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I have a 55 Gal tank as yet empty.
I am already commited to the following:
1 M Powder Blue Gourami.
12 Cardinal tetra
1 F Betta
I am thinking of adding
5 otocinclus (my fav algae eater)
8 livebearers (platys or swords or mollies) mostly to provide fry for food.
5 cory
Now the chiclid part. I have never kept any before.
What do you think of adding a pair of rainbow Kribs and an angelfish to this mix?
I don't have the numbers in front of me but the water is rather high ph And hard.
I'm planning on plenty of live plants, driftwood and rocks.
Any potential problems I am missing? too many fish? I never stocked a 55 before either.
Thanks!
SA dwarf cichlids for me.;)
I don't have the numbers in front of me but the water is rather high ph And hard.
How high ? Its unusual to have Ph/hardness parameters that most fish will not grow accustommed to and live happily in - the usual exceptions e.g. Discus apply.
I agree that South American Dwarf Cichlids (Apistogramme species maybe) would be nice...or Kribensis, if you do indeed have problematically alkalinic/hard water.
Rbishop
06-14-2007, 5:34 AM
Though people do it all the time, I don't care to mix angels and gourami.
Though people do it all the time, I don't care to mix angels and gourami.
Why not?
Nolapete
06-14-2007, 11:49 AM
There's no reason not to.
Rbishop
06-14-2007, 12:00 PM
I feel the gourami are too much of being nippers.
I feel the gourami are too much of being nippers.
OIC. TY. Fortunately I know the individual dwarf gourami that I'm talking about and so far he has shown no inclination to nip,Not even the rather annoying fancy guppies he lives with.
coler,
According to my Jungle test stip:
PH > 8. < 8.4
GH 300ppm This is the one I was concerned with should I not be?
KH200m/l.
This is a main reason I chose the Kribensis. Think it'd be ok for the SA Dwarf types? Would they be OK with the kribs/ angle?
I'd rather do a biotope,frankly, but the whole household is in on this one.
Thank you for your responses
Nolapete
06-14-2007, 12:19 PM
Once again, I've never seen that with angels and gouramis. Everyone's experience is different.
nickxxon
06-17-2007, 4:08 PM
Depending upon the size of the angels, I do not like to mix angels and samll tetras like cardinals or neons. They do make nice feeds for large angels.
Keyholes or cupidos might work.
Rbishop
06-17-2007, 4:28 PM
Try those tests with a good liquid test kit. I find the dip strips to be unreliable.
Nickxxon, I've decided that, if I do get an angel, I will risk it with the cardinals, they are slightly larger than neons, and I will start with a very young angel and hope for the best.
rbihsop. I use Ap test kits for Nitrogen testing, because I know the strips are pretty worthless for that.I was hoping I could get away with the strips for hardness/ph, just to save the money. I will call some lfs and see if they use liquid tests on samples. thanks.
centralharbor
06-18-2007, 6:27 AM
Depending upon the size of the angels, I do not like to mix angels and samll tetras like cardinals or neons. They do make nice feeds for large angels.
Keyholes or cupidos might work.
actually, if i remember right, neons are an angel's prey in the wild.
Nolapete
06-18-2007, 12:40 PM
If you start off with small angels and cardinals/neons together, the angels won't eat them when they are adult size. Medium to large angels added in with neons/cardinals = buffet!
Star_Rider
06-18-2007, 3:09 PM
If you start off with small angels and cardinals/neons together, the angels won't eat them when they are adult size. Medium to large angels added in with neons/cardinals = buffet!
Not always true..cardinals , black neons tend to get larger as adults.
neons don't get quite as large.
angels are cichlids and will attempt to eat anything they 'think' is small enough to fit in their mouths.
that said..it has been done successfully(raising young angels with neons) but there is a risk that the angels will find the neons as food.