Suggested Fish for a 75 Gallon
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convicts and T-bars yes (if you have any breeding pairs make sure its with the T-bars and not the cons or you will be left with only a breeding pair), clown loaches no, for clowns to be happy they have to have a proper size school and these guys can be quite large, it may be ok while they are young but you would eventually have to sell them once they all reached 4in or so (but then clown loaches are usually pretty easy to sell for a nice price so you could just enjoy them while your growing them out) but 75g definitely isnt big enough for a clown loach school for life
The only ones that would work from your list would be Viega Heterospila.They stay a little smaller and are a little less agressive than other viega.But it will still depend on how well the pair gets along in that size tank.
In general I agree with you, but you CAN grow them out and sell them, so why not use them? I've had a small (three) clown loach school for several years now, and they're all fat and happy. I think they were chunky 3.5-4" fish when I got them, and they're chunkier 6-7" fish now. If they get to be 9-10", then that would be pushing things, but right now, there's really no problem that I can see.Sarah88;4660987; said:...clown loaches no, for clowns to be happy they have to have a proper size school and these guys can be quite large, it may be ok while they are young but you would eventually have to sell them once they all reached 4in or so (but then clown loaches are usually pretty easy to sell for a nice price so you could just enjoy them while your growing them out) but 75g definitely isnt big enough for a clown loach school for life
Thanks everyone. I know that clown loaches take a very long time to grow so I think having a group in a 75 gallon would be fine for awhile. My question is if the cichlids will kill them or not.
The cichlids you have and plan to get will do fine with some CL's. I have a 8" Chocolate cichlid (similar aggression level to your fish) in a tank with a 2" loach and the cichlid doesn't bother the loach. Your tank will have a pretty high bio-load with all that tho.
Not likely. They tend to get ignored and can defend themselves with those spurs. They also act like kids on a sugar high; sort of running into, over, and through the other fish, who don't seem to know what to make of them.sampster5000;4661745; said:My question is if the cichlids will kill them or not.
