Fish Stocking Question

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OK, I have a Juwel Rekord 120 (33 Gallons) and have some stocking questions.
I used to have 3 clown loaches but from some good advice from this website I discovered they would grow too big for my tank, so I have found someone that will rehome them.
I would now like to know if you think that this setup would be OK
If I work this out in inches of the adult fish then it would be like this:

2 Pearl Gouramis: 6"
1 golden gourami, - 3"
1 three spot gourami - 3"
3 Kuhli Loaches - 10"
6 Corries - 12"
2 Angels - 10"
A few small shoaling fish - 10-20"
A small plec (maybe Bristlenose) - 6"

I understand that this is a bit overstocked if you go by an inch to a gallon, but I will have a good filter and if I do weekly water changes would this be OK?
Thanks.
 
Overstocking will be fine if you want to risk it, but make sure you have wonderful filtration and aeration.
 
OK, I have a Juwel Rekord 120 (33 Gallons) and have some stocking questions.
I used to have 3 clown loaches but from some good advice from this website I discovered they would grow too big for my tank, so I have found someone that will rehome them.
I would now like to know if you think that this setup would be OK
If I work this out in inches of the adult fish then it would be like this:

2 Pearl Gouramis: 6"
1 golden gourami, - 3"
1 three spot gourami - 3"
3 Kuhli Loaches - 10"
6 Corries - 12"
2 Angels - 10"
A few small shoaling fish - 10-20"
A small plec (maybe Bristlenose) - 6"

I understand that this is a bit overstocked if you go by an inch to a gallon, but I will have a good filter and if I do weekly water changes would this be OK?
Thanks.


Two Pearl Gouramis will come out to more than 6 inches, more like about 8 inches. I'm not sure about the other types of gouramis, but I suggest you get 3 pearls, 2f 1 m, and drop one of the other gouramis, or else the female may be pestered to death (literally). Kuhlie loaches are very skinny and don't produce much waste so they can probably be counted closer to about 6 inches. I suggest you drop the plec because they produce a lot of waste, and if you get any angels you may need to rethink them with the smaller schooling fish like neons because that's thier natural prey in the wild. Some people have kept neons with angelfish without any deaths for years, but others put some in the tank to find them gone overnight! Many people say that as long as you feed your angelfish well they'll leave teh others alone, and I believe that.
Overall, if you really wanted those fish, go ahead and get them. As long as you have efficiant filtration and do weekly 25-30% water changes you should be okawy, although I still recommend getting rid of the Pleco.
 

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