For a 75gal. . .

[Tom LoFaro]

You're not ANYWHERE near over stocked. At their full size, mollies are only like 3 inches tops, and gourami don't get that big either, 5 inches max. Add some bottom dwellers, maybe a whiptail catfish, some clown pleco, and maybe a you could also look into a fresh water flounder, they only get about 4 inches and they constantly suck on the glass to eat the algae. Keep your options open since you'll have so much room in that 75 gallon. I hope your fish don't get lost in that tank, haha. Good luck with stocking! Oh and also, the angel fish will eat any of the babies the mollies have. If you're planning on making them breed, I'd suggest not keeping angels with them.

 

[Khasilooluv]

Thanks everyone!

You're not ANYWHERE near over stocked. At their full size, mollies are only like 3 inches tops, and gourami don't get that big either, 5 inches max. Add some bottom dwellers, maybe a whiptail catfish, some clown pleco, and maybe a you could also look into a fresh water flounder, they only get about 4 inches and they constantly suck on the glass to eat the algae. Keep your options open since you'll have so much room in that 75 gallon. I hope your fish don't get lost in that tank, haha. Good luck with stocking! Oh and also, the angel fish will eat any of the babies the mollies have. If you're planning on making them breed, I'd suggest not keeping angels with them.

Thanks for the tip! I might make the groups bigger but I'm pretty happy with my stock list.

It might actually be a plus as I'm not looking into breeding right now.

 

[MonsterMinis]

Updated Fish List - 11/01/10
4x Chocolate Gourami
2x Koi Angel
6x Orange Sunshine Guppies
4x Red Fire Guppies
6x Black Kuhlii Loach
0x Ballon Molly (maybe)
4x Pineapple Swordtails 1m/3f or 4f the females lack the "sword" but are attractive. Platies may be somethign to consider insetad as they have more or a molly shape/size with a swords colors.
10x Tetra rummynose or serpae
2x Fresh Water Clams a challenging filter feeder to keep but neat
3x Ghost Shrimp Nitrate indicators.. think canary in a mineshaft.
2x Blue rams

-khayde

I'de cut-out the mollys, I agree w/ what was said about them. But mollys in general also don't to "Great" unless in brackish or semi-brackish conditions. I'de also add female swords and not males. They get fairly large and can harass guppies. or 1m/3f so he'll have them to keep himself busy with bugging. The Angels should be fine but eventually they may pair off, and that may lead to trouble. I've seen 2 pairs housed in a 55 that killed any other fish in the tank because between the 2 pairs there wasn't a safe spot in the tank. imo I would shoot for a single pair in a 75 if you want to keep a "community" I'de do 1 pair of angels and 1 pair of Rams as center peices if you will then the guppies and other assorted smaller fish for "fillers" I'm a big fan of rummynose tetras personally but serpas also look nice. I'de also consdier a pair of Rosy barbs preferably the long-finned variety. as a pair they are very active and also do well at eating hair alage in a system.

Also when haveing livebearers in a tank 1m to 3f is ideal.. or all males or all females. haveing that ratio or better reduces stress from the males wanting to breed constantly. Angels do a very good job at eating a majority of fry.

for plecos eventually if you like them, whiptails are fun, farwellas are interesting looking. Clowns are attractive but rarely come out. bristlenose are also interesting, and will readily breed in captivity. But don't add one unless you like them. They do need extra food and aren't "scum suckers" they add to your bio-load and may help with the process of keeping algae under control.. but they should never be tossed in a tank just for that. There are also alot of other smaller pleco species that would do great with your set-up depending on how much you may like them. and/or be willign to spend on them. And NEVER let anyone talk you into a common pleco, They get massive and are very very dirty fish.

 

[Khasilooluv]

I'de cut-out the mollys, I agree w/ what was said about them. But mollys in general also don't to "Great" unless in brackish or semi-brackish conditions. I'de also add female swords and not males. They get fairly large and can harass guppies. or 1m/3f so he'll have them to keep himself busy with bugging. The Angels should be fine but eventually they may pair off, and that may lead to trouble. I've seen 2 pairs housed in a 55 that killed any other fish in the tank because between the 2 pairs there wasn't a safe spot in the tank. imo I would shoot for a single pair in a 75 if you want to keep a "community" I'de do 1 pair of angels and 1 pair of Rams as center peices if you will then the guppies and other assorted smaller fish for "fillers" I'm a big fan of rummynose tetras personally but serpas also look nice. I'de also consdier a pair of Rosy barbs preferably the long-finned variety. as a pair they are very active and also do well at eating hair alage in a system.

Also when haveing livebearers in a tank 1m to 3f is ideal.. or all males or all females. haveing that ratio or better reduces stress from the males wanting to breed constantly. Angels do a very good job at eating a majority of fry.

for plecos eventually if you like them, whiptails are fun, farwellas are interesting looking. Clowns are attractive but rarely come out. bristlenose are also interesting, and will readily breed in captivity. But don't add one unless you like them. They do need extra food and aren't "scum suckers" they add to your bio-load and may help with the process of keeping algae under control.. but they should never be tossed in a tank just for that. There are also alot of other smaller pleco species that would do great with your set-up depending on how much you may like them. and/or be willign to spend on them. And NEVER let anyone talk you into a common pleco, They get massive and are very very dirty fish.

Thanks so much for that!
That really, really helped!

-khayde