90g stocking question

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Jack Dempsey
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I'm upgrading from a 55g to 90g for my Chocolate cichlid juvie (6" now). He's currently in the 55g with a 6" L91 which will max out around 8", and a single botia striata loach. I also have a 30 gallon community tank with which a few inhabitants I hope to make into the 90g. I'm running 2 AC 70/300's and will be adding another HOB filter rated for a 40g tank with strictly mechanical/bio. So I will have those 3 filters running as well as a air pump, and doing 25-30% weekly wc's once the 90g is set up.

For the stocking question- I plan to stock the 90g with my Chocolate cichlid (10-12" full grown), the 8" L91 (full grown), 3 Black Skirt Tetras, 1 4" Clown pleco, 2 Night Gobys, the Botia Striata I have now, and I want 2-3 more Botia Striata for socializing with the single one I have. Will this be too much bio-load for the filtration I plan to run? Should I plan more water changes or better filtration, or should I be alright?
 
I know that is what I should do, but because of $ that's not a option at the moment. Should I hold off with all that stock being added until I get the AC 110's? Or would I be ok for a month or two if I held off on adding the 2-3 more loaches, and just added the 3 Black Skirt Tetras and 2 Night Gobys? I don't feel like this is overkill on the bio load, but am not sure.

The AC 70's are for 40-60 gallons if I remember correctly. I'll have 2, and going with the minimum recommendation that's 40g+40g, 80 gallons. I would also be adding a 40 gallon filter with just filter floss and bio-media. I should be filtering enough at minimum for 120 gallons, only 30 more than the 90 gallon tank. I know this isn't the best, but will I run into nitrate and or algae problems as a result?
 
I don't really see anything wrong with the stock. Might want to up filtration as you go, but you're fine ATM.
 
All my stock are clean eaters as well, even the Choco. cichlid, as I feed him floating pellets. It's the crap I am more worried about, and I'm now thinking of going with a bare bottom tank on the 90g until I get the AC 110's. That should make it much more manageable.
 
You should be fine as long as you keep up with water changes.
algae bloom will occur only if your tank is constantly in contact with direct sunlight. Your fish are small, too. so for about a year i think you'll be good. Maybe a UV sterilizer for great water polishing.

When i kick my oscars out of my 90, i plan to revamp it with 2ea AC110's for a Jardini i will put in there.
 
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