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07-02-2008, 11:10 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Carolina
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|  Do I want too many fish? I am trying to plan out the new 55 gallon freshwater tank that will be in next week. I have been out of it a while and am not sure if I am overdoing the amount of fish I want in it. Here is the list. Please tell me if you think I am going with too many or not. 4 Marble Angels 2 Cory Cats 1 Plecostomus 2 Kuhlii Loach 2 African Butterfly 2 Zebra Danios or Pearl Danios 3 Red Velvet Swordtails. 1 male and 2 female. That will be 16 total fish.
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07-02-2008, 11:16 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
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| Personally I would go with more kuhlies. They are pretty cool to watch in a larger group.
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07-03-2008, 07:24 AM
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| Nah, not to many fish. Personaly I might go with some syno cats, like Synodontis multipunctatus, rather than cory cats. They do get bigger, but they are much more active and I always enjoyed watching them bustle around my tank. They have as much personality as any cichlid.
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07-03-2008, 08:54 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas city, ks
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| the african butterflies may fight so keep an eye out for that and more kuhliis the betterm it makes them more comfortable to come out more often if yo go wit corys yo want at least 5, they are shoaling fish and will hang out together. same wit the danios. and what kinda pleco were yo thinking of gettin? avoid the common and find one that stays smaller. bristlenose or a clown pleco seems to be common and cheap and they stay small
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07-03-2008, 10:34 AM
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| THe loaches should be kept in groups of 3. Instead of cories though I would consider a group of 4 + YoYo loaches. They do the same job sorta but they're WAY more active day and night and absolutely adorable.
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07-03-2008, 12:53 PM
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| MFT Staff  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, SC
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| Agree with everyone. List looks pretty good. Might boost your numbers by just a couple fish on things like Khulis and Zebra danios. Personally i'd dump the pleco, personal preference really but they don't seem to do much good, only produce a lot of wastes. Poop factory.
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07-03-2008, 04:25 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| Okay, I just updated the list somewhat. Here it is again. Angelfish-4 Kuhlii Loach-4 African Butterfly-2 Zebra Danios-4 Swordtail-1M-2F Yoyo Loaches-4
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07-03-2008, 04:41 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008
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| The cories should be in a group of 4 at least. If you have the Kuhliis and Yoyos you won't need them though. I would take them out of the plan completely personally (I love mine but I find the yoyos just SO much more active and intresting). The Danios should be in a group of 5+ to school. Just FYI.
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07-03-2008, 04:46 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| Ok, how is that for the final lineup. I did an edit on the list and removed the Corys.
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07-03-2008, 05:04 PM
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| Looks good. Personal opinion, go for 6 yoyo loaches  I've got 4 in my 75 and love watching them, those guys are nuts, and they do like to hang around each other, but I'm not sure I'd call them a school.
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