Thinking about a SE Asian Biotope for my 210

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Guys I have a 210 that's 84x24x24 setup currently with 3 bala sharks, an Oscar and a common pleco. Thinking about doing some switch up and maybe trying a SE Asian setup in the 210. I could move my Oscar to my 6' 125 that houses some big SD's to keep it a more true biotope.

I have 3 other big bala's in the 125 that I could put in the 210 so that would make a total of 6. I also have 9 clown loaches growing out right now, various sizes from 2-5". I would plan on putting them in the 210 as well.

Would that be pushing it in the 210, 9 clown loaches and 6 balas? Anything else I could/should put in there? It has a 50 gallon sump, an xp4 and aquaclear 110 - I like a variety of filtration.

Also, any thoughts on decor, have some driftwood in there and a couple rocks - but not much at the moment.
 
I like where you are going with this. I personally will not mix new world fish with old world fish. Hell I'm getting to the point where I wont mix Ca cichlids with SA cichlids. I would love to do a similar type of biotope but adding an asian aro. I think that you could for sure add a little something else to the list that you have now.
 
tin foils comes to mind...

I myself have African, North/central/south american and asian fish in one tank...

I could go crazy and add a jardini to complete my tour of the continents but the thought of little bits of fish floating in my tank always stayed my wallet...
 
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Yeah, I have a couple of mixed up tanks too - but I also have a Malawi tank and a Tanganyika tank that are fairly true. I was just thinking that I have 3 balas in one tank and 3 in another & maybe they'd like to hang out. Then I thought I have some clown loaches, hey SE Asia! I get myself into trouble when I think lol..

Ok, tinfoils are a possibility - always thought an aro would need a bigger tank than a 210, would love to have one tho. Any others?
 
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Yeah, I have a couple of mixed up tanks too - but I also have a Malawi tank and a Tanganyika tank that are fairly true. I was just thinking that I have 3 balas in one tank and 3 in another & maybe they'd like to hang out. Then I thought I have some clown loaches, hey SE Asia! I get myself into trouble when I think lol..

Ok, tinfoils are a possibility - always thought an aro would need a bigger tank than a 210, would love to have one tho. Any others?
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Ahh of course, an aro would need a lot more space, 300gal at least. And we would need a different citizenship to ''properly'' own them....;)
 
Sounds like a nice set up in the making and I have always been a fan of keeping fish together that at least live in the same part of the world if not body of water...Im no loach expert but I think they can eventually reach a large size but if they are slow growers they should do well for a while in that space.


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Didn't know they made jumbo tiger barbs... lol. Wonder if there is anything else that would work, I'll do some more looking but still open to ideas!

Thanks and yeah I wondered if 9 clown loaches would be pushing it once they all grew out. I've had a few large loaches in the past, but none that were past the 8" mark. My bala's are already nice size, 8-12" and chubby - they are very greedy (& noisy) eaters.
 
I've seen pretty big tiger barbs at the LFS labeled Jumbo. They grow to a few inches I believe. Also, Ive never kept Balas before but Ive seen them and they dont really look predatory to me, so you could just throw in a bunch of small tiger barbs or roseline barbs and grow them out. I know for sure that no matter how big the CLs get they wont be eating your smaller fish.
 
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