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Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70518

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Looking for a certain fish but just dont no which one?
i messured my tank today because i had planned on moving it into my room and it came out to be a 135 gallons not 125 like i had thought all this time so im looking for a fish to fill my tank up more and not have it look so empty.
my stock:
2 oscars
1 green terror
1 pleco
fish im looking for is maybe something easy on the eyes "A LOOKER" haha
easy on the bio load cause im guessing i cant push it much further with the bio load i have now!!!
i was thinking a severum fish but i dont no? herd they get big so i dont no how there bio load would be?
any suggestion on what fish i should end up bying? IF AT ALL POSSABLE?


THE TANK

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70521

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What are the dimensions of your tank? Also, if your tank is 24 inches high, how far does the water come up?

What type of plec have you got? To be perfectly honest with you, I don't think I will be looking to add any more fish than you have already got
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Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70524

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L 72x W 19x H 24
tank is filled to the top top almost or just about touching support cross beam
pleco is common i belive

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70525

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so if the tank is 24 inches high, is there any space at the top?

Your plec has the potential to reach 24 inches quite easily, I would not advise you getting any more fish. If you do want something else, I would really home your plec. Personally, there are tons of other much nicer fish than plecs, and a lot less messy as well
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Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70526

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Yeah 135 vs 125 isn't enough of a difference for the size of fish that will be able to cope with the other large aggressive fish.

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70538

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This is where i disagree with the others. How about a shoal of SD's (4-6) or even a pearl cichlid (Geophagus brasiliensis), looks great with nice bright colours. Or maybe a blue acara and a firemouth. The problem you might have is the green terror, you are more than likely to have aggression problems with it

If you do increase your stock levels you will have more maintanence to do. Bigger/more water changes and the filter will need cleaning more often. You have to ask yourself if you are willing to do this and remember it will be every week
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Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70570

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since you are requesting for any suggestion...and base on your intro,
you are looking for a nice active fishes that are good to watch...am
i right? if that is your objective, here are my suggestions:
1) re-home the pleco who are always hiding...and messy
2) re-hone the green terror to eliminate aggressiveness issue
3) get a school of SD (possible 6 pcs x 2 inches), nice to watch swimming together
4) or two ID sharks that never sleep or an angel fish that never stay at the
bottom.

i love to watch swimming fish, thus i don't keep specie that always hide.

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70574

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ok so i cant re home the gt or the pleco cause they are the gf fish so wont work or eles ha ha
maybe im better off just keeping my stock for now
as for the gt im not worries about issues with it cause the bigger oscar is the boss of the tank nothing touches it and ITS anger problem
you no how ppl say that oscars get a bad rep because of one bad oscar out of the bunch well i got that one
HES MEAN
and delboybully i no what you mean but i dont have the time to be doing two water changes a week or i would
though a school of SD does sound pretty cool
or ID shark like paul said

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70577

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if that is the case, an MTS is another option

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70578

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oh and to OFL there is no space at the top its filled to the very top top touching the glass support cross member

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70579

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i do have another 75 laying around but it cost money to keep stuff up and running and as a college student cant afford it paul haha i wish though

Re:Looking for a certain fish 2 years, 4 months ago #70581

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having a tank lying idle will give minimal cost in running. the cost of
having additional tank is more on the tank. i can run that tank in very
limited cost...

a 25W filtering pumps; a 10W ligths; and minimal water
change if you have few stock in it.
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