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Offline adamsfish

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Stocking 180 gal
« on: April 25, 2005, 04:55:12 PM »
Just started stalking my 180 gal,so far i got 2 oscars about 3 inches,one convict 2inches,2 jd one 3inches and outher about 2inches,1 tinfoil barb 4 inches and pleco about 3 inches.Want to get a texas and gt,do you guys think i'll be over stalked when they reach max size?
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2005, 05:20:25 PM »
I think you're pretty much maxed out in bioload now(for once they are bigger that is). I wouldn't add the other ones .
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2005, 08:55:05 PM »
I would let the Oscars run the tank and forget about any others. Get a tank for barbs, convicts, and JDs each and try a pleco in them all....
Or get two pairs of cons, or have a pair of JDs....
If you want a lot of sp. make it a community tank and dont include any of them sp....
The only other option is to let them fight it out. I have my money on the cons!
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PS Do you think all them fish would live together?
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2005, 11:27:09 AM »
The problem is, by the time the fish mature, you might wind up with a pair of JDs and a pair of Oscars, and that in itself, could lead to trouble, let alone, adding a GT  and a Texas. You'd just be asking for too many ways of trouble starting.

You could add 2 more Tinfoil Barbs as large dithers.  I got 3 myself in my 150G.
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2 Geo Abalios 8 in
1 Geo Altifron 9 in.
1 Geo Balzani 5 in
2 Geo Orang-head Tapajos 4 in ea
1 Striped Raphael Cat  6 in.
3 Clown Loaches  5 in.
2 Blue Botia Loaches 6 in
1 Albino Gibby Pleco 7 in
90- Gallon 
1 Wild Silver Manacu Angels 5 in Female
2  Pearlscale Scalare Angels M & F 5 in
2 Red spot Peru Altum Angel  M & F  4 in
1 DD Black Female Angel 4 in
1 Half Black Angel  4 in
1 Black lace Angel  Female 3 in
1- Elephant Nose fish  4 in
1- Blue Phantom Pleco  5 in.
1- Jaguar Cat   4 in.
7- Golden Dojo Loaches  4 in.
30 Gallon:
1 Regular Dwarf Gourami  2 in
1 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Flame Dwarf Gourami 1 1/2 in
1- Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Stripped Raphael Cat 2 in
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2005, 02:18:26 PM »
instead of getting a GT and a Texas find a mate for the convict, a single convict will get lonely.....   You would be a bit over stalked but its doable... Just like my setup:

2 oscars
1 GT
1 JD
1 Texas
and a pair of convicts.

im pushin it with these fish in my 150.
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2005, 06:05:00 PM »
Even for a 180G, you may be pushing it with that combo.  One thing to take into mind is with a pair of Cons, you'd have tons of mating going on, in a tank that includes all those big Cichlids, and thats just asking for trouble.

If it were me, I'd go with  the 2 Oscars, 1 JD, 1 GT or Texas, 1 Con, 1 Firemouth or Blue Acara, and 2 or 3 Barbs, plus maybe a Bottom feeder or 2.

or I'd get rid of 1 of the Oscars, then you could have the GT and Texas, with the combo I just suggested above.

There's plenty of things to do with a 180G. It's just taking to many chances, with 2 of one kind, because of the possibility of pairing forming.

Good luck with whatever you decide.   I love my 150 G, so I know you'll love the 180G. O0
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150 Gallon:
2 Geo Abalios 8 in
1 Geo Altifron 9 in.
1 Geo Balzani 5 in
2 Geo Orang-head Tapajos 4 in ea
1 Striped Raphael Cat  6 in.
3 Clown Loaches  5 in.
2 Blue Botia Loaches 6 in
1 Albino Gibby Pleco 7 in
90- Gallon 
1 Wild Silver Manacu Angels 5 in Female
2  Pearlscale Scalare Angels M & F 5 in
2 Red spot Peru Altum Angel  M & F  4 in
1 DD Black Female Angel 4 in
1 Half Black Angel  4 in
1 Black lace Angel  Female 3 in
1- Elephant Nose fish  4 in
1- Blue Phantom Pleco  5 in.
1- Jaguar Cat   4 in.
7- Golden Dojo Loaches  4 in.
30 Gallon:
1 Regular Dwarf Gourami  2 in
1 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Flame Dwarf Gourami 1 1/2 in
1- Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Stripped Raphael Cat 2 in
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
7 Various Tetras- all diff.

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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2005, 06:23:06 PM »
Yeah going to take one jd out,think i'll keep the two oscars,1 jd,1conv,and pleco.Whent to the pet store and bought  a texas today,poor guy was getting picked on by a flowerhorn so i had to take him home and save him . Any outher fish i can add to that set up or should i leave it alone now?sofar i have 2oscars,1 jd,1plec,1con and now the new texas.
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2005, 07:43:48 PM »
You could maybe add one more of the following: Firemouth, Blue Acara or a Salvani.

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150 Gallon:
2 Geo Abalios 8 in
1 Geo Altifron 9 in.
1 Geo Balzani 5 in
2 Geo Orang-head Tapajos 4 in ea
1 Striped Raphael Cat  6 in.
3 Clown Loaches  5 in.
2 Blue Botia Loaches 6 in
1 Albino Gibby Pleco 7 in
90- Gallon 
1 Wild Silver Manacu Angels 5 in Female
2  Pearlscale Scalare Angels M & F 5 in
2 Red spot Peru Altum Angel  M & F  4 in
1 DD Black Female Angel 4 in
1 Half Black Angel  4 in
1 Black lace Angel  Female 3 in
1- Elephant Nose fish  4 in
1- Blue Phantom Pleco  5 in.
1- Jaguar Cat   4 in.
7- Golden Dojo Loaches  4 in.
30 Gallon:
1 Regular Dwarf Gourami  2 in
1 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Flame Dwarf Gourami 1 1/2 in
1- Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Stripped Raphael Cat 2 in
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
7 Various Tetras- all diff.

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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2005, 05:51:43 AM »
I t hink you could probably safely add the FM but i'd hold back on the other two choices since they can get to be pretty troublesome  buggers.

FM's are quite bold too and will instigate fights they can't win most of the time, but then they're really good at the run and hide thing  >:D
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2005, 04:22:02 PM »
well when i got up this morning i found one of my oscars dead,looks like the texas beat him up good.
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2005, 10:46:04 PM »
 :'( sorry to hear that,,is it attacking your other oscar?
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Re: Stocking 180 gal
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2005, 05:20:34 PM »
no nothing so far,the one that is left is a little more agressive
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