Tony Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 The Decor in my aquarium has reached the point where its approximating my imaginings. This has been after much tinkering and contemplating. The tank is 500 ltrs probably reduced to 400 ltrs after gravel, rocks, bogwood and plants are taken into account with water displacement. So now I'm seriously thinking about how to properly stock it. Its quite well planted but in a way that has good swimming space for the fish. Its well lit and the temp is set at 29. There are lots of hidy holes and rockery. Two plecs. Two Skunk Loaches. One Clown and One Red Tail Shark are pretty happy campers. Will Probably add one more Clown, maybe two Kuhli Loaches and a couple of Bronze cats. Have one rainbow, two krebs and 6 tiger barbs, but what else should I add. What would you guys do. Cheers T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 There are so many to choose from it really is a matter of adding a fish you like Tony. One question though, why is the temperature so high? It only needs to be around 24C. Mine is actually 22.5. With a tank that size (and it sounds good, do you have pics?) I would go for medium sized fishes like gouramis or cichlids like keyholes or similar. A massive shoal of large barbs, like the golden ones, would look good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Definitely has to have at least 2 severums. Maybe one green and one gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 Thanks for those thoughts, I'll mull them over on a slow burn. Sorry Caryl, I went home last night and checked my water temp - 27 to 27.5. Not sure why I said 29. Temp is a bit warmer than norm cause I was preparing for a few discus. Not sure about this now though. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 If you go with discus, you would need to get rid of all that you have. Get cardinal tetras / neons / rummynoses. You could keep the Clown Loach, but just watch it at night to see if it's hassling the discus. You could also have Bristlenose Catfish in with them as well as cory's. Don't put anything that will attack the discus. They will hide in the corner, go black and probably get sick. Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Depending on your plants, if you bring the temp down a bit, you'll find the plants take OFF!! It happened to me, had the tank sitting at around 28ºC, and then brought it down to 24/25ºC, and the difference was amazing... Once that happened, I started with CO2, & Flourish Excel, so they just went beserk :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 oh and, discus need water changes once every 2 days (of if you can, every day). They need the clean water to grow and not make them stunted. The rule is 10gallon for each adult discus unless doing daily water changes. Chris- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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