125 stock REVISED

[devder1]

ok well i am finally stocking my 125 current list is
3x polypterus senegalus
1x gold severum
1x sun catfish
a bunch of miscellaneous small fish from my planted tank
so should i get some more sun cats because i believe they are schooling?

i am also planning on adding
3x senegalus albino
3x palmus
1x endlicheri
1x ornate
1x lima shovelnose catfish
1x south american lungfish

the problem is these are mostly bottom dwellers so i need something to liven up the open swimming areas any suggestions?

 

[peewee]

IMO it will be overstocked.

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

could do some silverdollars (regular, red hook, or blackbared etc.), only thing is you most likely will have to upgrade later if you get a school of like 6 with your eventual stocklist

does sound overstocked, what is/will the filtration be?

 

[devder1]

it will be overstocked, but the filtration is
2x marineland 350 HOB's with 2 biowheels each
1x diy wet dry sump 1200GPH
y would i need to upgrade eventually? just because of bioload?
i like redhooks, but they are 12.50 a piece where regular silver dollars are like 2.50

 

[peewee]

it will be overstocked, but the filtration is
2x marineland 350 HOB's with 2 biowheels each
1x diy wet dry sump 1200GPH
y would i need to upgrade eventually? just because of bioload?
i like redhooks, but they are 12.50 a piece where regular silver dollars are like 2.50

because of the size of the lung fish and of the lima.

 

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

Not a lima

 

[devder1]

my understanding is that lungfish could be kept in as small as a 75 because they spend most of their time just relaxing
also y would a lima cat not work for life?

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

it will be overstocked, but the filtration is
2x marineland 350 HOB's with 2 biowheels each
1x diy wet dry sump 1200GPH
y would i need to upgrade eventually? just because of bioload?
i like redhooks, but they are 12.50 a piece where regular silver dollars are like 2.50

my thing was you would need to upgrade with the silverdollars, especially red hooks... they swim constantly and get 6"+ having six or more of them full grown would get very crowded.

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

doing alittle online research on SAL, i have found from a few websites that they can get up to 4 feet long.... not too sure though

 

[peewee]

doing alittle online research on SAL, i have found from a few websites that they can get up to 4 feet long.... not too sure though

that's what i'm saying.