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Okay,I'm going to start saving up for a 50 gallon and was wondering what some suggestions for stocking it might be.It will be freshwater.All suggestions welcome

Yup. I'm that crazy Twilight/animal/music girl

For a community tank

16 neons or 12 black neons
18 Panda Cories
4 rams, apistogramma, or trio of dwarf gourami
3 yoyo loaches

I think that would make a nice tank

or you could make a mbuna cichlid tank



-Vincent

Change pandas to juliis,16 neons or 14 cardnials.Could i keep rams and the DG?What do yoyo loaches look like?Let's see,I would like some tetras[rummynose,redeye,ect.],barbs,cobalt lobster and plecos.Anything else i could add?

Yup. I'm that crazy Twilight/animal/music girl

They would be ok together as long as you don't get to many.
How about this
Pair of rams
trio of DG
14 cardinals
8 tetras( whatever you like
Bristlenose pleco
3 yoyo loaches
6 julii

that would be a good stock but I wouldn't add much more unless you have a big filter.
Here are some pictures of yoyo loaches in my 55 gallon tank.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0048.jpg
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http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0469.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0425.jpg

-Vincent

Lobsters shouldnt be kept with fish. Lobsters eat fish.
Your plecos and loaches and corys wouldnt last long, neither would any slow moving fish like gouramis or rams.


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Personally I'd go with one of two communities:

-angels
-large school of rummynoses
-group of cories
-BN

or

-large gourami (snakeskin?)
-large school of harlequins
-2 or 3 pairs of cherry barbs
-group of kuhlii loaches

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I am favoring budzillas idea...Any more possibilites are welcome.

Yup. I'm that crazy Twilight/animal/music girl

If you'd want a Cichlid for a "centerpiece" I would suggest an Angel if it can go in there =P

So here's what I would do:

x1 Angel
x10 - 12 Rummynose Tetras(or tetras about the Rummy's size)
x13 to 18 Corys of your Choice
x1 Large Gourami

10G- 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Upside Down Catfish
20G- 1 Goldfish
72G(maybe95)- Need Stock suggestions

I know you could get more fish then that, I think lol

10G- 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Upside Down Catfish
20G- 1 Goldfish
72G(maybe95)- Need Stock suggestions

The stocking I gave you is varied, and I personally would cut it down to a few species but that is what you could get in 50 out of what you wanted. Good luck!

-Vincent

Pair of rams
trio of DG
14 cardinals
8 tetras( whatever you like
Bristlenose pleco
3 yoyo loaches
6 julii

I added up all the inches of fish that would be at 2 inches PER FISH and got a total of 76 inches. The Cardinals I was right. They usually reach a max size of 2" so that would be 28". BN's usually get around 5" to 8", Yoyos, I do believe, get to 3" in size although I'm not sure.

So yes it's a nice array of fish but unless you're getting like a 95Gal you shouldn't get all those. OR you can always recude numbers so like, 5 Cardinals(10" of fish), 1 BN(8" of fish), 3 Julii(7.5" of Fish), NO tetras(0" of fish), 3 Yoyos(12" of fish), 3 DG(6" of fish), 2 GBRs(6" of fish).

so:

10 + 8 + 7.5 + 0 + 12 + 6 + 6 = 49.5" of Fish. So you'd be BARELY getting by if you use the rule of 1 Inch of Fish per Gallon. Of course if you have like REALLY good filtering(like 2 Filters at each end that filter like 300GPH each) you could get away with like an extra 5" to MAYBE 10" of fish...

10G- 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Upside Down Catfish
20G- 1 Goldfish
72G(maybe95)- Need Stock suggestions

I would try this stocking:

2x Veil Tail Angels
10x Black Phantom Tetras
2x Rams
10x Panda Cories

This setup creates a variety of different fishes, and the pandas will have the extra room at the bottom, while the other fish swim about the middle and top sections.

Inky

The inch per gallon rule isn't really a good one to go by. Its more based on compatibility between fish, size, and filtration on the tank.

*Kristin*

Other than that the inch per rule is faulty, your new stocking suggestion is off fishrockmysox. Reducing number per species is not a good idea, much better is to just rule out the julii's and the dg or rams. but iguess you could get away with original, I set it up so all levels of the tank are covered.

-Vincent