110 Gallon tank... What fish should i get?

[Sherriff]

Hello again,

Right, the new tank is here -ITS BEAUTIFUL!
-Just gonna give you a small update on the tank to reduce the amount of people questioning,
It's been cycling for 4 weeks now and about 20 days ago I got my first reading of 0,0,3ppm I kept up the cycling and i have continuously got these results from then on (small fluctuations in the nitrate, but nothing a partial water change didn't solve)
I added 6 zebra danio 10 days ago and all was well so i added another 6 5 days ago.
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT!

...Now then, I have a smaller tank still running which is home to the following (has been running like this for a year now with NO problems, or deaths luckily!)
-18 Neon Tetra
-8 Penguin Tetra
-6 Honey Gourami
-2 3-Spot Gourami
-2 Angel Fish
-1 Betta

First and foremost I plan to up my shoal size of Danio to about 30 throughout this week and then give the filter system a weeks grace to catch up, this is my plan for adding the stock so it is built up over a period of weeks not just in one go.

So far my final stock list for the 110g is as follows
-30+ Neon Tetra
-30 Penguin Tetra
-30 Zebra Danio
...then the rest from my smaller tank
-6 Honey Gourami
-2 3-Spot Gourami
-2 Angel Fish
-1 Betta

I would like as much advice, suggestion, additions and alterations to my tank as possible as I would much rather it thrive than simply survive as a habitat. It is heavily planted towards one side and I have some driftwood and ornaments providing caves. Then essentially a bare middle for those fish who just wanna swim (obviously has substrate, which fyi is a fine gravel)

THANK YOU!

 

[FreshyFresh]

Congrats on the 110! That's a lot of tank and a lot of stocking possibilities! I like your stocking lists.

I have to ask though, given you have several other established tanks running, why the 4 week cycling of your 110? You're pretty much instantly cycled if you add established bio media and hardscape to the 110 from your other running tanks.

 

[Sherriff]

Pleasently surprised at that response was half expecting a telling off!
The whole process to date has been 4 weeks, got my first good reading after 8 days, but left it another week just to be sure and decided to play it safe by just adding a few of my danio.
You got any suggestions as to the stock sizes etc? Or am I good to go?
I don't want to over stock, but at the same time I want it too reach its full potential!

 

[FreshyFresh]

Those are some serious schools of tetras, but that is a lot of space in a 110. I'm not sure at the potential size of the gouramis, but angels can get quite large. Hopefully some of our experienced members will chime in with suggestions.

 

[Sherriff]

Yeah, when consulting my LFS when I purchased my danio they suggested shoal size of at least 50 of each...
I guess they are also just after my money so I've been a little more modest.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I think that stocking should be fine, esp. in a planted tank. Make sure to keep an eye that with more space, none of the gouramis are being territory-hungry and bullying any of the others. The gouramis / betta will probably like it if you let some of the plants grow up towards the surface.

If it were me, I would reduce one of the schools somewhat to add some bottom feeders (like a shoal of cories) but that is just personal preference. Though, if you stock it as you stated and find over time that it is still very stable and the fact that it is planted keeps the nitrates nice and low, you could also potentially do cories or some such in addition to those schools. It's all about being stable and healthy. But bottom feeders wouldn't take any real estate away from any of the fish you have, so as long as the water quality is good, they aren't going to be crowding any of the planned fish. It's just a whole open area of tank...

You may find that as the tank matures, you want to add otos or siamese algae eaters to that mix to help control algae. But you'd want to wait until you have some algae growth for them.