Rounding out a tank

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I'm currently working on re-stocking and rounding out my 55 gallon tank and I'm wondering what everyone thinks of my ideas. Tank has been set up almost 2 yrs is cycled and stable.

Current inhabitants:

1 large angelfish (about 6-7 inches tall and 4-5 inches long)
4 platies
6 danios
6-7 cories
3 glo lites
1 upside down cat

What I'm thinking of adding

3 more glo lites
2-3 clown loaches
2 angelfish

Is this too much and would I run into compatibility issues? If too much, what would you suggest for this tank?
 
I don't know anything about anglefish, but I would definately go for the glo lights, maybe even 6 more or so, they'll like the company. I would avoid the clown loaches, they just get too big, plus with the other extra fish you might already be close to or at stocking!
 
Sorry bro, but the extra angels are a no-go. Once you have a single angel or a few in a tank, then try to add more down the road, the established angels have their territories staked out, and will destroy any new angels. Plus, if two angels pair off, they'll make life miserable for the other angels in a 55.

When it comes to clowns, it's tricky. If you plan on keeping them in the 55g with no upgrades in the near future, I'd say no. These guys can reach 12" in the aquarium.

But what you can do, is buy a group of juvies (5 or more if they're around 1") and when they eventually do start getting rather large for your tank, take them to your LFS and trade them in (when they reach around 6-7") for a nice chunk of store credit or a new batch of juvies. Talk it over with your LFS owner first though, because if they don't take trade-ins, or won't give you store credit, it's not worth it. (You'll either be stunting the clowns, or be getting ripped off after all the time and money you spent into raising them to a good size)


HTH,
Serg
 
I had heard clowns were very slow growers. I had planned on buying 3-4" ones right now and I plan on buying a 225 gallon tank when I move in a year or so. I figured they'd be fine in there.
 
If you're sure you will get the bigger tank than by all means buy the clowns!!! They're great fish, need a little bit of extra TLC, and will be fine if you get them small and can DEFINATELY upgrade :) . Jealous, been on the search for a 150 or bigger with little luck! If you have a tank that big in mind, I would just start to research ideal C.L companions and go from there, once they get bigger they will be your centerpiece for sure!!!
 
Holly9937 said:
If you're sure you will get the bigger tank than by all means buy the clowns!!! They're great fish, need a little bit of extra TLC
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That's one thing I hadn't heard about the clowns. I'd been told they're very hardy and impossible to kill. My friend told me she knows a guy who had all the fish in his tank die so he partially drained the thing and stuck it in his garage. 3 months later he discovered a clown had been hiding under a rock or something and was still alive in the tank even though part of his body was now above the water. Not only was the clown still alive, but he was swimming around the tank like normal.
 
Clown loaches, expecially small ones can be very touchy, for more information try loaches online. Other than that I agree with everybody else. If the angels decided to pair off, they may not just stick to making life (for as long as it lasted) miserable for the other angels, but for everything else in the tank as well.
 
fishpoor said:
Clown loaches, expecially small ones can be very touchy, for more information try loaches online. Other than that I agree with everybody else. If the angels decided to pair off, they may not just stick to making life (for as long as it lasted) miserable for the other angels, but for everything else in the tank as well.
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I had heard that even after they pair off, they're pretty peaceful until they start breeding. But then, I've never seen cichlids that were peacefull when they were breeding.
 
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