Switching to Angelfish; Need Some Input
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Any suggestions for what I should change? I'm shooting for an understock here, too...
If you plan to have a planted tank, then remove the corydoras. They might disrupt and uproot the small plants.
The Otoclinus are small in size and very peaceful so they should be fine.
Overall, it's not really pushing it. The only problem is the angels. 6 full grown angels might be a little crowded. And when comes spawning time, things will get ugly ...
Hope it'll help.
The Otoclinus are small in size and very peaceful so they should be fine.
Overall, it's not really pushing it. The only problem is the angels. 6 full grown angels might be a little crowded. And when comes spawning time, things will get ugly ...
Hope it'll help.
If you plan to have a planted tank, then remove the corydoras. They might disrupt and uproot the small plants.
The Otoclinus are small in size and very peaceful so they should be fine.
Overall, it's not really pushing it. The only problem is the angels. 6 full grown angels might be a little crowded. And when comes spawning time, things will get ugly ...
Hope it'll help.
I'm just doing driftwood and rocks, so the Corydoras will be fine; I'm hoping that they'll help with the detritus, and that the Otoclinus will help with small spots of algae.
I figured that things would get ugly come spawning as it was, so a few more seemed better than a few less in order to keep the aggression spread around.
After doing some more reading, I think that I'm just going to do one adult pair of angelfish in this aquarium just to be safe while keeping the water quality up; I would like to do more, but I want to avoid the hassle of setting up another similar-sized aquarium or two in the event of too much aggression in the case of six adults.
So now I'm thinking:
That new stock list should definitely make a big difference in the aggression and biol-load departments, so hopefully I can still keep this aquarium as low maintenance as possible. I've also decided to use a bag of peat in either the sump or the AC110 depending on whether the sump gets used or not; based on what I've read, that should help to calm the angelfish while keeping the pH at an acceptable level.
Any further input on this build?
So now I'm thinking:
- 2x Wild or wild-cross angelfish
- 12x Cochu's blue tetra
- 12x Rummy-nose tetra
- 6x Corydoras catfish (or other similar genera)
- 6x Otoclinus catfish
That new stock list should definitely make a big difference in the aggression and biol-load departments, so hopefully I can still keep this aquarium as low maintenance as possible. I've also decided to use a bag of peat in either the sump or the AC110 depending on whether the sump gets used or not; based on what I've read, that should help to calm the angelfish while keeping the pH at an acceptable level.
Any further input on this build?
