Would this stocking work?

[DwarfCichlid101]

I was thinking about making my 55 a planted tank for community fish.

So I was wondering if this stocking would work:

4-5 discus
2 kribensis
some tetras
a farlowella (whiptail catfish)

The filtration would be an XP3, and I could add on a HOB filter 'for 70 gallon tanks'.

As for the plants I was thinking Amazon swords and some java fern as I am a beginner with them... (Florecent lighting).

 

[12 Volt Man]

should not be a problem.

 

[Morledzep]

sounds like a nice tank.. the discus get kinda big, but it takes awhile.. they should be fine for a long time though. and i've heard they are sensitive to changes in their water, so you'll need to be careful to keep their water just right.

i don't know what a farlowella is though? how big do they get as adults? lots of catfish get way too big for 55 gal tanks and they do it quickly.

 

[Nova 8]

The whiptail will be fine, I like your stock list, I would add some corys.

 

[CTU2fan]

Yeah, cory cats for sure. You could probably put a couple of otto cats too. I might do almost the same with my 75 when I get the bigger tank, except I'll have an uaru in there instead of the discus...so no plants.

 

[DwarfCichlid101]

ok, thanks! that helps a lot that I know this will work.