BucketAquatics Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I'm going to be adding some more fish to my 125 gallon. I have 1 male black marble anglefish 1 male apistograma hongsloi 2 pearl gourami 3 male bristlenose plecos 4 swordtails 10 bleeding heart tetra 8 Columbian tetra 8 king blue tetra. Going to add 4 female swordtails 3 Columbian tetra And 3 king blue tetra. Is there anything else I can add to make this tank more interesting? Another cichlid? Some hatchet fish? Something? I know I'll probably add some platy as well. Maybe 3 or 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 If I had two 125 gal aquariums, I’d ditch everything else I have, and build one cool water North American tank, and one warm water South American tank. Here is a dream stocking plan for each… Temperate 125 (N. American) Large School of Notropis chrosomus (Rainbow Shiners) from Alabama… Several Percina aurantiaca (Tangerine Darters) for benthic / bottom dwellers… For “centerpiece” fish… I’d probably go for activity level instead of size — several Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Fieryblack Shiners)… Honorable mentions… maybe add a few Chrosomus erythrogaster (Southern Redbelly Dace)… I’d go for a heavy flow, but with hardy plants. Tropical 125 gal (S. American) I’d enjoy a variety of Hobby-bred Symphysodon (Discus). Maybe 10x. I’m an odd ball, but I prefer a mix of bright colors instead of wild-type… I’d definitely go for a couple Hypancistrus zebra (Zebra Plecos)… Without a doubt, I’d include several pairs of Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (German Blue Rams) because they are just the best… Then, for tetras, I’ve learned the hard way that Discus eat small species. So I’m inclined to go for Nematobrycon palmeri (Emperor Tetras)… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketAquatics Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 8:56 AM, Fish Folk said: If I had two 125 gal aquariums, I’d ditch everything else I have, and build one cool water North American tank, and one warm water South American tank. Here is a dream stocking plan for each… Temperate 125 (N. American) Large School of Notropis chrosomus (Rainbow Shiners) from Alabama… Several Percina aurantiaca (Tangerine Darters) for benthic / bottom dwellers… For “centerpiece” fish… I’d probably go for activity level instead of size — several Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Fieryblack Shiners)… Honorable mentions… maybe add a few Chrosomus erythrogaster (Southern Redbelly Dace)… I’d go for a heavy flow, but with hardy plants. Tropical 125 gal (S. American) I’d enjoy a variety of Hobby-bred Symphysodon (Discus). Maybe 10x. I’m an odd ball, but I prefer a mix of bright colors instead of wild-type… I’d definitely go for a couple Hypancistrus zebra (Zebra Plecos)… Without a doubt, I’d include several pairs of Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (German Blue Rams) because they are just the best… Then, for tetras, I’ve learned the hard way that Discus eat small species. So I’m inclined to go for Nematobrycon palmeri (Emperor Tetras)… This all looks great. But I'm more looking too add to what I currently have, this would require I remove all fish and restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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