New Tank Stocking List
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I'm planning on keeping the 20 running on a reduced capacity with my corys and my betta in it to keep the tank cycled and going. I can use it as a QT tank, and once my stock levels are happy, I can put something oddball into it.
The 55's going to rock a few shoals and some paired fish. I'm looking at sizeable (~10) shoals of neon tetras and cherry barbs. The zebras will be a small shoal in the big tank. I'll have a shoal of corys, probably the julli, I'll keep the albinos in the 20. Not sure on that, who knows. Two dwarf gouramis, and I'm currently looking at either one or two pairs of Bolivian Rams. They're the hardier cousins of German Blues. BN Pleco for algae work, along with a couple of ottos. That big a tank, plenty of the green stuff for everyone, especially as I generally supplement with veggies. Some snails, my frog (and perhaps a couple more friends, I love water frogs), at some point I'm thinking about getting a crapton of red cherry shrimp and just dumping them in. Some'll get eaten, but with that many and such a low add to the bioload, they'll perpetuate themselves. Maybe a couple of platys, not sure. I've been looking at a final shoal of rasboras, but they're tiny so I'm going to have to research if they'd be gourami food first.
I'm planning on keeping the 20 running on a reduced capacity with my corys and my betta in it to keep the tank cycled and going. I can use it as a QT tank, and once my stock levels are happy, I can put something oddball into it.
The 55's going to rock a few shoals and some paired fish. I'm looking at sizeable (~10) shoals of neon tetras and cherry barbs. The zebras will be a small shoal in the big tank. I'll have a shoal of corys, probably the julli, I'll keep the albinos in the 20. Not sure on that, who knows. Two dwarf gouramis, and I'm currently looking at either one or two pairs of Bolivian Rams. They're the hardier cousins of German Blues. BN Pleco for algae work, along with a couple of ottos. That big a tank, plenty of the green stuff for everyone, especially as I generally supplement with veggies. Some snails, my frog (and perhaps a couple more friends, I love water frogs), at some point I'm thinking about getting a crapton of red cherry shrimp and just dumping them in. Some'll get eaten, but with that many and such a low add to the bioload, they'll perpetuate themselves. Maybe a couple of platys, not sure. I've been looking at a final shoal of rasboras, but they're tiny so I'm going to have to research if they'd be gourami food first.