50 Gallon Stocking ideas!

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Bigtunamtl

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Hello!

I recently acquired another 50 gal aquarium (length is 48", I believe) and am wondering what kind of stock I can roll with to complement my young Firemouth (~1.5") and Striped Raphael catfish (2.5-3" long). I am open to any and all ideas. Basically anything that will work peacefully and maybe even offer the potential for breeding. Looking forward to reading your ideas. Thanks!
 
Bigtunamtl said:
Hello!

I recently acquired another 50 gal aquarium (length is 48", I believe) and am wondering what kind of stock I can roll with to complement my young Firemouth (~1.5") and Striped Raphael catfish (2.5-3" long). I am open to any and all ideas. Basically anything that will work peacefully and maybe even offer the potential for breeding. Looking forward to reading your ideas. Thanks!
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Well firemouths are quite gregarious so you should a get a few more. Same as to the rapheal; get atleast 4 more firemouths and 2 or 3 more Raphael's.

And also, a group would form a natural breeding pair as the grow and you go separate those and try and breed those! I think that would be a good stock, maybe some dither fish.
 
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Justepic said:
Well firemouths are quite gregarious so you should a get a few more. Same as to the rapheal; get atleast 4 more firemouths and 2 or 3 more Raphael's.

And also, a group would form a natural breeding pair as the grow and you go separate those and try and breed those! I think that would be a good stock, maybe some dither fish.
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Agreed. For some dithers I would recommend either giant danio's or Congo tetras. They both get 3-4in and are fast swimmers while also being good looking. Maybe a school of 6-8. I wouldn't trust anything smaller tho as the firemouths may predate them then once they get big enough.
 
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So 5 Firemouths + 6-8 Congo Tetras sounds cool. I've had my eyes on Congo and Serpae Tetras as dithers for my 55 gal. Open to other suggestions! Thanks guys!
 
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Bigtunamtl said:
So 5 Firemouths + 6-8 Congo Tetras sounds cool. I've had my eyes on Congo and Serpae Tetras as dithers for my 55 gal. Open to other suggestions! Thanks guys!
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I wouldn't recommend adding serpae tetras with em, they're just a bit too small. Could be possible with some black skirt tetras tho.
 
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Magnus_Bane said:
I wouldn't recommend adding serpae tetras with em, they're just a bit too small. Could be possible with some black skirt tetras tho.
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My LFS doesn't currently have any Congo Tetras but does have Diamond Tetras which seem to grow bigger (6-10 cm) than the other Tetras (2.6-5cm). Would those work with the Firemouths or are they too small too?
 
Bigtunamtl said:
My LFS doesn't currently have any Congo Tetras but does have Diamond Tetras which seem to grow bigger (6-10 cm) than the other Tetras (2.6-5cm). Would those work with the Firemouths or are they too small too?
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I think they would be a bit too small but I've seen stranger combos.
 
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i if u wanted to get a single species a pair of green terrors would look nice. also a firemouth
 
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