bolivianbaby

You could put a couple blue or bolivian rams if you dropped to 6 barbs, 6 neons, and 6 corys.

Jaysee

I want bolivians! They're going to be the centerpiece of my 30 hex. Gotta order online though.

bolivianbaby

They're worth it! We have two and we love ours Great choice!

ynaggo

1 Blue Ram
2 Bolivian
14 Tetras
6 Barbs
6 Cories?

Is my plan

What about 3-4 kuhli loaches or 1-2 clowns?
but I heard clowns are prone to ICH?

Jaysee

I'd do a pair of rams and some dwarf rainbows.

This is my 45 stock - 2 GBR, 2 pearl gouramis, 8 dwarf neon rainbows, 7 gold barbs, 7 albino corys, 1 albino bn. I'm actually moving the albinos to an albino tank, and am replacing them with either angelicus or zebra loaches.

ynaggo

How would this work

2 Blue Rams
2 Bolivians
2 Pearl's
10 Neon Tetras
6 Barbs
6 Cory's

Jaysee

Sounds good to me. You're gonna try and get m/f pairs for the rams? I think you can keep the neons at 15.

bolivianbaby

I'd choose either the blues or the bolivians, not both. These guys are territorial and you will have serious conflict with 4. Even with two, you may want to make sure you have a backup plan. I was unable to keep two bolivians in anything smaller than a 55, which is a length of 48" and a depth of 12".

Everything else looks good

ynaggo

An old mate told me Rainbows would go with Rams??

So for now

2 Blue Rams
3 Pearls
15 Neon Tetra's
6 Barbs
6 Cories

Jaysee

I keep dwarf rainbows with my rams.

bolivianbaby

Me, too. They get along great!

Also, since you're stocking two rams, it really helps if you have a lot of hiding places and aquascape for breaks in their line of sight. That'll alleviate some of the aggression.

Jaysee

If you were going to try and put 3 full sized gouramis in a 46, pearls would be the ones to do it with. Make sure you get one male and two females.

You could probably add a golden wonder killi as well - stays at the surface.

BB - my rainbows are almost as bad as the tiger barbs when it comes to eating. Yours are pigs as well?

bolivianbaby

Good catch, Jaysee. I missed the 3 pearls.

Ynaggo, you definitely want to be careful with gouramis, even pearls. Have a backup plan if you're wanting 3 or really aquascape to break up lines of site.

Jaysee-Oh, yeah, my rainbows once they got over their shyness are HUGE pigs

omnitheforsaken

Beutiful tank. That's actually what I wanted but couldn't find any for less than $400.00 with stand, so I settled on a regular 75. But I'm glad you found it and got a good deal for it. Congrats.

ynaggo

Yeah I do have a quarantine tank just incase something goes wrong

2 Pearls 1 Male 1 Female
2 Blue Rams 1 Male 1 Female
14 Tetras
6 Barbs
6 Cories