Amazon Biotope Aquarium

[GobyMaster]

Okay- I am about to purchase a 150 gallon aquarium and I wanted to set an Amazon River biotope, but I'm not sure about the stocking. This is what I'd want:
Lemon Tetra-Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnisx10
Rummy-Nose Tetra-Hemigrammus bleherix15
Angelfish-Pterophyllum saclarex5
Discus-Symphysodon aequifasciatusx7
Glass Knifefish-Eigenmannia lineatax6
Black Ghost Knifefish-Apteronotus albifronsx3
Royal Panaque-Panaque nigrolineatusx1
Marbled Hatchetfish-Carnegiella strigatax15

Would the Characins work with all the other inhabitants??

Tanks for all potential help-

GobyMaster

 

[GobyMaster]

Did I post this in the wrong forum, or is there another reason that people were ignoring my question If it's in the wrong forum, someone please move it, thanks!

GobyMaster

 

[parker313]

In a setup like this, the angelfish and discus are going to be your main concerns, so you may want to try the NW Cichlids forum. I don't keep discus, but I know they require higher water temps than most other tropicals, so you might want to double check those other fish are compatible with the higher temps.

Also, I would suggest looking at corydoras catfish, great bottom dwellers from the Amazon - again, just double check the water temp requirements

 

[Alps]

Some corys that would work well with high temperatures are Sterbai's.

 

[JakeKM]

In the wild anglefish will eat small tetras.

 

[tophat665]

The rummynoses might be small enough to be in danger from full grown angelfish. I'd be just as concerned about the Glass Knives, though. Male E. lineata can get up to 14" long. While they are natural eaters of insects and crustaceans, I would be concerned that they might pick off small sleeping tetras by night. On the other hand, Glass Knives wouldn't be good at defending themselves if your angels pair up and breed.

Heck, you've got a BGK in there too. That will eat your rummy noses and maybe your lemon tetras. Just a matter of time. Also, don't know as I would mix two electric species (BGK and Glass Knife). They might annoy each other. So yeah, I'd say your tetras are going to be problematic.

 

[finchfarm]

Angelfish will eat small, slender tetras and knifefish will eat anything they can fit in their mouth. I also wouldn't mix the two knifefish species. I read somewhere that they're aggressive to thier own species and similar species.