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What do you guys think? Rainbowfish or killifish? Do I have room for both if I take a few fish out? I'm buying everything at fry size. Quarter sized angel fish, 1/16" upside-down catfish, guppies, etc so I should be good for quite a long time right?

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The only thing I'm buying juvenile are the otos and corys and maybe frogs as they are tiny already full grown. And if I bought them small I run the risk of them getting eaten.

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I'ld be concerned about predation by the killifish. Have seen them eat guppies.
 
dragonfish said:
I'ld be concerned about predation by the killifish. Have seen them eat guppies.
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guppies as in fry or full grown? Im not concerned about the fry, half my stock list is already going to eat them. frogs, gourami, angel, rams, parents, catfish,etc will all probably eat the fry. additionally Wikipedia says their is 2 types of killifish. predator killifish and omnivorous killifish. i plan on getting the omnivorous killifish.
 
mr.bigglesworth said:
Update stock list:
5 Angelfish
3 Dwarf Gourami Males will fight ad might nip angels fins, i'm saying this out of experience
2 bristolnose pleco
5 molly/guppy
6 rainbowfish Rainbowfish thrive and get best color in hard alkaline water while angelfish, tetras, rams prefer soft acidic
12 rummy-nose tetra
3 upside-down catfish
5 german/bolivian ram You'll need 2-3 females per 1 male, each male will establish a territory of approx 24 sq inches. You're tank is sure big enough for 2 males just make sure there is lots of decorations to break the line of sight
10 corydoras sterbai
5 oto catfish
1 hillstream loach They need well oxyginated water and strong water flow, strong water flow will stress the angelfish
3 kuhli loach You need at least 5 to bring out their best social behaviour and prevent the weakest one being starved by the more dominant two
5 zebra loach
3 african dwarf frog
5 hatchetfish
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The rest is either ok or I don't have enough info to comment on it, so you could do more research by reading profiles and care sheets on different web sites. Another thing that worries me is too many bottom feeders you have in there, the loaches, catfish, otocinclus and plecos make a total of about 20 fish so my fear is that someone will defenitelly not get enough food unless u specifically target feed bottom of the tank. Frankly I don't see the need for that much bottom feeders. I would pick one type of loach, the otos and upside down catfish. The hillstream loach probably won't survive long in ur tank cuz they need colder water, strong current, super prisine water and lots of oxygen so it needs to be an aquarium specifically set up for their needs for them to thrive. There is also a possibility of your angels picking on your guppies when they reach breeding age and even though you have enough space for them to run and hide, mollies would probably be better for your stock list.
 
alexanian said:
The rest is either ok or I don't have enough info to comment on it, so you could do more research by reading profiles and care sheets on different web sites. Another thing that worries me is too many bottom feeders you have in there, the loaches, catfish, otocinclus and plecos make a total of about 20 fish so my fear is that someone will defenitelly not get enough food unless u specifically target feed bottom of the tank. Frankly I don't see the need for that much bottom feeders. I would pick one type of loach, the otos and upside down catfish. The hillstream loach probably won't survive long in ur tank cuz they need colder water, strong current, super prisine water and lots of oxygen so it needs to be an aquarium specifically set up for their needs for them to thrive. There is also a possibility of your angels picking on your guppies when they reach breeding age and even though you have enough space for them to run and hide, mollies would probably be better for your stock list.
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I have the sexing information for german rams so i should be ok. im taking out the hillstream loaches thanks :). I am taking out 1-2 german rams. I am stuck between taking out the zebras or the kuhlis. If i take out the zebras im bumping up the kuhli pop to 6. The zebras had mixed reviews online as for compatibility with corydoras. I may have to take those out. The kuhli's prefer sand substrate and i have river polished gravel with some flourite mixed it which supposedly might be a bit sharp. And i might be bumping up the hatchetfish/tetra/killifish pop unsure... Rainbowfish are pretty hardy and i believe captive bred boesemani should be ok in neutral ph. the angel i know for sure will be ok. but the rams are very delicate. so i might get cockatoo cichlids instead. I am going to go the experience right first then if everything starts dying i will have to take better notice of conditions but many fish are very hardy and my ph is very stable.
 
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