Restocking The 125 Gallon

[Bradley Moles]

1 blood parrot
1 electric blue acara
2 electric blue ram
2 common pleco
3 kuhlI loaches
4 cory cats
1 striped raphael cat
1 zebra loach
2 rainbow shark
3 discus
2 angel
3 clown loach
1 dwarf gourami

Restocking to have a more fun and healthy aquarium. The discus and angels are shy eaters and the blood parrot it not. I’m concerned that the blood parrot is not allowing them to eat as much as they shoot and they have stress marks

I’ve decided to sell these 5 fish as well as the smaller rainbow shark(due to aggression) and the dwarf gourami because he is ugly and picks on my rams. Also getting rid of the smaller pleco because one is more than enough(the bigger one is my girlfriends).

That leaves me with

1 blood parrot
1 electric blue acara
2 electric blue ram
1 common pleco
3 kuhlI loaches
4 cory cats
1 striped raphael cat
1 zebra loach
1 rainbow shark
3 clown loach

Most of these fish are juveniles so this tank will look empy after I take those 8 fish out. I want some top to middle level swimmers but not sure what to go with there. Really debating on getting a couple more blood parrots and electric blue acara(I believe both of mine are males) the blood parrot can get very territorial but I was hoping getting him some friends would help him become more playful rather than territorial(tell me your thoughts). Both electric blue rams are male sadly, wish they were a pair. They seem friendly towards eachother most times, debating on getting a couple females for them to pair up(thoughts?) doubt I find electric blues, but will regular German rams pair with these guys and possibly spawn?

Plan on getting a few more kuhlis and cory cats also but those don’t take up any room.

 

[75g Discus Tank]

I’m not really good with bigger tank stocking, but up the cory and kuhlI shoals to 6+.

TexasDomer is probably the best at answering stocking questions on the forum.

 

[Aqua Hands]

I think clown minimum is 5... I may be wrong

 

[Bradley Moles]

I think clown minimum is 5... I may be wrong

They get a little large for 5 in a 125, I think they’ll be comfortable with 3

 

[Fufu]

I’d up the clown loaches to a minimum of 4 in that size tank

I’d up the kuhlis and Cory’s to a minimum of 6-8 in that tank.

You can get some GBR females but if a pair bonds you run the risk of them becoming aggressive to the other male and female. Especially the the second pair doesn’t bond.

You can look at getting a pair of chocolate cichlids or a robertsonI as centre piece fish for mid to top level swimmers

Fufu

 

[TexasDomer]

Would you be okay with rehoming some other fish? I'd get rid of a few more to fix some compatibility issues.

 

[Bradley Moles]

Would you be okay with rehoming some other fish? I'd get rid of a few more to fix some compatibility issues.

Yeah that may be okay. Which ones do you recommend?

 

[TexasDomer]

I'd rehome the raphael (he can eat some of your smaller fish as an adult) and the single zebra loach - he should be in a group, and this species will outcompete the kuhlis, and maybe the cories, for food. You have a lot of bottom dwellers, and this will help reduce the crowding. I'd rehome the rainbow shark as well - too many bottom dwellers still and this guy gets aggressive as he ages.

Watch for aggression from the acara and the parrot towards the blue rams - both of these could bully the smaller and more peaceful rams.

What species of cory do you have?

What about something like this?

1x Blood parrot
1x Electric blue acara
2x Electric blue ram
1x Common pleco
15x KuhlI loaches
15x Cories (just one species)
4x Clown loach
8x BoesemanI rainbows
10-15x Congo tetra
10-15x Diamond tetra