ATKINSON

I am really getting irrated about my constant stocking ideas so I think I will just tell you guys what I have and what tanks I have and then you can help hopefully?

Tanks: 75gallon and 100gallon

Fish: *2 discus( Another 3 to come), 4 platys, 10 glowlight tetras,3 clown loaches, 1 tyre track eel, 2 plecos, 2 black ghost knife( Juvies)

Where should I put each fish?

* At the moment the discus are in a quarintine tank so they can go to either tank.

fish_newbie

Hmm. You need to 1 pleco/tank. The clown loaches must in the 100G tank given their adult size is massive. Also the clowns might want a piece of your discus's slime coat so IMO they shouldn't be together. I've kept black ghost knife, they're pretty awesome, I guess they can be in the same tank as the loaches as they get pretty big themselves. I haven't kept the eel yet so no comment on that. As for the platy and the tetras i think they should go into the 100G as well, leaving the 75 just for discus.

So overall, IMO : 100G - 1 pleco, platy, loaches, BGK, tetras
75G- Discus + pleco
Discus need their water as clean as possible, so try to prevent putting too many fish in there (if you can) to reduce the wastes. I keep my discus with a few tetras, but it all depends on your waterchange. If you can keep up with it then it its alright. And for the loaches and the BGK, remember to quarantine before you add new fish, they are extremely fragile and get disease easily. I've kept my life long friend the 2yo BKG until i added an angel with fungus. I've manage to save the angel but the BKG died

ATKINSON

Sorry to hear about your bgk. I know that bgk get huge so wont they eat the tetras and platys when they get bigger?

Also, I think it would be better to seperate my eel from my platys and glowlights because he has eaten 2 over the past week. Maybe then 5 discus, 1 pleco, 4 platys and 4 glowlights. I could keep the other 6 in my dads 30gal.

fish_newbie

yes, your BKB will hunt the tetras at night if it fits its mouth. But also remember that discus isn't as friendly as they seems. Never forget that they're cichlids, when they are big enough they still might hunt your tetras as well, but that depends, some do, some doesn't. Since the day I added my 2 adult discus into my 70G juvie tank, about 6-7 neon tetras has gone missing. So right now I would put the tetras and platy with the discus, as they're still young, but you might have to make arrangement for them when the discus get big (or maybe you would get lucky and have friendly discus ). I'm not sure that platy and glowlight can stand discus's temperature though, I've never had them. I've kept 5 guppies in 88F for 3 weeks and nothing happen, I've moved them though, not all that good for their health. So its up to you.

fish_newbie

PS; BKB are 100% carnivorce, once they are big enough your tetras will just be another meal.

ATKINSON

I think I will try them with the discus for a few weeks, manly because I cant put them back in with my eel as he has developed a liking to small fish.

ATKINSON

I am aware of the carnivoure appetite, thats why I will try have a carnivore only tank. Exception of the clown loaches.