55 gallon build/journal

[Lab_Rat]

The area under the gills is fine. The continuation of the black marking is what is making thefishboss97 think it looks weird.

That stocking is on the heavy side with 20 cherry barbs but should be ok with good maintenance. Don't add all the fish at once. Angel goes in last.

 

[allaboutfish]

ok i wont. so what order should i add them in? i was thinking.
3-plecos since theyre quarentined and everything
blood parrot
10 barbs when theyre done quarentining(rearange decor after putting them in)
10 barbs when theyre done quarenting(rearange again)
1-angel
i think i might sale one of the birstlenoses when it gets older. i wanna keep the longfin and the one with the really cool markings. i believe the angelfish is more blue but the pic was just bad(looking at the videos from the seller the blueas are mor intense) this angelfish is a leopard philipine blue angelfish i believe.

 

[TheFishBoss97]

The area under the gills is fine. The continuation of the black marking is what is making thefishboss97 think it looks weird.

That stocking is on the heavy side with 20 cherry barbs but should be ok with good maintenance. Don't add all the fish at once. Angel goes in last.

yeah, it was that but it just looked weird to me

+1 on angel last so that way it won't be "owner" of the tank, more like a "new" fish that has to adapt, not control others.

 

[Lab_Rat]

I would probably add the barbs in groups of 5 instead of 10. Are you cloning this tank? You want to make sure you don't overwhelm the biofilter and give it time to catch up to the new bioload in between fish additions. If you're starting with enough of a biofilter you can be more aggressive in your stocking.

 

[allaboutfish]

does my plan look good or should the blood parrot and angelfish be added at the same time?

 

[allaboutfish]

I would probably add the barbs in groups of 5 instead of 10. Are you cloning this tank? You want to make sure you don't overwhelm the biofilter and give it time to catch up to the new bioload in between fish additions. If you're starting with enough of a biofilter you can be more aggressive in your stocking.

cloning?

 

[Lab_Rat]

Yes, taking enough filter media or an entire filter from another well established tank to instantly cycle the new tank. That is how I cycle any new tank I set up.

 

[allaboutfish]

im taking the filter off my 29 a tetra 30-60 and then adding another 30-60

 

[allaboutfish]

oh and then eventually adding a 70

 

[Fishfriend1]

Well, that sounds good to me. I can't wait to see the pics of the full tank....