Hello,
New to this site, been keeping mixed community fish for over 20 years. Generally tropical south american and different catfish. This will be a long post.. sorry. Many questions.
I am upgrading from a 55 gallon (48" long) to a 150 gallon (66" long..weird dimensions). I've never had a tank this large and have no clue what I'm doing with it. I'm looking to keep up the community theme, but add some generally peaceful schools/shoals, and one or two medium to larger fish (no bigger than 6-8 inches). Will I have any issues with any of these combinations? Any other recommendations..whether there's issues or not? For the fish I want only 1-3 of..I know some will be happier with more, but can they been kept in these low numbers with all other tankmates? Do I need to trim it down because of size, filtration (API rena filstar XP canister filter, 400 GPH), compatibility, etc?
Here's what I will start with (because I want to rebuild schools for current fish I have before adding others):
- 5 cherry barbs
- 6-10 glass catfish
- 4 white skirt tetras
- 4 black tetras
- 4 bleeding heart tetras
- 2 raphael catfish (one 6" striped, one 5" spotted. Spotted is 16 years old..my baby!)
- 2 upside catfish (one older fully grown, one younger little over 1")
- 1 banjo catfish (fully grown, about 3"-4")
- 1 common pleco (about 15")
Here's what I'm thinking of adding after I rebuild the schools:
New to this site, been keeping mixed community fish for over 20 years. Generally tropical south american and different catfish. This will be a long post.. sorry. Many questions.
I am upgrading from a 55 gallon (48" long) to a 150 gallon (66" long..weird dimensions). I've never had a tank this large and have no clue what I'm doing with it. I'm looking to keep up the community theme, but add some generally peaceful schools/shoals, and one or two medium to larger fish (no bigger than 6-8 inches). Will I have any issues with any of these combinations? Any other recommendations..whether there's issues or not? For the fish I want only 1-3 of..I know some will be happier with more, but can they been kept in these low numbers with all other tankmates? Do I need to trim it down because of size, filtration (API rena filstar XP canister filter, 400 GPH), compatibility, etc?
Here's what I will start with (because I want to rebuild schools for current fish I have before adding others):
- 5 cherry barbs
- 6-10 glass catfish
- 4 white skirt tetras
- 4 black tetras
- 4 bleeding heart tetras
- 2 raphael catfish (one 6" striped, one 5" spotted. Spotted is 16 years old..my baby!)
- 2 upside catfish (one older fully grown, one younger little over 1")
- 1 banjo catfish (fully grown, about 3"-4")
- 1 common pleco (about 15")
Here's what I'm thinking of adding after I rebuild the schools:
