish I really would...

I have a 26 gallon tank with driftwood and a few live plants   i currently have.. 1 albino cory catfish 2 platies 1swordtail 1  black phantom tetra   can i add a school of cherry barbs and an angelfish?   im looking to transition to a semi aggressive tank

I have a new 30 gallon tank. I plan on planting it, and will probably add some driftwood as a centerpiece. The substrate will be black sand. The finer is an Aqueon whisper or something like that and is rated for 250 GPH. I've only had ten gallon tanks before, so i was wondering if my stocking...

Hi all,   I am setting up a new 120 litre Juwel Lido tank the dimensions of which are: 61 x 41 x 58 cm.   I will run two filters, the internal provided Juwel Bioflow 3.0 filter, plus an external Fluval 206 filter. I will not be having plants, but will have an additional air stone, with pettex...

What's the general consensus on keeping guppies with danio erythromicron? I love my guppies and love the look of the danios but im worried theyd feel overly shy around the guppies since theyre so active?? :)thanks

Would a 15 gallon be too small for sword tails and platies? It will have two ten gallon filters on it and hopefully planted. Not sure what I am going to use as a clean up crew. 

I made another forum like this but with a 30 gallon but now i'm kinda thinking about a 20 gallon tank, so any ideas about what fish to put in it and I want it to be a community tank, also do you guys have any tips on maintaining your fish tank and do you know what are the recommended filters...

I was thinking of upgrading to a 30 gallon tank and I need help deciding on what fish to put in the tank and I want it to be a tropical community tank sort of.     Also do you guys have any tips on maintaining it or what are the recommended filters, heaters, ect.   btw, the substrate is most...

I started my first tank about six months ago.  As of now I have a 14g planted tank containing the following:   4 glowlight tetras 5 cardinal tetras 2 german blue rams (mated pair) 4 tiny snails (hitch-hikers, not sure what they are)   I feel like the tank needs one larger fish, and I would love...

Alright so I have a 10gal tank already cycled and I previously had Red Cherry Shrimp in it.  I plan on getting some more now that I have resituated things and have changed my set up a little but I was wondering if i would be able to have other choices for stocking.  Perhaps some dwarf corys or...

My other tank is now cycled and the 1 species I really want is red scarlet indian badis (dario dario). They are very small and timid, slow movers and easily out competed for food. I know they're not ideal tank mates for alot of fish but does anyone have any suggestions for me? Dimensions are...

I just wanted your guys' opinions because a local Waterstones has a small tank in the kids' section and to me it looks too small for the fish it has in. Obviously i dont have precise measurements but comparing it with my own 70l tank id guess its a 50 litre at most and quite tall.  It has the...

Hey i just got a 70l tank which is currently cycling! Im a relative beginner (only had one 60l when i was a teenager) so i was interested in some fish like platies, neon tets and guppies but was wondering what sort of numbers i should be getting them in so theyre happy but not overstocked! thanks :D

Hi guys! Im really new to this hobby. I had a tropical tank when i was like 13 but that's it! haha I am just in the process of cycling my tank ready for the first lot of fish to be put in but i wanted to check i wasnt putting a stupid combo of species in with each other! I was thinking of neon...

Looking for some feedback on a potential 20 gal. long project. Here's what I'm thinking: panda cory x6 cardinal tetra x6 dwarf gourami x2 other specs: live plants, sand substrate, driftwood, tetra whisper EX20 filter. Open to subtractions, additions, or alternatives. Thanks!

Okay, So here's my delemma.   I had rushed into this hobby about 5 months ago, and didn't know what the hell I was doing. This is probably going to be horrifically long, so i apologize now.   My stocking was: -10g with 6 tiger barbs -20g with 1 convict (f) adult 1(f) 8"red devil...

My 120l is now fully cycled, but I'm having a dither about what to put in it. Originally I wanted guppies, a small shoaling or schooling species (I like celestial pearl danios, chili rasboras and pencil fish), maybe endlers, a pearl gourami as a centrepiece and a small plec, but now I'm...

I'm just wonder if this could work or not. - 60 gallon with a heater, filter and the whole shabang - 2 small(2") angelfish of undetermined sex - 1 small (2") clown pleco - 1 small (1.5") albino bristlenose pleco - 5/10+ *female* betta The things I'm worried about is (A) if the angelfish will...

Sooooooo I am looking for something to go with my little blue dragon PK in my 10gal. The tanks established- cycled, planted, heated, etc. It's always done well.   I tried otos a while ago... water parameters were perfect in every way, tank was caked in algae, acclimated them sloooowly and by the...

Hey everyone! Just looking to see peoples opinions on stocking a 10g tank. Was given one today and a 30g is the smallest tank I've owned. Curious what kinds of setups do well, and if there are any kinds of fish that could be bred. I'm using my 30-long for fry. (Rams and baby snails currently)...

Hey everyone! Recently got a new 10g tank, and the smallest tank I've had is a 30g. Curious on what kind of stocking setups I could do? Any fish I could breed? What type of bottom feeders? Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I plan on using white sand as a substrate. A few...

Today I discovered a large mark on one of my tiger barbs. I'm connecting it to my small BN Pleco, whom I've decided to rehome. Curious if Kuhli Loaches would be an adequate replacement as a bottom feeder/scavanger. Only other scavangers I have are 6 Green Corys. Tank size is 55usG, temp at 80...