Need help stocking my tank

[frusterdated]

If i was to get rid of the tiger barbs, would the clown loaches and red tail shark fit well in a mainly cichlid tank? i browse liveaquaria but cant seem to narrow it down. are there any other sites with quality info about care and needs of a variety of fish?

[mistahoo]

Clown Loaches will be fine. The red tail shark may cause some problems. Liveaquaria is a good place to get general ideas. I used it at first to find what type of fish I liked. I usually just google their scientific name as most of the first few sites will have very detailed information. Though be wary of information on the net. Don't take it as your bible as there have been several instances where internet information has been proven wrong.

[morpheus]

Clown loaches need a lot of room and generally do best is larger groups too. They school and I have seen them in bigger groups than 4. Barbs are a very picky species and you cant really place them with the fish most stores classify as semi-aggressive (like gouramis). My 56 gal has a mix of african and south american chichlids. Most of those grow to 4-5 inches minimum and have ranges of colors and iridescence. Also have silver dollars in with them.

[troy tucker]

My 56 gal has a mix of african and south american chichlids. Most of those grow to 4-5 inches minimum and have ranges of colors and iridescence. Also have silver dollars in with them.

So tell us what Africans & SA. do you have? Pictures?

[morpheus]

So tell us what Africans & SA. do you have? Pictures?

I can get some pictures tonight. Some are hard to say exactly what lakes since stores label tanks as "assorted peacocks" or "assorted africans". They are actually central american, south american and african.

56 Gal
Central - 1 Jack Dempsey, 1 Black Convict
South - 2 Silver Dollars, 1 Green Terror
African - 2 peacocks (malawi if i had to guess), 2 kenyi
1 pleco

Just lost my electric yellow. Went on vacation and he didnt eat after I returned.

Also have more community tanks:

29 gal (tetras and groumis) - Black skirts, lamp eyes, harlequins, beunos aries, red minor/serapes, gold and opaline groumi
10 gal - giant danios, dalmation mollys
10 gal - 1 small jack dempsey (until can move to 56 gal)

[troy tucker]

JD. do well with Africans. Sounds like you have some nice fish.
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