stocking a 55 gallon!

sorry to dig this up but i was away for a few weekson vacation in florida :D as for the fish i guess i just wont get get shrimp if the gbr's will eat em. i got several plants growin in my 20 and 30 right now. im not sure what 1 of thems called but the others are red lillys :). ill post pics in a few week when theyve grown so u can actually see em(bought as bulbs)
so i think setup will be now:

fish:
4 gbrs(1 male: 3females)
pair of angels(have already)
10 lemon tetras :D (6 needed)
6 red phantom tetras
7 panda cories
2 albino bristle nose plcoes( as suggested by dee steven)
4 platys
4 male guppies?
1 gold fish?(for some bright color)
mabye a few snails?

plants:
java ferns
java moss
some weed things i got as bulbs(will show pics when there grown)
red lillys

ornaments:
driftwood
rocks
a pink brick

the question marks are just rough ideas the 1's without are for sure.:)

now i gots to start savin my money :headshake2: (im only 15) o well lots to look forward to :) thx for the help guys!
 
I wouldn't add any livebearers unless you have a place for fry...your tank is pretty much stocked without them and will quickly be overpopulated if you mix sexes...I wouldn't add them anyways.

With 4 rams you are pretty much ensuring breeding which is not going to be good when two of the females are left out. And coupled with the angels (are they a breeding pair?) I see a problem waiting to happen.

I would choose either the lemons or the red phantoms and up the school to 12 or so. A larger school of one fish will look nicer IMO. Also add a couple more corys to the list.

By "gold fish" are you referring to coldwater goldfish or a tropical species that is the color gold?
 
dogyluver said:
Angelfish are really nice and a 55 gal is a nice size tank. Start off with 6 juvies and you may get a couple of pairs. Plecosomus are also a nessecity as well as a couple of cory cat fish.
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besides a rubberlip pleco i had a few years back that was a gift, i have yet to have a tank with a pleco.
 
no goldies.
 
alright how about this then?:

10 lemons
10 rummynoses :D
2 gbr pairs (2m:2f )
1 breeding angel pair
1 pleco
7 panda cories
4 male guppies.

plants: random weed looking 1, water lillys, java ferns+moss, anubias, micro sword gras.
 
sounds good
 
jpappy789 said:
I don't see their being enough room for two schools of fish and two pairs of rams is going to be worse than a harem group. Are your angels actually a breeding pair? What type of pleco?
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angels- failed breeding pair(eat all the eggs everytime :()
pleco- albino brittlenose i think:confused: probably not gonna get em though
 
sorry to bump this up again but i thought of a new list of fish needed to know if it could work so here it is:

10 cherry shrimp
8 neons
8 black neons
8 lemons
6 dalmation mollies
5 panda cories
4 gouramis
4 german blue rams
4 platys

plants:
flame moss, guppy grass
 
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