How many cons in a 75?

[Natalie]

My marble con pair spawned a couple of weeks ago and I have about 120 fry. I've always liked the idea of having a species tank with marble cons (males only so that there's no shenanigans). How many could I keep in a 75g tank, conceivably??? I love the idea of a bunch of mini-monsters.

Thanks!

 

[Onion01]

maybe 10-12. If you like mini monsters, I suggest a shoal of 30-40 exodon paradoxus. Like piranha, but BETTER!!!!

 

[Natalie]

Exodon are cool but I absolutely love marble cons. This is the proud papa-- I can't wait to pick out the fry with the best markings.

 

[Darksideup]

Maybe keep all females, high filtration and you could possibly have more. Maybe add a male to keep fun!

 

[Natalie]

That's an idea.... I kind of like the look of beefy mature males better than females. I have one female in my parrot tank and that might be enough for me, haha.

 

[Natalie]

I'm kind of thinking of getting a 100g long for my birthday (72"x18" footprint). It would take a while to grow out all of the fish but I think it'd be neat.

 

[twhittle]

10-12 should be cool.