Stock my tank

[civprod]

I got this idea from another post. Once my cycle is finished I am going to start stocking my tank. I have a 55 gallon tank and about 100 dollars to spend initially stocking it.

As a result of the constraints, I was thinking about getting some smaller schooling fish. However, I have no idea about which fish I would be choosing even if I got schooling fish and I am not set on any particular idea.

I am probably going to buy the fish from the Dr. Foster Smith website since their guarantee is better than the LFS and they have a better selection (the $100 would not include the shipping costs). There is another LFS that is about an hour away that I may use but unless they have something that catches my eye I will order online.

[Mgamer20o0]

though i cheated a little.... couple schools of Tetras

# Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
# Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
# Black Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
# Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
# True Rummy-Nose Tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus)
# Bleher's Rummynose Tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
# Black Skirt Tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
# Serpae Tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
# Black Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
# Red Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
# Red Crystal Tetra (Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi)
# Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
# Bentos Tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
# Vilma's Tetra (Hyphessobrycon vilmae)
# Ember Tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
# Red-Line Tetra (Hyphessobrycon amapaensis)
# Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
# Yellow Tetra (Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus)
# Colombian Tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus)
# Buenos Aires Tetra (Hyphessobrycon anisitsi)
# Silver-Tipped Tetra (Hasemania nana)
# Gold Tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
# Ulrey's Tetra (Hemigrammus ulreyi)
# Bassam Tetra (Hemigrammus marginatus)
# Pristella (X-Ray) Tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
# Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
# Red-Eyed Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
# Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
# Mexican Tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
# Blind Cave Tetra (Astyanax jordani)

[chaibill]

they are going to charge a lot for shipping
maybe throw 8 Odessa barbs in there, some type of community cichlid , a school of tetras 10 little ones you could do few schools of different Barbs

[civprod]

I know that it will probably cost me $35 for shipping, which is alot, but I would pay the extra rate for the better guarantee. I am hoping that the LFS an hour away will have a good shop so I can use that extra money for stocking the tank, but using only the local store, the internet is the better option.

There is a petsmart in the area but I like the internet selection better.

[Lupin]

LOL..Mgamer, that's a nice list!:p:

[jm1212]

an angle and a festivum would be good centerpiece fish.

[Rbishop]

though i cheated a little.... couple schools of Tetras

# Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
# Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
# Black Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
# Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
# True Rummy-Nose Tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus)
# Bleher's Rummynose Tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
# Black Skirt Tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
# Serpae Tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
# Black Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
# Red Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
# Red Crystal Tetra (Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi)
# Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
# Bentos Tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
# Vilma's Tetra (Hyphessobrycon vilmae)
# Ember Tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
# Red-Line Tetra (Hyphessobrycon amapaensis)
# Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
# Yellow Tetra (Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus)
# Colombian Tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus)
# Buenos Aires Tetra (Hyphessobrycon anisitsi)
# Silver-Tipped Tetra (Hasemania nana)
# Gold Tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
# Ulrey's Tetra (Hemigrammus ulreyi)
# Bassam Tetra (Hemigrammus marginatus)
# Pristella (X-Ray) Tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
# Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
# Red-Eyed Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
# Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
# Mexican Tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
# Blind Cave Tetra (Astyanax jordani)

this post looks familiar..

[Cichlidgirl91]

African cichlid tanks are pretty cool. If you go with that, you could also do upside down catfish.
Oddball tanks are awesome too!