Suggestions for 125g

[Dagon's Progeny]

I have a 125g tank currently stocked with a pair of jewel cichlids, four blue acaras which also includes a pair, and three pink-tailed chalceus. I just lost a fair amount of fish to an ick outbreak so I'm not really sure where to go from here fish wise. I lost around half my fish so the tank looks barren right now. The guy at the LFS is trying to sell me on a black ghost knife and its kind of working but I wanted to see what y'all had to say. I was also thinking of a water cow/sleeper goby as a potential new fish. I'm open to almost anything but it should involve keeping the fish I have right now unless you have a really interesting idea to sell me on.

 

[tlindsey]

I have a 125g tank currently stocked with a pair of jewel cichlids, four blue acaras which also includes a pair, and three pink-tailed chalceus. I just lost a fair amount of fish to an ick outbreak so I'm not really sure where to go from here fish wise. I lost around half my fish so the tank looks barren right now. The guy at the LFS is trying to sell me on a black ghost knife and its kind of working but I wanted to see what y'all had to say. I was also thinking of a water cow/sleeper goby as a potential new fish. I'm open to almost anything but it should involve keeping the fish I have right now unless you have a really interesting idea to sell me on.

I personally would remove the Jewel Cichlid and add more SA species such as a group of Tetra. The Black Ghost will work only if it got its share of food. I would also add bottom dwellers such as Corydora. Would not recommend the Water Cow they are predators and will eat smaller fish.

 

[tlindsey]

I personally would remove the Jewel Cichlid and add more SA species such as a group of Tetra. The Black Ghost will work only if it got its share of food. I would also add bottom dwellers such as Corydora. Would not recommend the Water Cow they are predators and will eat smaller fish.

Please make sure your fish are completely cured of Ich before adding more fish.

 

[Dagon's Progeny]

I made this post because I have verified that all fish present are cured of ick.

I'm not really nterested in the micro fish stuff. I like the black ghost knife and water cow because they are larger and meaner. 125gal is too big for corys and tetras in my opinion unless you do live plants, which I don't.

Please make sure your fish are completely cured of Ich before adding more fish.

 

[jwitty]

I made this post because I have verified that all fish present are cured of ick.

I'm not really nterested in the micro fish stuff. I like the black ghost knife and water cow because they are larger and meaner. 125gal is too big for corys and tetras in my opinion unless you do live plants, which I don't.

In my experience of keeping bgk, (4 of them now, current one is about 8”) they aren’t much of a mean fish. Actually quite the opposite. Very timid. I suppose they can get a little mean, but that’s my experience with them. And knowing that most lfs won’t get them in any bigger than 3-4”, unless there’s lots of caves they won’t stand a chance to and aggressive fish.

 

[Rocksor]

125g is not too big for cories and tetras if you get a larger enough school (over 12+) even without plants. BGKs aren't meaner, and tend to hide during the day if they can. You'll have difficulty getting the water cow to move around much, basically a log, as it waits for food.

 

[Ash02]

I made this post because I have verified that all fish present are cured of ick.

I'm not really nterested in the micro fish stuff. I like the black ghost knife and water cow because they are larger and meaner. 125gal is too big for corys and tetras in my opinion unless you do live plants, which I don't.

I love having my Columbian tetras in a six foot tank. They have more presence than you'd think and they utilize every inch of space. They also look like little piranha and have the feeding response to match. I have no plants in my tank, either. Schooling fish always look better when they have room to swim. To each their own, though.

 

[Zanzag]

20+ colombian tetra would be very impressive in a 6 foot tank I've got about 14 in a 4 foot tank and wish I had room for more. They're savage eaters.

 

[Dagon's Progeny]

I don't have a six foot tank though. Its a 125g half circle tank. I would consider something like that if I could find something to do with these jewel cichlids. Besides, I really like my blue acaras don't you think they'd be too aggressive for something like Colombia tetras?

 

[Dagon's Progeny]

I mean, these acaras have established their dominance over these jewel cichlids. That's for sure.