Stocking Levels And Tankmates

[sleepy smurf]

Hi,

Just a question on my plans for new fish and rehoming of a few current fish. I haven't really got the hang of stocking levels yet.

My sig has what I currently have in my tank, my plans are (obviously not in one day, probably over a couple of months):
- give the harleys to someone else
- add 4 more bumblebee gobies (noting that the original 2 came from a freshwater tank in the shop, and they look happy enough)
- add 2 kribs

So I'd like some advice please on stocking levels, and whether the kribs will be nice to my cories?

BTW the flying fox/algae eater - I'm not sure which, it was labelled as a flying fox in the shop, but it looked more like an SAE, and I have serious algae issues, so fingers crossed it's an SAE.

Thanks.

 

[rob newland]

Just make sure you get a pair of kribs or they can be evil little blighters - I used to have a couple, gave one to my sister and kept one as they were fighting - my one then died and my sisters one started attacking her BGK so in the end we took it back to the lfs. If you can get them to behave with each other, then they should be fine with cories.

 

[sleepy smurf]

Interesting thing with fish, different people, different opinions, different experiences

I've been searching the forums for info on kribs, some people say only keep 1 krib, others that you shouldn't keep kribs with neons ... guess it depends on the individual personality of the kribs you end up with!

I'd hate to get a couple of kribs that then ended up attacking my other fish, so does anyone have ideas for something else? I'd like a couple of bigger fish (for some size variation in my tank) that might freak my other fish out just enough to make them think about schooling a bit.

 

[jayjay]

Kribs would attack cories, anything slow, bottom dwellers and most small things.

Persoanlly I say you need to drop more than you are and add nothing else. Your cardinals don't have a shoal, nor do your 2 types of cories. I think you should drop the cardinals, gobies, cories and maybe some more.

 

[sleepy smurf]

Okay definitely no kribs!

I'd forgotten about the cardinals, I'm sure I can give them to my buddy who's going to get the harleys.

Wouldn't mind dropping the cories, but nowhere for them to go. I have so much trouble with them - out of all my fish they (at least the peppered ones) die the most easily.