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ok i finally got a bigger tank i thought it would be a bigger one but my family wanted a smaller one so here i am with a 55 gallon. Here are my stocking ideas
oh by the way i have a penguin 330 on there and also a mini. I have a 200watt heater also. I want a school tank with different colorful fish
10 panda cories
10 Eye Spot Rasbora
10 zebra dainos
10 cardnal tetra
5 otts
and 5 dwarf frogs

this may sound a bit over stocked but these are all small fish and dont produce that much waste and its in the front room so its a show tank so i gotta clean it once a week.
Let me know what yall think

also question 2: as of now i have 5 panda cories and 10 zebra dainos. Will they be able to supply another waste to help the bio spira? I was thinking of tanking some filter pads out of my established tank hide it in a decoration and let that sit in there for a couple days. Let me know

Last edited by brtaylor2000 at 26-Mar-2005 19:27

Last edited by brtaylor2000 at 26-Mar-2005 20:41

dich the dainos, go 4 some tetra or something, diamond tetra perhaps?

sorry, I didnt realise you loved your danios so much..

Last edited by dude_dude at 26-Mar-2005 20:07

I love my dainos those where my first fish Your not the only one who tells me to dicth them but i just think dainos are underrated

I would drop the frogs. Although they will get along with all the fish mentioned, ADFs are not the most powerful swimmers. Remember that they have to go to the surface to breathe quite often. If you put them in any tank that is more than a foot high, your asking for trouble. If you are really set on the frogs, however, you can bend the rules a little bit. Put in lots and lots of plants. They have to be strong enough to support a frog's weight and have wide leaves that the frog can use almost like a ladder as it climbs to the surface.

However, I would just set up a seperate 2.5 - 5 gallon tank for them. You can get a full setup for under $50 and the frogs will be more lively if they do not have to worry about other tankmates. I would not be surprised if your frogs spend most of the day in the 55 gallon under a rock.

Sorry, but that's just my humble opinion
- DJ :88)