stocking a 125 community planted gallon tank

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RedFishBlueFish35

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will have black playsand substrate mixed with a little bit of left over seachem flourite...
will have between 1WPG and 2WPG of flourescent lighting
filters will be 2 AC 110's

stock would look somewhat like this....

14 x Three Lined/peppered Cory (Corydoras trilineatus)
1 x Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leerii)
10 x Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
10x Flame Tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
1 x albino BN plecos (Ancistrus sp.)
10 x Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha)
10 x Rummynose Tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
2 x Keyhole Cichlid (Cleithracara maronii)
8 x Boesemans Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)

i was wondering what else i could add from the list below....
xray tetras-10
kuhli loaches-7
black wido tetras-10
angelfish-1-3(pretty sure i want these)
glowlight tetras-10
upside down cat fish-?
iffy....
marbled hatchets?never kept them before...
kribs...
orange lyretail killis....


so please respond with your mock stocking list for this...please keep the original list and then add what you think would be good from the want list....

thanks in advance:nilly::nilly::nilly::nilly::nilly::nilly::nilly::nilly:
 
Personally, I like the choices you have now including the add list. It's a good balance of top, mid and bottom fish. The kribs might be too aggressive, but I'd try them anyway and add them last. I think all corys are cool so I'd suggest a bigger variety of them. Let us know what you go with. A large community planted tank is hard to beat.

Be sure to post pics along the way!
 
I agree with Sprirofucci on the krib. You really can't go too wrong in a community tank. I would also pass on Angels, because I've seen them eat small tetras. You may consider adding 3-4 more Pearl Gouramis. They're nice looking and peaceful and used widely in all the LFS. You know the one, the planted show tanks that have a "Not For Sale" written on them. The first list is great combination of schooling from different species. Just know the beefy broad bosemanin rainbows will be the dominate inhabitants to your 125.

Not to take away from your post as examples are always good. But i listed what I have below for my 75 gallon planted community. Good luck with your tank.


Inhabitants:::
1 4" Giant Gouramy :: 1 5" Green Terror :: 18 cardinals,9 Congo,3 black neons,8 lamp eye tetra,10 bleeding hearts,7 columbian tetra :: 1 yoyo,1 zebra,1 Redfin,3 clown,1 Queen,1 polka dot, 2 kuhli loach :: 1 albino rainbow shark :: 1 bushynose, 1 green rubberlip,1 white spotted rubberlip, 1 royal pleco :: 3 sterbai,2 peppered,6 albino,1 brevirostris,2 julii,2 melanstius corydoras :: 1 siamese algae eater
 
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