Stocking ideas...

[ecoli73]

Not much traffic on African board so I will post my question here:

I have began stocking for my 300T(96x24x30)...currently I have:

Peacocks(males I think)

1 Aulonocara "Rubescens Albino"
2 OB peacock
3 Aulonocara stuartgranti (Chiloelo)
4 Aulonocara maylandi(sulfer head)
3 Aulonocara sp. "Stuartgranti Maleri"(Sunshine)

Haps(mixed gender on the moorii)

2 Dimidiochromis compressiceps
3 Cyrtocara moorii
3 Sciaenochromis fryeri

2 Syn. decorus

From my old tank

1 albino sail fin pleco
1 L177 pleco
1 L14 pleco
1 L128 pleco
1 L07 pleco
1 Syn. ocellifer
1 convict(it hitched a ride in a holey rock and I am not going to drain the tank to get him out)

To this I think I will add(over time)

3-4 more Cyrtocara moorii,
2 Nimbochromis venustus,
a group of 6 Placidochromis sp. "Phenochilus Tanzania"

a group of 6 yellow labs
1 Champsochromis caeruleus(trout)
6-10 Syn. Petricola

I think I want one more group of predominantly red hap(need suggestions) and maybe one or two fish that strike my fancy...

My filtration:

1 eheim 2262(new, running for 3 weeks)
1 sunsun 304(same as above)
3 eheim 2028(mature, being running for 10 month on my old tank)

Any suggestions and do you see any potential issues with with setup? I forgot to add that I always just use what is coming out of the tap...

Thanks​

 

[ecoli73]

No one?

Okie, I am going to add a silver aro to the list...

 

[Bassmaster99]

get some mouth brooders

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

List looks fine to me, maybe just add some blue ahli's, aulonocara baenschi's, pseudotropheus acei, melanochromis johanni, copadichromis borleyi, aulonocara sp. dragons blood, lemon jake peacocks, copadichromis azureus, &/or protomelas taeniolatus

 

[ecoli73]

get some mouth brooders

all of those fish are mouth brooders with the exception of the plecos and syn catfish and the convict...

 

[ecoli73]

thanks CK

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Np, theres also many others you could add of course....but theres just so many possibilities lol. I just listed a few. Really would like to see pics of when you get your 300g stocked...I'm sure all the colors will be amazing.

 

[ecoli73]

Yeah...first I have to do enough water changes to get rid of the tea colored water...makes all my fish brown colored...My wife was complaining that I spent thousands on tank but decide to keep drab colored fish...and I would point to the reference book and say but but...