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Anonymous asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

55 Gallon Fish Tank Stocking?

How does this stocking list sound for a 55 gallon fish tank?

8. Giant Danios

8. Black skirt tetras

8. Cory catfish (haven't decided which kind I want)

1. rubber lip pleco

Tank equipment will be:

2. Aquaclear 70 filters

1. Visi-Therm Stealth 200W heater

1. Whisper 100 gal air pump

Update:

The pleco only gets 5 inches.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Beautiful!

    However keep in mind that black skirt tetras tend to stop schooling as they mature. If you want that Beautiful schooling effect in your central water column, you may want a different fish. Black phantom tetras look very similar. Bleeding hearts, sepaes, and von rios are another choice.

    I personally like peppered cory cats myself :)

    Make sure to have several different foods to feed. Feed a floating food to your danios first, then add a bit of a sinking food such as thawed bloodworms. Add a few shrimp pellets for your cory cats. If you wish to feed the pleco a weighted slice of zucchini or some Romain lettuce would be great. Remember that just because you are feeding several types of food doesn't mean you feed a lot of food. Feed smaller amounts with a longer time in between feedings and you will see larger, more colorful, healthier fish.

    Your tank sounds great! You'll love the danios!

    Edit: If you like smaller plecos, then look for clown plecos. They stay smaller and have pretty orange markings on them. They should retail around 6 bucks or less.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think it is great.

    i have been told that rubber lip plecos get aggressive but I have yet to witness it and I have had mine for almost 2 years. And I love the Brochis Cory Cat but they are a bit on the pricer side of cory cats I also like the Emerald Green Cory Cat or the Peppered Cory Cat.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    thats a great set up but as the other answer said, a type fish that you mentioned there stop schooling when they mature so you might want to get about 6-8 rasboras which always school. can you tell me what kind of pleco you are going to get? I like it when they dont grow so big.

  • Chaos!
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    That would be fine. :) You'd probably want to keep the tank in the mid 70's, and that should keep everyone happy.

    As for corys, I'm a sucker for pandas. I've got 5 in my 20g, and they're super active all the time. I also like peppered corys.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Giant Danios are aggressive toward one another and can become extremely aggressive towards other fish apart from tetras. http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_danio3.php

    Rubber lip pleco are also very aggressive towards anything that looks like a algae eater aka the Cory catfish. http://is.gd/2RML

  • Person
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Thats a great set up but the pleco cant live in there.Put in other smaller fish like male guppies or platys that would be good.

  • 1 decade ago

    sounds good but i always start of 5 of each species, or at least an odd # and add more of a variety.

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