I would probably leave out the blue rams ive just never had good luck with them but you still shouldnt have a big problem if you keep each cave or coconut shell bout 8in away from each other and use some plants in between as a visual barrier i like wisteria seems to grow pretty good for me with moderate light.
Stocking list, need opinions please
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I don't know how the rams react with the apistos or even how the 2 types of apisto react to each other but 3 male and 5-6 females work fine in a 55g, they need a few stands of plants or pieces of wood/rock to break up the bottom into claimable territorries, each male needs a space of it's own about 9-12" across. If there is a physical boundary like a peice of wood a couple inches tall they use it as a border.
For small tetras like rummy nose you can use the cubic inch rule as a rough guide to determine maximum stocking levels, figure 1 1/2"x1/2"x1/4" max so 5 per gallon is absolute max cut that in half and you are better off.
you could easily stock 50 small tetras, a dozen marbled hatchets, a dozen of the smaller cories, 9 apistos or other dwarf cichlids in a 55g tank and even have room for a Hypopygus lepturus knifefish if you could find them. they only get 3-4" long.
With some plants and the filters you mentioned it would work fine. I have kept similar tanks.
For small tetras like rummy nose you can use the cubic inch rule as a rough guide to determine maximum stocking levels, figure 1 1/2"x1/2"x1/4" max so 5 per gallon is absolute max cut that in half and you are better off.
you could easily stock 50 small tetras, a dozen marbled hatchets, a dozen of the smaller cories, 9 apistos or other dwarf cichlids in a 55g tank and even have room for a Hypopygus lepturus knifefish if you could find them. they only get 3-4" long.
With some plants and the filters you mentioned it would work fine. I have kept similar tanks.
bio spira is great, 2 30g packs and ya good to go almost next day for a fresh setup. used it on my 150, let it set 2 days and threw my kenyi and clowns in with no probs.
the 55 should look real nice with the selection. good luck.
the 55 should look real nice with the selection. good luck.
So I was thinking, wouldn't the dwarf cichlids be very aggressive towards the corys? As they will be on the bottom.
