which of these fish to keep in a 55g?

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got rid of some fish (sold, traded in at LFS, etc.), so here is the stocklist now:

2 x 2.5" Blue Gouramis
1 x 3" Gold Gourami
2 x 2.5" Giant Danios
1 x 2" Black Skirt Tetra
1 x 6" Female Jack Dempsey
1 x 5" P. acei
1 x 4" Green Severum
1 x 3.5" Royal Pleco (supposed to be the species that gets 10")
1 x 2" Spotted Raphael

it's still a little overstocked, but all the fish seem to be doing fine. anything else I need to get rid of?
 
pwmin;1379292; said:
looks like they all got rid of the ich already. dexman is taking the bala, red tip, and sailfin. the pictus is dead and the oscar will probably go back into my 125. i'm also getting rid of the orange zebra and the common pleco. so, which of the fish that are left do you think i need to get rid of yet?

Man I am glad you saved them. I think the Zebra for sure gotta go...
 
pwmin;1418117; said:
got rid of some fish (sold, traded in at LFS, etc.), so here is the stocklist now:

2 x 2.5" Blue Gouramis
1 x 3" Gold Gourami
2 x 2.5" Giant Danios
1 x 2" Black Skirt Tetra
1 x 6" Female Jack Dempsey
1 x 5" P. acei
1 x 4" Green Severum
1 x 3.5" Royal Pleco (supposed to be the species that gets 10")
1 x 2" Spotted Raphael

it's still a little overstocked, but all the fish seem to be doing fine. anything else I need to get rid of?

I would for sure trade down on pleco size, and either get rid of the sev or the jd, or get lots more filtration.
 
the zebra was the most aggressive. the JD has a fake tree she hides under and guards, but doesn't go after anything unless it gets real close (just chases it away). the JD and acei are about fully grown (about 5 or so years old), so i doubt they're going to get any more aggressive. the rest just swim around, except the catfish hide all the time, of course. i'm working on a DIY wet/dry for added filtration.
 
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