Would this overstock my 55 gal?

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taylor the beast

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1 angle fish 12 cm long
1 Senegal Bichir 13 cm long
have these already, want to add these
1 ruby shark/ red tail shark
1 pitcus catfish
1 rocket gar
1 peppermint pleco
1 snakeskin gourami
1 moonlight gourami
1 pearl gourami
1 gold gourami
1 blue gourami
would that overstock my 55 gallon? I do have an oversized external filter
 
I learned the hard way, put my Oscar in a 20. then a 36. Then a 75. He was 10" in 9 months. Just a beast. I also invested over 1000$ to give him a large enough home. It will happen, but do everything to avoid it ahead of time. Save you time money and fish health.
 
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Gouramis will tear each other apart. Pearl gouramis are peaceful and can be kept in groups, but the others will probably kill each other.
Snakeskin gourami get big- 8 inches or more.
Rocket gar get too big and will probably tear everything apart.
Red-tailed sharks get aggressive when they get older, and they often won't tolerate any other bottom-dwellers.
Try researching potential fish on seriouslyfish.com, it's a great website and they know what they're talking about.
Also, perhaps consider a schooling fish of some sort instead of trying to pack the tank with that many different species.
 
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Fish100 said:
In my opinion yes. Also the rocket gar needs a 55 gallon minimum and is a agressive fish and will eat anything that fits in its mouth
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I know I know your not going to like me saying this but im getting a 6ft tank next month/soon bacically as soon as I get the money ahaha so all will be going in there :)
 
Layne Conitz said:
I learned the hard way, put my Oscar in a 20. then a 36. Then a 75. He was 10" in 9 months. Just a beast. I also invested over 1000$ to give him a large enough home. It will happen, but do everything to avoid it ahead of time. Save you time money and fish health.
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yeh I will mate as I said im getting a 6ft tank next month so all fish will be going into there :) thanks for the advice
 
Betta132 said:
Gouramis will tear each other apart. Pearl gouramis are peaceful and can be kept in groups, but the others will probably kill each other.
Snakeskin gourami get big- 8 inches or more.
Rocket gar get too big and will probably tear everything apart.
Red-tailed sharks get aggressive when they get older, and they often won't tolerate any other bottom-dwellers.
Try researching potential fish on seriouslyfish.com, it's a great website and they know what they're talking about.
Also, perhaps consider a schooling fish of some sort instead of trying to pack the tank with that many different species.
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okay well I only got the gold,white and pearl gourami all young all have been brought up and interduced and the same size together urmmmm I got a rocket gar now ...its only 3-4 inches now but again as I said I am hopefully going to get a 6ft tank next month/soon but thanks for the advise really helped about the other choices :)
 
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