Setting up a 125. 72 X 19 X 22. I'm planning on 5 Balas, 3 Tinfoil Barbs, a pleco or 2, Some snails and I was thinking 4 Bichir (upper jaw only). I'll be running a eshopps WD-300CS and a pump. 1600 GPM. And a sponge or 3. Heater or 2. Pool Sand Substrate, I'm planning on planting the aquarium, Hiding spots, and the like. My question is this...Too many fish?
Setting up my 125
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I wouldn’t go with the balas as they will eventually outgrow that tank, tinfolils would work but because of their size will limit your stock, I would go with a group of medium sized barbs and bichirs like a group of 5-6 filament barbs or spanner barbs as they are big enough not to get eaten but also very entertaining to watch
I would agree the tank size would be better suited to barbs in the 6" range, as such active swimming fish, the tinfoils and balas will look cramped in a 125 once they are eventually huge. I used to have clown barbs, they got big and were bright red, very nice barbs.