Giuliano
08-16-2019, 08:25 PM
Hi there! I'm currently setting up a 90 gallon. Here's the catch: it was previously a saltwater aquarium. Regardless, I bought it used (along with its stand and canopy) and polished it off quite nicely! As the tank was originally a saltwater aquarium, it also comes with the overflow and return system (i.e a "weir" in one of the corners of the 90 gallon), including a reeftrigger crystal clear sump. I'm not too sure of the exact model, but I'm not worried considering I know that it will be more than enough filtration to power a 90g freshwater tank (this, in total, makes the total water volume of the aquarium roughly 120 gallons.)
Anyways, all this to say that I'm going to keep discus in there, with the six I already have now in a 55g as the bare minimum. Once the aquarium is fully cycled and everything has settled, I'd like to move them to that aquarium, since right now they're in a 55 gallon right now (and over a year old):/. It will also have a fine sandbed, and not be barebottom. Ideally, I don't want the aquarium to be too crowded with fish/plants/driftwood. I want the discus to "stand out" when I look at the aquarium. With that being said, I'd like to keep other fish with them, such as "dither" fish, dwarf cichlids or even some oddballs! Since I just recently signed up to this forum (but have been lurking around reading for months,) I'd like everyone's answers/opinions/suggestions on what I should stock this aquarium with (and how many of each fish), considering I'm planning on keeping my discus.Temperatures will be warm, so I'm making sure that these fish I'm keeping will be able to thrive the same way that the discus will. After all, all fish deserve to thrive in their own ideal water parameters, and if two different water paramters of two different fish conflict, then they were just never meant to be kept together.
Here's the stock list so far:
- The 6 Discus fish, which currently reside in my 55gallon until they're moved.
- A pair of apisto. agassizii "fire red"
- Any kind (preferably Cardinal) tetra
- A single/group of geophagus, if possible. The "geophagus surinamensis" really caught my eye.
- A true siamese algae eater
- A group of Corydoras Sterbai
- An albino bristlenose pleco
- and Sturisoma panamense.
I thought of mostly bottom feeders, is there too much at the "bottom" level? Please leave me your thoughts/opinions on this. I would definitely love to see suggestions for potential dwarf cichlids, or gouramis, tetras, oddball fish, etc. Definitely thinking of adding anywhere from 1-4 more discus to the aquarium when the time is right As far as I know, the filtration/sump is excellent, so a fairly stocked aquarium will not be drastically impacting the overall quality of water parameters. Like I mentioned earlier, I still want the discus to really be the centerpieces of my aquarium, regarldless of how many other fish I have in there.
Any help/feedback is much appreciated! And if anyone would like to see updates + pics of the aquarium, let me know. I'd be more than happy to share this build with the forum's community and members. :)
Anyways, all this to say that I'm going to keep discus in there, with the six I already have now in a 55g as the bare minimum. Once the aquarium is fully cycled and everything has settled, I'd like to move them to that aquarium, since right now they're in a 55 gallon right now (and over a year old):/. It will also have a fine sandbed, and not be barebottom. Ideally, I don't want the aquarium to be too crowded with fish/plants/driftwood. I want the discus to "stand out" when I look at the aquarium. With that being said, I'd like to keep other fish with them, such as "dither" fish, dwarf cichlids or even some oddballs! Since I just recently signed up to this forum (but have been lurking around reading for months,) I'd like everyone's answers/opinions/suggestions on what I should stock this aquarium with (and how many of each fish), considering I'm planning on keeping my discus.Temperatures will be warm, so I'm making sure that these fish I'm keeping will be able to thrive the same way that the discus will. After all, all fish deserve to thrive in their own ideal water parameters, and if two different water paramters of two different fish conflict, then they were just never meant to be kept together.
Here's the stock list so far:
- The 6 Discus fish, which currently reside in my 55gallon until they're moved.
- A pair of apisto. agassizii "fire red"
- Any kind (preferably Cardinal) tetra
- A single/group of geophagus, if possible. The "geophagus surinamensis" really caught my eye.
- A true siamese algae eater
- A group of Corydoras Sterbai
- An albino bristlenose pleco
- and Sturisoma panamense.
I thought of mostly bottom feeders, is there too much at the "bottom" level? Please leave me your thoughts/opinions on this. I would definitely love to see suggestions for potential dwarf cichlids, or gouramis, tetras, oddball fish, etc. Definitely thinking of adding anywhere from 1-4 more discus to the aquarium when the time is right As far as I know, the filtration/sump is excellent, so a fairly stocked aquarium will not be drastically impacting the overall quality of water parameters. Like I mentioned earlier, I still want the discus to really be the centerpieces of my aquarium, regarldless of how many other fish I have in there.
Any help/feedback is much appreciated! And if anyone would like to see updates + pics of the aquarium, let me know. I'd be more than happy to share this build with the forum's community and members. :)