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I finished my fishless cycle on Sunday. Yesterday I did a 50% water change and dosed my ammonia. Today I did another 50% change and dosed ammonia.
Tomorrow I go get my fish. Here is what I plan to get. Does everything seem compatible? BTW I'm stocking a 55g
3 Zebra Danios
3 Blue Danios
6 Glowlight Tetras
6 White Clouds
6 Platys
6 Pepper Corys
2 Blue Rams
3 Otos
1 DT Male Betta
2 Iradescent Sharks ( I already have these in my 10g. I am looking to find them a new home as I know how large they will get. They are about 2" now)

Any suggestions? If this looks okay would I be fully stocked?
 
Hmmm... I would say this list would stock the tank pretty much. If you don't want to have lots of fry (unless you're getting one sex only), maybe you could scrap the platy idea and get more danios?
 
I have 5 serpae tetras and never had any problems with them and other fish, in fact my molly harrasses them for some reason and they seem scared of it! If you decide to get them I would recommend at least 5 or 6 to keep them occupied with each other just in case! Maybe you could get three more of each of the danios instead of the platys and replace the white clouds with a school of 6 or so other tetras? There are lots of different kinds/colors, you should see what the stores around you carry, maybe something else will catch your eye! I had 3 platys and I did absolutely nothing to try and save the babies and I still had 3 survive after only a few weeks. ( I returned them, except for 1).
 
I am a huge cichlid fan because they are such smart fish. With the smarts come quite a bit of personality also. I think you are going to have to watch your rams closely. I finally gave up and returned mine. He was constantly going after my pepper corys so I moved him to my discus tank. I soon realized that my 1" ram had pushed my five 2"-3.5" discus into about 1/4 of the tank. I saw first-hand where rams get their name. Mine would get a 6-8" head start and fly full speed into anything it didn't want in its territory. Beautiful fish but they can be quite mean. Also mine was just a single, if you wind up with a breeding pair the aggression will be even worse.
 
that is not common behavior for blue rams. I havent had any problems in any of my tanks with them, plus they look great! I have never had a breeding couple but I have heard that you sometimes need to seperate them.
 
peleg38 said:
I am a huge cichlid fan because they are such smart fish. With the smarts come quite a bit of personality also. I think you are going to have to watch your rams closely. I finally gave up and returned mine. He was constantly going after my pepper corys so I moved him to my discus tank. I soon realized that my 1" ram had pushed my five 2"-3.5" discus into about 1/4 of the tank. I saw first-hand where rams get their name. Mine would get a 6-8" head start and fly full speed into anything it didn't want in its territory. Beautiful fish but they can be quite mean. Also mine was just a single, if you wind up with a breeding pair the aggression will be even worse.
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Sexually frustrated? :duh:
 
the danios are pretty good about getting new born platy/swordtail fry
 
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