Community Stocking help please

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zazz

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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!
 
zazz said:
I don't have the numbers in front of me but the water is rather high ph And hard.
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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.
 
Though people do it all the time, I don't care to mix angels and gourami.
 
I feel the gourami are too much of being nippers.
 
rbishop said:
I feel the gourami are too much of being nippers.
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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
 
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.
 
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