I saw this youtube video today, and thought with the exception of the geos/satanoperca it was a pretty good list.Not sure about some of the compatibility either, my experience with african butterfly fish is that they are fairly territorial so 4 or 5 may not be a good idea. I can't claim to be familiar enough with many species listed to have an opinion on them so I thought I would post it and see what others thought.
This is one of the more realistic lists I've seen for a 55.
Some of the cichlids get a little large for that size tank, at maturity, the Geophagines require a bit more space IMO.
But all In all, much more appropriate for that size tank..
Some of the cichlids get a little large for that size tank, at maturity, the Geophagines require a bit more space IMO.
But all In all, much more appropriate for that size tank..
I was thinking that the eartheaters listed got somewhere in the 8" to 10" range and did better in larger groups so would be poor candidates for a 55 long term. It did seem like a pretty good starting point for someone looking for realistic ideas, and I found several of them pretty compelling.
It's not only the tanks area size, per size swimming needs of the fish.
To put (for example) a cichlid like an oscar, severum, or full grown Geophagine (which I see many people and some literature says, or believes is OK) in a 55, per the amount of urine an adult oscar or any large cichlid puts out, unless the aquarist didn't change 50% or more per day, the oscar would be swimming in its own highly concentrated urine soup.
I believe this is why we see so many scarred up (HLLE), and gill curled oscars, severums, etc etc turned into LFSs when they reach any kind of adult size.
To put (for example) a cichlid like an oscar, severum, or full grown Geophagine (which I see many people and some literature says, or believes is OK) in a 55, per the amount of urine an adult oscar or any large cichlid puts out, unless the aquarist didn't change 50% or more per day, the oscar would be swimming in its own highly concentrated urine soup.
I believe this is why we see so many scarred up (HLLE), and gill curled oscars, severums, etc etc turned into LFSs when they reach any kind of adult size.
100% agree with you. I read somewhere that the bioload for a single adult oscar is equivalent to several hundred neon tetras. I try for a 20ppm nitrate accumulation per/wk as a max in my own tanks. A single 8" fish in a 75 gallon can produce that amount depending on feeding and species.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ltration-why-not-popular-in-the-hobby.404668/
Plants + WC. I had straight zeros on my 10 with 25 guppies, and I now have straight zeros on a 10 with a BN pair and a baby goldfish.
Plants + WC. I had straight zeros on my 10 with 25 guppies, and I now have straight zeros on a 10 with a BN pair and a baby goldfish.
My current 55 stock:
krib pair
rainbows
Hope to set up a 2nd with redhead geos.
krib pair
rainbows
Hope to set up a 2nd with redhead geos.