Need Your Opinions - My Exotic Tang Tank

[v3by]

I have 60 gallons, all my fishes are juveniles (around 2-3.5")
Here's the lists
3x Yellow calvus
1x White Pearl calvus
1x Congo Black Calvus
3x Tropheus Ilangi
2x Burundi Frontosa
2x Tropheus red rainbow
1x tropheus Bemba
2x Brichardi
1x cylindricus
1x Yellow Lab
1x Red Zebra
1x Red Top Albino Zebra
1x Snowball Pleco
1x Gold Spotted Pleco

What do you guys think, is that too much ?? Cause I'm planning to add 1-2 blue dolphin and that's it I'm done. Thanks for your feedback

 

[gobucks1]

That ALOT of fish man, especially for a 60 gallon. What are the dimensions by the way?

Consider getting rid of everything except:
3x Yellow calvus
1x White Pearl calvus
1x Congo Black Calvus
2x Brichardi
1x cylindricus

Maybe make the Cylindricus a pair. And possibly add some cyps.
The Labs and Zebra may work in that setup, but IMO mixing lakes looking funky.

Be SURE to get rid of the fronts, they get a little big for a standard 60 gallon.

Or go straight Tropheus tank and have a nice colony.

I wouldn't add anything, maybe start subtracting fish.

Good luck.

 

[v3by]

Thanks for your input
Tank dimension is 48x12x18

 

[mike dunagan]

Way too many fish, worse tropheus would kill each other off, either group or one. 2nd mbuna are not tangs, nor do they play well with them. You should keep the mbuna out.

 

[Marius]

3x Yellow calvus pair better
1x White Pearl calvus pair better
1x Congo Black Calvus pair better
3x Tropheus Ilangi DEFINITELY NOT
2x Burundi Frontosa read above
2x Tropheus red rainbow and again.. NOT
1x tropheus Bemba NOOOOOOOOOOO
2x Brichardi No, they will take over the tank
1x cylindricus pair recommended
1x Yellow Lab Malawi
1x Red Zebra Malawi
1x Red Top Albino Zebra Malawi
1x Snowball Pleco ...South America
1x Gold Spotted Pleco ...South America


So ...no NOs, no Malawis, and no South Americans. Add a school of Cyphrichromis and your 60gal will be good, at least 20 of them, one variant only. Shell dwellers, at least 2-3 variants can also fit in.

 

[v3by]

Hmm........ so far all the fishes play nice. I saw several times the yellow lab fights with red zebra. But the others are very nice, again so far.......
Let's keep my fingers cross

 

[tcarswell]

That is a ton of fish ... mixing lakes. I would actually subtract from that stock list and not add to it. What kind of filtration are you running?