75 Gallon "Community"

BellycrawlerJaws · Feb 5, 2016

Hey all, haven't been on MFK in a few years, life happened and my career took off and now, here I am...

I've finally gotten time back to breathe some new life into my old obsession, and have created my 75 gallon "community"... Heres where it is as of now...

1 HRP "rio danli" (approx 3" - 4 years old)
1 spotted raphael (6 years old this year)
1 sun catfish (4" solid)
7 fat Tiger barbs (who always seem to starve the weakest member of the school)
6 red hooks

The community actually somehow works very well, and I have a 125 in the folks' basement for the red hooks once my fiance and I own a house...

The question is, should I up my tiger barb school to 12? or add 3 more red hooks? Thanks for your input.

ehh · Feb 5, 2016

Don't red hooks get really big?

jaws7777 · Feb 5, 2016

Since you have a 125 waiting for the hooks. I would add more tiger barbs...never have enough

jeaninel · Feb 5, 2016

I second the upping the tiger barbs.

BellycrawlerJaws · Feb 6, 2016

ehh said:
Don't red hooks get really big?

Dinner plate sized yes, over a few years. I own the 125 and stand, just need the house for it.

jaws7777 said:
Since you have a 125 waiting for the hooks. I would add more tiger barbs...never have enough

Thats my thoughts, I wanted to double the school to 14

jeaninel said:
I second the upping the tiger barbs.

We're on the lookout for full grown ones, our sun catfish has grown and will devour anything that isn't full size.

BellycrawlerJaws · Feb 6, 2016

The problem is finding tiger barbs that are big enough to not become a snack

BellycrawlerJaws · May 4, 2016

Hey all,

Attached are a few updated pics of the tank, in the background you may also see some juvie red-tailed tinfoil barbs... a bit of an impulse buy on our part, but they fit in PERFECTLY with the red hooks and tiger barbs (feeding time is a SWARM). Again, 125 waiting in the wings for this group of growing fish so theres no worry on my end about the upgrade.

Sorry about water clarity in the pictures, had just fed them so the particles are everywhere.