New Community setup

Hi,
I am still in my planning phase for my new tank, but would like some comment on the following community tank setup in a 350L or 600L tank.
- 3 x Clown Loaches
- 1 x Black Ghost Knife
- 10-15 x Black tetra
- 2 x Bala Shark
- 1 x Striped Raphael catfish
- 1 x Royal pleco
- 1 x Gold nugget pleco
- 1 x Clown Pleco (if I could find one)
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
:bigsmile:

 

an awful lot of bottom dwellers

 

if you want all those fish you Will Have to get the 600L tank . most of those fish grow over 25 cm so be careful.

 

Yes, I am thinking the 600L would be better.
Any suggestions on other species?

 

ja size does count lol.if you going for shoaling fish why not something more livelier like tigerbarbs or neons

 

600lt tank has a lot of potential. Maybe adding some other shoaling fish will be suitable in this bottom dweller tank. Just dont add all at once

 

No definitely not all at once, a big school of neons will look stunning!
As far as I know, tiger barbs are fin-nippers or am I wrong?

 

only towards longfinned slow moving fish and apparently the bigger the shoal the more peacable they are so go large and recharge

 

Jungle aquatics off 14th ave
or sponsors
bring lots of cash

 

firstly before I recommend anything do you want to have large fish(catfish sharks etc) or schooling fish (tetras etc) ?

 

Both:
Large fish + medium large schools.

 

hmm that's a hard one as most larger fish will pick of smaller fish .

large fish I would go with a clown knife fish
large shoal of some silver dollars
a couple of pictus cats
some synodontis

or for a lively tank with medium to small fish I would get :

20+ congo tetras (albino if you can )
2 differant corydoras species in schools of 10 each
if you can source these they are expensive get around 5 red line torpedo barbs they are stunning!
alternatively some rosy barbs will do .


im thinking of other combinations tell me what you like and we can go from there .

cheers

 

Those pleco's will even outgrow a 600litre eventually

Tigerbarbs are called TIGER+BARBS for a reason.

100% right. and not only on the slower fish. They will pick on anything when they bored.

Bala shark also grows big, and very aggressive.

Make sure you research your fish very well before buying.

A lot of the bigger fish will also eat all your plants. So it you wanting just a tank with rocks... then go with the big fish.

 

have'nt kept tiger+barbs in about 20 years forgive me

 

perhaps a group of rainbow fish. Although i dont know if they will be able to hold their own(or swim in a shoal). They are also very colourful

 

there are many rainbow fish and most will school as they are a peaceful species in general .

they are quite rare though and due to their peaceful behaviour they won't hold their own in a community of fish larger than them .

I think bees wants rainbow sharks not rainbow fish haha .

l8r man

 

Thanks, I have looked up on the red line torpedo Barbs. Are they available in PTA? It's a beautiful fish!

My new list:
- 3 x Clown Loaches
- 1 x Black Ghost Knife
- 7-10 x Red line torpedo Barbs
- 2 x Bala Shark
- 1 x Striped Raphael catfish
- 1 x Royal pleco
- 1 x Gold nugget pleco
- 1 x Clown Pleco (if I could find one)
I had all of the above species (except for: Red line Torpedo Barb, Royal & Clown Plec), all all of them was peace full. I had 2 Bala Sharks about 20cm and the were very peaceful, but playful.
Thanks for all the comments, if you can think of any other beautiful specie, please share!

 

I know a place but not sure if they still have them . those barbs are 140+ rand each !

I have a black ghost knife fish . coolest fish to watch period .

cheers

 

is te black ghost knife a community fish

 

Brads, why would you recommend albino Congo tetras? They are still iridescent, but not as impressive as the natural colour form, at least IMO.

I had a black ghost knife in a community, it was great, just they get very big and their mouths are bigger than you think.

I'd personally love to get red line torpedo barbs, they look amazing.

On the striped Raphael catfish, they look nice but they're one of the most inactive fish around unfortunately. A large Synodontis could work. I'm actually selling one, but I'm a bit far away unfortunately.