75 gallon community stocking

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Hello I am not new here been here for years reading...anyways I use to have 4 tanks , cichlids and bichirs...got rid of them all when I moved (I regret it now) but I work from home and I'm wanting a nice community tank in my office...just purchased a used 75gal custom tank, with oak canopy, stand etc... its been drilled already and came with a 29gal tank on bottom, and the pump all that stuff, for the wet/dry sump filtration (I've never had one before, seems overwelming atm) anyways me and my gf want to do a community tank..bottom will be gravel, we don't like sand, I've use it before...just doesn't click with me. Anyways I have no idea about community style fish...so I'm looking for help from the pro's...we went to the lfs (only one we have) and wrote down a list of fish we really like...and I'm gonna post the long list here and I know a lot will have to be taken out, that's fine..so here's the list (sorry for this long rambling post) we know for sure that we want angels..so we'll base all these fish off of that
Angels for sure
[ ] Leopard daino
[ ] Neon tetra(gf loves these but I read angels will eat them, saw petsmart has jumbo neon tetra, would they work?)
[ ] Pictus catfish (really like these)
[ ] German blue ram
[ ] Black phantom tetra
[ ] Scissortail rasbora
[ ] Rummy nose tetra
[ ] Upside down catfish(really like these)
[ ] Glofish!
[ ] Prestella tetra
[ ] Albino corycat(really like these)
[ ] Black neon tetra
[ ] Irridesant shark aka fainting shark
[ ] Opaline guarmi
[ ] Bala shark
[ ] Green corycat

Anyways that's the list of the fish we like and we know for sure we want angels...thank you


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[ ] Leopard daino-8
[ ] Neon tetra(gf loves these but I read angels will eat them, saw petsmart has jumbo neon tetra, would they work?)-get some cardinals, much better and get about 10 of them.
[ ] Pictus catfish (really like these)-i wouldnt them, but if you do, get one.
[ ] German blue ram-1 pair
[ ] Black phantom tetra-8
[ ] Scissortail rasbora-12 ( if there what i think they are, they stay under 2 inches i think? )
[ ] Rummy nose tetra-8
[ ] Upside down catfish(really like these)-either the pictus or these ones, if you do with these ones, get 3
[ ] Glofish!-go for it lol, get 2 of every color
[ ] Prestella tetra-8 to 10
[ ] Albino corycat(really like these)-you can do with 8 to 10
[ ] Black neon tetra-i wouldnt do this, got enough schoolers
[ ] Irridesant shark aka fainting shark-DONT get these.. they get huge and they are brackish water specie
[ ] Opaline guarmi-2
[ ] Bala shark-again dont get these either
[ ] Green corycat-6


there you go :)
 
Stay away from the glofish until your tank has full cycled. These fish seem to die very easy. My community tank has lots of different types of tetras, but no buenas aires tetras. If your getting your fish from petsmart then get dwarf gourami, Otto cats and some black Khuli loaches as well.


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glo fish are very hardy, they are just genitically enhanced with jelly fish DNA to make them form the way they are..
 
I have Angels an Rams together... they do really well, but make sure your water is pristine with the RAMS. They do not do well in "new" water. Also, the otto cats are a good recommendation. They keep the algae to an absolute minimum and they are fun to watch. As for the rest it looks good. I personally am not a fan of tetras. I don't know why, never seemed to do anything for me personally.
 
So my tank can handle this many fish? I mean I want a bunch of fish in it but at sametime I don't want any dying from overstocking, thanks again for replies

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I forgot to Welcome you to AC. I hope you can what you need here and have some fun too.
 
And not to say the list is overstocked (I have no idea, just making sure its a good stock for my size tank :)

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