suggestions please?

[Newman]

that's actually very plausible...it hasn't happened to my open-top 40 gal yet even though there's a dining table right next to it and I clean that with windex all the time...
still windex is deadly x_x
sorry bout your fish. RIP fish...

 

[hayer]

thanx. i willl be restocking it with different fish(other than replenishing the white clouds, black neons, and cories). i waant some colorful schooling fish. my centerpeice fish will probably be a pair of pearl gouramis.

 

[lauraf]

Sniff. That's very upsetting to hear.

 

[hayer]

tanx. you guys are so sweet.

 

[hayer]

alright, this is what i would like to put in my 46 gallon tank:
3x sterbai cories
3x agassizi cories(2 are already in there)
6x black neons(5 are already in there)
6x whte clouds(2 are already in there)
6x cherry barbs
6x von rios
2x bristlenose plecos(already in there)
2x pearl gouramis
keep in mind this tank has been set up for 10+ years, so for the fish listed i am perfectly fine.

i was on aqadvisor and they said if the pearls start to breed, they may be too aggressive for they black neons, von rios, and cherry barbs. what do you gauys think? if this is true, whatother centerpeice fish could i put in there that get big enough to be noticed, but not too big.

 

[Doomhed]

I wouldnt get a pair of the gouramis, just one. they are perfectly happy by themselves, and are way more striking when there is just 1.

 

[exhumed07]

if ur going to clean the tank or clean near the tank if the surfaces are synthetic like glass or plastic. use deluted vinegar and water. 2 parts water to 1 part vinegar. cleans as effective as ammonia and alcohol based cleaners but is not toxic to the fish if small amounts are sprayed into the tanks. so u might want to suggest that to the cleaning people.

 

[hayer]

ok, thank you. i will only get 1 gourami and use the other cleaning supply. thanks again!

 

[hayer]

i might be acquiring a 55 gallon tank with a bristlenosed pleco in it. i was thinking of putting an electric blue crayfish in it. so, what is compatible with an electric blue crayfish?

 

[Newman]

nothing...that i can think of
crays are jerks..

 

[Doomhed]

nothing...that i can think of
crays are jerks..

the only thing that can sometimes live with crays are fish large enough to not be hurt by them. Those same fish are likely to eventually kill the crayfish out of boredom though.

 

[hayer]

ok. thank you. how would you stock a 55 with a bristlenose pleco already in there?

 

[lauraf]

Well, my goodness, a 55g with a BN pleco - I can't think of many community fish that wouldn't be okay with the bristlenose, but I don't know much about plecos . . . .
I'd love to have an (almost) empty tank that size to populate. If you can and want to invest the time and money, you could have a discus tank - maybe with rams and guppies - that would be so colourful! That's probably what I would do if I had that 55g and the BN wasn't going to be a problem . . . .
And there must be lots of great fish you could easily keep. So I guess you have to ask yourself, what interests you?

 

[Newman]

it is all up to you and what you think you want to keep.

 

[hayer]

ok, thanks! aren't bristlenose plecos good community fish though?

 

[lauraf]

ok, thanks! aren't bristlenose plecos good community fish though?

Yup, that's what I was saying . . . .

Well, my goodness, a 55g with a BN pleco - I can't think of many community fish that wouldn't be okay with the bristlenose, but I don't know much about plecos . . . .

Maybe the double/triple negative threw you

 

[Newman]

Lol
I can't not deny that.

 

[hayer]

lol, that's it!

 

[lauraf]

Sorry about that!

 

[hayer]

it's all good.
i got another cory cat(sorry, i only had 2 and forgot to update and now i have 3) and a pearl gourami. i love them. the new cory sticks like glue to the other cories and the pearl has circled the tank.