Hi guys,
I am in the process of selecting a stock list for my 125 gallon tank as sadly my Oscar just died. I currently have a Fluval FX5 for filtration and in the tank a Rhino/Chocolate Pleco and a Raphael Catfish that are both grown leftover from the previous stock list. I am bouncing the idea of 2 stock lists but have never kept much besides dither fish in my 40 gallon and the Oscar with a Salvini, catlfish, and pleco, in the 125 gallon, all easy fish to care for. I know each fish has their own personality that can very from the norm but I would greatly appreciate any feedback or experience. Critiques on my list being viable or not in my 125 gallon tank either for bio load or aggression issues will be very welcome as this will be their permanent home. I am also open to suggestions so please feel free. My goal is to have 1-2 larger cichlids that are bright/colorful as the centerpiece(s) and my intent is to get them as juveniles and grow them up together. For maintenance I do %25 water changes every 2 weeks with filter cleaning/pad changing and %50+ every 3 months or as needed testing my water bi-weekly.
List 1:
-EBJD
But I’ve heard these are very fragile and hard to get to survive past the juvenile stage, any truth to that?
-Chocolate Cichlid
-Chocolate Pleco
-Raphael Catfish
-Denison Barbs or something similar
List 2:
-Female Festae
-GT or Jaguar or Texas or JD or Minkley’s
-Raphael Catfish (can move to 40 gallon tank per aggression issues long term).
-Chocolate Pleco (can move to 40 gallon tank per aggression issues long term).
-Some dither fish like silver dollars or Denison Barbs it open to suggestions. I’ve heard keeping some dither fish help curb aggression between the bigger fish even if some of them become sacrificial lambs. As I’ve never kept aggressive species I s there any truth to that?
I am in the process of selecting a stock list for my 125 gallon tank as sadly my Oscar just died. I currently have a Fluval FX5 for filtration and in the tank a Rhino/Chocolate Pleco and a Raphael Catfish that are both grown leftover from the previous stock list. I am bouncing the idea of 2 stock lists but have never kept much besides dither fish in my 40 gallon and the Oscar with a Salvini, catlfish, and pleco, in the 125 gallon, all easy fish to care for. I know each fish has their own personality that can very from the norm but I would greatly appreciate any feedback or experience. Critiques on my list being viable or not in my 125 gallon tank either for bio load or aggression issues will be very welcome as this will be their permanent home. I am also open to suggestions so please feel free. My goal is to have 1-2 larger cichlids that are bright/colorful as the centerpiece(s) and my intent is to get them as juveniles and grow them up together. For maintenance I do %25 water changes every 2 weeks with filter cleaning/pad changing and %50+ every 3 months or as needed testing my water bi-weekly.
List 1:
-EBJD
But I’ve heard these are very fragile and hard to get to survive past the juvenile stage, any truth to that?
-Chocolate Cichlid
-Chocolate Pleco
-Raphael Catfish
-Denison Barbs or something similar
List 2:
-Female Festae
-GT or Jaguar or Texas or JD or Minkley’s
-Raphael Catfish (can move to 40 gallon tank per aggression issues long term).
-Chocolate Pleco (can move to 40 gallon tank per aggression issues long term).
-Some dither fish like silver dollars or Denison Barbs it open to suggestions. I’ve heard keeping some dither fish help curb aggression between the bigger fish even if some of them become sacrificial lambs. As I’ve never kept aggressive species I s there any truth to that?