Is this a good freshwater fish combo?

[Jamo3030]

Don't bother with a pleco. They get huge and they are more mess than they're worth.

 

[JasonG75]

A black ghost knife,
2 or 4 discus,
ghost catfish,
clown loaches
pleco

55 gallon tank

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

And a rainbow shark

DROP THESE
A black ghost knife
2 or 4 discus
clown loaches
JUST wont work out in a 55 gallon tank.

Glass catfish are very sensitive to a high change in pH, and are hard to feed unless they are kept is shoals of at least six


So you want a schooling fish - This is what I would suggest

9 Rummynose Tetras (school)
1 rainbow shark
6 Glass catfish
6 Pygmy corys
1 Bristlenose pleco

go with a Sand Substrate, since you plan on having some plants. Hope this helped.

 

[aclockworkorange]

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.

I'm a tiger barb fan myself. I do like other barbs though... Black ruby, Odessa, melon, Denison, rhombo, etc.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Don't bother with a pleco. They get huge and they are more mess than they're worth.

Wow... No. There are lots of plecos that stay small. Your best bet would probably be a bristlenose, great little algae eating pleco, max out at 6" for males, 4" for females.

 

[Jamo3030]

No need for the "wow," I prefer to not be treated like an idiot. I'm not the only one that said plecos are large and messy. You are right, there are smaller types of plecos. Bristlenose are among them, however at least where I am from and in places I have lived in the past it is hard to find anything but common plecos which get very large and do in fact make a mess. Other types are available where I am but you have to go looking for them and they are expensive so most people end up with commons.

 

[Ambervikings91]

not bad

 

[jsethcole]

Wow... No. There are lots of plecos that stay small. Your best bet would probably be a bristlenose, great little algae eating pleco, max out at 6" for males, 4" for females.

+1 bristlenose are great. IME they have taken care of any algae without munching on the plants