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I cant decide wether to make my 55g or 75g into a SA community. Can someone help with a stock list with each and then I could make the decsion easier. Heres the fish I want involved. There other tank that doesn't get choose will have a single texas cichlid in it.

Bolivian Rams,
Lemon Tetras,
Von Rio Tetras,
Angelfish,
Plecos( BN, Candy Stripe, Tiger Plec, Clown)
Royal Plec (currently in the 75g)
Cories


Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 19-Apr-2005 02:02

Go with the seventy-five, but don't keep the Texas in the other tank for long. Fifty-five gallons is a little small for them.

With that being said...
12 lemon tetras
12 Nannostomus eques pencilfish
12 garnet/pulcher tetras
4 Bolivian rams (hopefully breeding pairs)
2 bristlenose plecos or the one royal plec
15 corydoras catfish (any but the dwarfs, they'd get lost in there)
4 festivums

That would be a cool stock list. You'd also have a little room for error (i.e. a missed water change), because most of the fish are low waste producers.

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

*wonders why sirbooks suggested the 75g then said the Texas will get too big for the 55g* If you want to keep your TC, let him have the 75g and do your SA community in your 55g.

I have a 55g SA community as well. The fish are:
black neon tetras
lemon tetras
red serpae teras
bleeding heart tetras
German blue rams
San Juan corys
corydoras C121
Beckford's pencilfish
otos
clown pleco
male BN pleco
silver hatches
a blue snakeskin discus

I won't say the numbers to avoid getting yelled at for being overstocked For your tank I suggest:

4 Bolivian rams
6-8 lemon tetras
6-8 Von Rio tetras
1 angelfish
6-8 cories of your choice

the plecos: since royals are a larger species, if you put yours in the 55g I'd stop with that. If you don't, I'd pick 2 from the list you provided. However, if a candy striped is included, make sure each pleco has enough places to hide to prevent squabbles. My BN and clown get along just fine.

Other South American fish to consider that would fit into your stock list are hatchets, otos and pencilfish.

HTH

><>Dani<><

If I go with the texas in the 75g then the royal plec will stay in there. I won't get into it with tank size for the texas. How is this for a list for the 75g

75g
2-4 Bolivian Rams(mine are agressive)
8 lemon tetras
8 von rio tetras
8 glowlight tetras
2 Angelfish
1 Royal Plec
6 Cory sp. ????
1 BN

Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 19-Apr-2005 10:58

From my experience having a 46gallon S.A. tank I would definitely go with the 75g. I know the 55 is alittle bigger, but my two angels look really crowed in my 46g.

I also have:
15 Cardinals
8 Rummys
1 Blue ram
1 Bolivian ram
4 or 5 ottos
5 Dwarf Plecos: Ancistrus sp, snowball, albino, rubberlip, clown.

It also depends if it's going to be planted, because that cuts down on the space for the angels.

My Scapes

You know, for a 75 gallon SA with a royal, I'd definitely do a robust fish tank---or better yet a venezuelan driftwood tangle biotope. Guppies, panaqolus maccus (clown pleco for future referrence), BNs, diamond tetras, corydoras aeneus, rams, and some of the dwarf crenchiclas.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 19-Apr-2005 17:17

If you already have the Texas I'd put it in the 75g and do the SA community in the 55g, just to give that big fish as much room as possible.

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I have 2 texas right now. One in each tank. The one in the 55g is a female and is perfectly happy.

Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 19-Apr-2005 16:04

the list looks good as far as species but i think you will have an issue with 2 angelfish. angelfish are touch and go as far as agression is concerned. you could get a puppy or godzilla its tough to know before you have it in the tank for a while. i think the best bet is to go with a single angelfish and this is just my personal opinion. this is more of a preventitive measure then anything. with 2 male angels one will be dominant over the other and the lesser of the 2 will get less food and be picked on constently. if you get a male/female they may pair and your dont want that in a community lol. if you get 3 in an attempt to get around this 2 may gang up on the 3rd wheel or again may get a pair. so with this said i think the safe road is the solo angel. just an opinion

by the way i also have a 75g SA/Asian tank and i wish i went all SA now.

ok I'll drop a angel and 2 bolivians then add 3 keyhole cichlids. If I can get one I'll drop a tetra school and get a festivum.

Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 20-Apr-2005 01:06