Hi, How you going?
I'm from Australia and I just wanted to run some ideas by you. I've had a bit of experience in the fish world.
I currently have one tank of breeding guppies and another tank with marine clownfish. I have also had tropical seahorses in the past.
I have just bought a 90gallon (340l) tank (4foot (long) x 2foot (tall) x 18inch (deep)). It has an under gravel filter, a canister filter, 2 heaters and 2 lights. I'm thinking of decorating it with gravel, driftwood, rock and live plants.
I’m not afraid of hard work and I always ensure my tanks are in optimal condition.
I'm trying to make a plan of what I’m going to stock it with so I can slowly build up to the final number. The main thing I want is colour, colour, and colour (and personality)
This is what I’m thinking so far:

• 3 x Dwarf Gouramis (1 male and 2 females, or 3 males?)
• Pair Angelfish
• Pair Kribensis Cichlids
• 1 Shark(Maybe Black Redtail, is there another that would be better?)
• 12 Cherry Barbs (are these two small? Will they get eaten? Is there a better suited schooling fish)
• Another school of some type (maybe hatchets, can you suggest another schooling fish?)
• 6-8 x Rainbow fish (Not sure which type, does gender matter?)
• 3 Yoyo loaches
• 2 Bristlenosed cat fish (to eat algae)

Can you please advise me as to whether this is a good combo? Are there any compatibility issues? Are there too many fish? Any similar but more colourful suggestions?
I would really appreciate any feedback you could give me. You may save many fishy lives.

Thanks for your time,
Deb

Hi debs,

is this going to be a planted tank? looks good in planted tank...

from your list...
3 x Dwarf Gouramis (1 male and 2 females,) -ok
• Pair Angelfish -not ok, will eat cherry barbs when adult size!
• Pair Kribensis Cichlids-ok friendly needs hiding places.
• 1 Shark(Maybe Black Redtail, is there another that would be better?) mean fella, blue shark better but corydoras are cuter, panda, sterbai...
• 12 Cherry Barbs (are these too small? Will they get eaten? Is there a better suited schooling fish), they are too small for your angels...
• Another school of some type (maybe hatchets, can you suggest another schooling fish?) -dwarf neon rainbows will school
• 6-8 x Rainbow fish (Not sure which type, does gender matter?) celebes rainbows are nice...
• 3 Yoyo loaches
• 2 Bristlenosed cat fish (to eat algae)

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2 Bristlenosed cat fish (to eat algae)!!!?

Never heard of they will eat algae. I have 1 of it. They just eating the pellet. And they will eat some plants...especially the expensive crypts.

U feed them well with fresh vegetable so why would they wanna chomp down on cheap vegies ??? I have crypts and anubias in the tank but my magnum just leaves them alone...so much food and green algae to chew on. Otos are good too but they only chew brown algae.

They do eat algae when they get desperate for greens. If u looking for an algae eater, hmmm...try getting a sturisoma instead...good hardworking fella but not too effective though...gets the job done. If u are not certain which type of pleco to get, do run a search from planetcatfish.com and a pictorial site at transfish.de for confirmation of genus.

Well for me, a tank tat size, i would keep...PLECOS
Big huge Pseudacanthicus or Panaques Nasty pooping machines though

Hatchet fish hmmm. Then u shud cover the tank because they can really fly. I

yea must agree catfish are catfish, sneaky and have a mind of their own!
i love the mosaic b & w cats, l46 and its variants...but these are hypancistrus? are not vegetarians...

debs hasn't said if she's gonna have a planted tank...

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hehe..plecowhacko, yr crypts are cheapo type.

haha, cheap nevermind but don't cheap looking! haha
sometimes cheap here maybe but once overseas, become very very expensive...our longkang weeds also can fetch good price...as long as don't look cheap! haha

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Dom,

My bristlenose do eat algae... I see them cleaning up the glass front and they are really good at it. They don't touch my cheapo crypts and java ferns (most fish don't touch java ferns 'coz apparently it gives out a nasty odour to fishes).

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That's why i said...they dont touch cheap crypts. But exp crypts.

btw, since when you got planted tank ah?

Aiyo, that day you come my house never see meh...... the masterpiece with one big java fern and one small crypt..... hahaha!! No C02, no nothing... just lights and tetras and apisto with gravel that's it.

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