Levi_Aquatics Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I picked up a 75 gallon aquarium yesterday and I am trying to decide what I want to stock it with. I am open to any ideas and would love to see pictures of your aquariums for inspiration! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Pictus catfish and panda Cory and pleco and glass catfish and Raphael catfish and some upside down cats and maybe a few others. a few snails some shrimp. In other words my dream 75 gallon would be a catfish tank. 🤣 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 If you were going the catfish route I would suggest Hoplos instead of pictus. But a catfish tank would be fun. But if I had a 75 to stock right now I would do a Asian barb and loach tank. Build up the back with hardscape and driftwood to make lots of hides, attach lots of rhizome plants like anubius and java ferns, plant crypts in mid/foreground and get a decent amount of water flow. Odessa or other barbs, reticulated SAE, nice group of zebra or similar loach, maybe some stiphodon or similar gobies. Lots of options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 @MAC I have almost the exact thing you are describing in a 55. I have yo-yo loaches, green tiger and Odessa barbs and a Bristlenose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 You have so many options! It sounds like you have a few other tanks so I’d want to avoid duplication. If you don’t have dwarf cichlids that might be one option. I’m currently thinking of turning my 75 into a higher temp environment for German Blue Rams and fish that can peacefully live with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Ok I should probably say what fish I already have. I have multiple strains of guppies, a pea puffer, kribs, shrimp, snails, Odessa and green tiger barbs, Bristlenose plecos, yo-yo loaches and pearl gouramis. Obviously not all in the same aquarium lol. If you would like to see what fish are in what aquariums I have a journal on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 2:17 PM, Levi_Aquatics said: Ok I should probably say what fish I already have. I have multiple strains of guppies, a pea puffer, kribs, shrimp, snails, Odessa and green tiger barbs, Bristlenose plecos, yo-yo loaches and pearl gouramis. Obviously not all in the same aquarium lol. If you would like to see what fish are in what aquariums I have a journal on this forum. See you are lacking in the catfish varieties 😁 I’m desperate to live vicariously through someone else’s catfish tank 🤣 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 11:17 AM, Levi_Aquatics said: Ok I should probably say what fish I already have. I have multiple strains of guppies, a pea puffer, kribs, shrimp, snails, Odessa and green tiger barbs, Bristlenose plecos, yo-yo loaches and pearl gouramis. Obviously not all in the same aquarium lol. If you would like to see what fish are in what aquariums I have a journal on this forum. Sounds like you need some rainbow fish! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Fair enough lol. I got a featherfin synodontis with the aquarium if that helps my catfish status at all 😂 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 a tiger barb tank should look cool {wish i had one} 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 10:14 AM, Levi_Aquatics said: I picked up a 75 gallon aquarium yesterday and I am trying to decide what I want to stock it with. I am open to any ideas and would love to see pictures of your aquariums for inspiration! I have fallen in love with large schools of nano fish. There's nothing like sitting in a comfortable seat, watching the flash of jewel colored fish swimming in unison or playing chase the leader. In no particular order (and determined by the water parameters, so not necessarily all of these at once) I would love to have a 75 g stocked with: Large school CPD Large school rummynose Large school long finned zebra danios (40+ and enough room... it's stunning to watch) or long finned leopards Large school of the 'dwarf' hatchets Panda cories Emerald rasboras Colony of shrimp Dwarf rainbows Kuhli loaches (more the merrier) Possibly a pair of angels, or 6 to 8 very young angels and remove all but 2 as soon as they pair up My computer has a list of dream fish, mostly compromised of nano fish Cory has featured, lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorsalfin Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 If you want a schooling fish and something a little different from the norm I am loving my 5 banded barbs. Looks very similar to tiger barbs but much smaller and peaceful. The males get a pretty vibrant red as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 A fairly large group (at least 12) of pearl gouramis, with a roughly 1M:2F ratio. 15 of a single species of cory. (I'm a big fan of Corydoras trilineatus, but whatever you like). 25 serpae tetras (they look great in planted tanks; their color contrasts nicely with green) Many live plants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Angelfish, large schooling tetra like Colombians or Diamonds, a group of geophagus like redhead tapajos, and brochis corys. South American puffers, a group of festivum, Colombian tetra and a larger corys like Scleromastyx barbatus and some bristlenose plecos. Sailfin mollies, Firemouth cichlids, and some Cryptoheros spirulus with hoplo or pictus cats. C. Saulosi - an Mbuna tank you get blue, black and yellow/gold with some anubias and Java fern and some synodontis cats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaitieG Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 If I were setting up a 75 it'd be a mbuna or classic angelfish/val tank. It's a great size, so have fun with whatever you decide to do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndEEss Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 My 75 is set up with some large rocks, big Val (some are approaching 3ft long now), two pieces of large driftwood and a powerhead on one end to simulate a river current. I have: 9 peppered cory 7 panda cory 5 bronze cory 6 yoyo loaches 8 Colombian tetra 8 Rummynose tetra My intent was to make a biotope-ish tank, but the yoyos kind of throw that off, obviously. I'm pretty pleased with it, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mydonkeyfish Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I am also setting up a 75 and i will put cardinal tetras (about 20) and some rummy nose maybe 30 and i will also put angels in eventually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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