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Ok, as some know I am going to get a 29 gallon (replacing a broken one) for christmas I have all the materials I need listed and I might log it soon, just to start things up even though I won't start til november at earliest.

Well, now I am starting to think of what to do with my 55 gallon again. My mind keeps skipping between fish and I can never seem to pick the ones I want. So far (only so far) my mind is set on this...

2-3 Red Turqois Discus
20 Cardinal Tetras
4 Blue (or Bolivian) Rams (2 pairs of each)
10 Corydoras Schwartzi
1 Small gold plec (yes I realize he will get bigger...)

Now, can you see any problems with this? Any fish you would replace with another?

All input is greatly appreciated

Last edited by Tetra Fan at 05-Aug-2005 21:15

if u think u can house discus, go for it.

WEll, obviously I tihnk I can house discus, I would not waste my time asking if it was ok if i wasn't actually gonna try to keep the fish

Any conflicts in the tank stock?

I don't see any conflicts between those fish.
Go for it & post some pics.


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Nice looking setup. I want to do that same exact setup one day .

Well I've HEARD that discus can eat cardinals, but I don't see that happening.

That would be a BEAUTIFUL tank. Hope the cories don't mind the high temperatures too much. Good luck!

Well then, that was easy

I hope to have it started by at LEAST the middle of september

[edit] one last question

Could a twig catfish be good in that set up? I'm not sure how big they get though so any information on these guys would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by Tetra Fan at 06-Aug-2005 14:29

I say black rhom but thats just me..



Chris

That would be a nice biotope

a twig would be a nice replacement for the pleco when it grows bigger here is some info on them..

Last edited by dude_dude at 07-Aug-2005 05:21

A black rhom, weighates? I havn't heard of them before, but I think I might look at them. Well seeing as none of my fish are conflicting, I think this is what I will do, but would it be ok to ahve the Pleco AND the twig? I'm sure the pleco doesn't get too big, only 7 inches and that should be fine in a 55 gallon. Good filtration and probably weekly to biweekly water changes is what I'm seeing right now.

The Gold nugget pleco I want, is L-18, and only grows to 6 inches compared to the L-177 which grows to 11.5 inches.

Last edited by Tetra Fan at 07-Aug-2005 11:01

Er, I think i meant whiptail cat when I said twig catfish. It isn't Farlowella acus, but the fish I am referring to is [link=Rineloricaria fallax]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/whiptail.xml" style="COLOR: #40FF40[/link]...would THIS fish be ok in this set up (I don't see a reson for it not since it almost the same as a twig catfish, but I want to be sure, the shape of this fishes body is what makes me want it more)

Its a black Rhombus. Look it up on webcrawler. there is no profile for it on here.


Chris

PS- If you want a community tank this is not the fish for it but if you want 1 show stopping fish this is it

Last edited by weighates at 08-Aug-2005 01:08

That would be a pirahna...a 55 is too small for a pirahna any way.