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Hi,
I just bought a 140 gallon tank and was wondering if anyone had some stocking suggestions. So far I have 8 angels, 5 albino corries, 2 white dotty plecos, 10 black neons and 8 female bettas. Thanks!

i hoped you cycled the tank first, and if not thats alot fast, and not exactly what i would use as set up fish, but after you cycle (if u didn't already) some nice larger gouramie would filll the mid zone alittle, like blue/snakeskin/moonbeam.

8 female bettas! wow ive never heard of that being done before. Sounds cool.

I agree, some nice gourami's would look great

my tank is still cycling, the fish I listed are in my current aquarium. I just wanted some suggestions to start researching. Thanks for all your suggestions! I'm definately going to buy some gourami's when the tank is setup later this week

do you guys have any suggestions for a cleaning crew? do you think i should add another school of corries or another pleco? or would the 2 white dotty plecos and 5 albino corries be enough?

So the fish listed are not in the new tank, right?

In a 140g tank, you could have 2 or 3 schools of fish. I think 2 big schools would look great. You could also have a few angels and gouramis.

The choices are pretty much endless in that size tank. Cories and loaches are good bottom feeders. I would get a BN or another type of smaller pleco for algae.

What size tank are your angels in now?


*Kristin*

they are in a 46 gallon bowfront
thanks!

Maybe you can add some more Corydoras & a pair of Pearl Gourami.


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Wow if all 8 angels are in the 46g tank, then I would move atleast 2 pairs of them...if not 3 pairs into the 140g tank.
You may still have room for a moonlight, snakeskin, or opaline gourami...or even pearls.
I suggest Rummynose tetras or Harlequin Rasboras for schooling fish.
Also, a school of lemon tetras would be nice too.

I think you could have clown loaches in a 140g. Get another opinion though, as I've never stocked a tank that large. If not clowns, then yoyo's are great also. You could have loaches and a big shoal of cories for the bottom.

*Kristin*

I'm going to be moving all my fish into the 140 gallon. I'm shutting it down as soon as soon as the new tank is cycled. I was thinking about clown loaches, do they have to be housed in groups of three? I was leaning more towards the yoyos.... how many corries do you think I should keep? i have 5 albino corries, but I was thinking of introducing a school of panda corries or peppered corries... Is it ok to mix different schools of corries?

Thanks.....

It is ok to mix the cories...just make sure you have pretty much even numbers for each type.

I had corydoras trilineatus (False Juliis) and pandas together and they were fine in my 55g.

If you go with the yoyos instead of the clowns you could have 6 yoyos, 8 albino cories, and 8 pandas or habrosus.

You may even be able to have more, but with the larger group of yoyos and plecos, the bottom would be pretty busy.

You may want to rethink the 8 angels. They will take up alot of space in your tank. I would not get a gourami. Especially since you have the female bettas also. That takes up alot of the middle-top space.

Add cories, loaches, and tetras and you will be pretty stocked.

*Kristin*

thanks for the advice!!!