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djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	How's this sound?: top: 1 festivum 2 dwarf gouramis mid: 2 german rams 6 black phantoms bottom: 1 leaf fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Festivum are really social fish. If you want them, get at least three. If not, I would leave the gouramis there. You could mix and match the species as well: a pair or pearl or honey gouramis would work in a snap. Everything else sounds good. The tetras might be a bit, well, fast for the leaf fish. I would do asian glasscats.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	I completely forgot about the cats. Say add 3 and drop the festivum? What about a small pleco for the bottom?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Darth Vader Big Fish Posts: 338 Kudos: 334 Votes: 35 Registered: 05-May-2005	i think a pelco would be fine in such a big tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Mmm, how about a pair of bristlenoses? Some of the smaller, more common varieties are nice, too, however, they will cost you a bit more. L-260 (queen arabesque--other hypancistrus seem to be more difficult to find), all panaque with the maccus complex (panaqolus), or peckoltia sp. (nearly all are compact enough/common enough for the said aquarium) are good picks. Also,up the glasscat school to 6.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	2 Dwarf Gourami. 2 Rams & 6 Phantom Tetra. 6 Corydoras & 2 BN. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	No way, Jason---you need the leaf fish . They're so cool.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Two notes- German rams are more bottom fish than mid-water dwellers. They'll venture upwards if they feel like it, though dense planting helps. Also, a good Ancistrus species that stays small and is common happens to be [link=A. triradiatus]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/triradiatusbn.xml" style="COLOR: #808080[/link]. I got my male for $11, and he's an awesome fish. You may have to search to find anything beyond Ancistrus sp. fish, but these guys are cool. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	Actually, I already have a pleco in mind, the clown pleco. Apparently, they're $$$ and rare in some places, but by me they're $3 for a baby! Are rams active? Last edited by djtj at 06-Jun-2005 14:37
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	what do you mean by active? swimming 'round the bottom of a tank active or shooting from one side of the tank to another active?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Rams tend to cruise the bottom and they do patrol their territory, but they don't swim all around the tank. Plus, they're usually pretty slow swimmers, and save their energy for bursts of speed. That's what I saw from my rams. Clown plecs rare? Expensive? In the U.S., I wouldn't have thought that possible. I've seen them in several stores in my fish-impoverished area. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	That's what I thought, but then somebody told me they were rare... Go figure
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51


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