Stocking 60 Gallon

[snakefin]

Tank size: 120x40x50

Intended stocking plan:
1 Palmas sp. (Which has a more elaborate marking?)
1 Delhezi
1 Teugelsi
3 Ropefish

Have I overdone it?
I was also wondering if there might be space for some smaller shoaling fish like Rainbows.

 

[Dr.B]

Teugelsi will get too big. There's space for the rainbows, but try and make sure they're around 5" or so to prevent the Polys from trying to eat them.

 

[Dr.B]

And I would go with palmas palmas. It looks best IMO

 

[DMD123]

And I would go with palmas palmas. It looks best IMO

+1
A favorite in my collection is my palmas palmas

 

[snakefin]

2 Palmas Polli
1 Delhezi
3 Ropefish

I'll go for this stocking list then? Thanks!

 

[Dr.B]

That's looks fine

 

[snakefin]

What is a good number and species of "shoaling" (very loosely) fish that I can include?

The intent is to provide some midwater or surface activity and colour when polypterus or the ropes are a bit more sedentary. I'm alright if the fish gets eaten assuming they don't all disappear over a short period of time, or that they don't cause the bichirs any harm.

Does this describe your experience for polypterus tanks, in the sense that they can be sedentary sometimes?

 

[lizardboy]

maybe 5 or so boesemani rainbows? I think they're a CARES fish, so that would be cool, and they're really pretty. I'm not sure how big they get, though

 

[Dr.B]

You could do some silver dollars.

 

[jaws7777]

Decent sized giant danios could work, maybe a couple angel fish,