Is this a good freshwater fish combo?

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A black ghost knife, 2 or 4 discus, ghost catfish, clown loaches and some kind of pleco(also will any of those eat live plants)

I dont want to get all of these I just want to see which ones I can get
I have a 55 gallon tank and I do have some experience with fish, ive had a 30 gallon for about a year now

Also if you know any fish that dont grow more than 3in, are schooling fish and are 10$ each or less let me know please

Sorry if im posting in the wrong section im new
 
you would need later update tank. Clown is school fish and can grow to big but slow grow. BGK is big around 44-50cm. 1 discus per 10gallons best for they. i though discus is too school fish.

Ye they all is peacefully
 
Reventon;4826917; said:
A black ghost knife, 2 or 4 discus, ghost catfish, clown loaches and some kind of pleco(also will any of those eat live plants)

I dont want to get all of these I just want to see which ones I can get
I have a 55 gallon tank and I do have some experience with fish, ive had a 30 gallon for about a year now

Also if you know any fish that dont grow more than 3in, are schooling fish and are 10$ each or less let me know please

Sorry if im posting in the wrong section im new
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A black ghost knife adult size will be around 16-18 inches so will be to big for a 55. Discuss are happiest in schools unless they are a pair. Which i would say a a pair of discuss max for a 55. I know nothing about what a ghost catfish is. Alot of plecos get big and will out grow a 55 tank and are more messy then they do good unless you actually like them. And a school of clown loaches will evently out grow a 55 but they grow slow. There are a bunch of other loaches that stay smaller.
 
if i'm thinking of the ghost catfish correctly they also are schooling fish and need to be kept in groups of 5+, the BGK and most plecos will get too large as well, but it's good that you have a good starting point to base off of, why don't you try yoyo loaches instead of clown loaches, and a good cheap schooling dither fish are buenos aires tetras
 
You could get a smaller knife like an African brown knife (I haven't kept these personally, so I don't know if they're more aggressive than BGKs), smaller loaches like polka dots, yoyos, or zebras, and a smaller dither like the larger tetras or barbs.
I kept a BGK, group of clown loaches, and a red tail shark in a 125 and they were all fine together.
 
+1 get an african brown knife, mine hides a lot but overall they're a great fish, very interesting to watch swimming - though since i added a larger place for him to hide i rarely see him anymore, honestly i sometimes forget he's in the tank until i'm gravel vaccing and he comes shooting out from nowhere :\
 
Glass cats are beautiful and IMO very underrated. They ARE a schooling fish, so get a good amount and they are at there best in a heavily planted tank, discus look great in planted tanks too. I would not do the BGK and Clown Loaches, not do to size as much as preferance. Alot of people will say NO to what I'm about to say, but T-Barbs look amazing in a 55planted tank, and tend to not be as nasty when in larger schools, that has been my experience. I've never kept discus, but have kept glass cats, and currently keep T-barbs.

-So in short, long flowy plants(real or fake), discus, ghost cat school and t-barb school.
 
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