75 gallon tank

usingkm · Post by **usingkm** » 18 Sep 2003, 05:10

I currently have 5 black skirt tetras, 3 rainbows, 1 panda cory, 2julli cory's.
What else can i put in this tank and how many of each? I love the cory's! I really like shoaling fish!

Post by **Silurus** » 18 Sep 2003, 11:26

That is one underpopulated tank.
You should be able to put 15-20 more corys in there with ease.

usingkm · Post by **usingkm** » 18 Sep 2003, 13:43

yes it is but only because I lost a few due to ick. Ok 15 - 20 cory's sounds great.
What else? How about Dwarf Gauramis? More Tetras? Barbs?

JohnnyOscar · Post by **JohnnyOscar** » 19 Sep 2003, 04:05

I'd be tempted to put a shoal of tiger barbs in there.

Post by **Silurus** » 19 Sep 2003, 09:48

Tiger barbs are not a very good idea as they tend to be fin nippers. If it's barbs you want, a school of cherry barbs would look nice. A school of glowlight or lemon tetras would work too.

JohnnyOscar · Post by **JohnnyOscar** » 19 Sep 2003, 11:10

Silurus wrote:Tiger barbs are not a very good idea as they tend to be fin nippers. If it's barbs you want, a school of cherry barbs would look nice. A school of glowlight or lemon tetras would work too.

It's true that if you only keep one or two that they will nip fins. In a 75 gallon tank you could easily fit a shoal of 12 or more. A shoal this size will keep itself busy without physical violence and without frightening other species.

Maybe I'm just biased as I used to live in Sumatra, but I feel this is a much-misunderstood and maligned beast. Keep lots and they will keep themselves...

magnum4 · Post by **magnum4** » 19 Sep 2003, 19:53

i've used that theory in the past. but even with a schools of different amounts tiger barbs do nip, as age and size increases so does aggression, but they still only bite things that are slow or are an easy target like guppies or angles ect. the only risk i could see in you tank if you added tiger barbs would be the rainbows depending on species.

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 19 Sep 2003, 19:59

Johny, I had a school of 8 kill each other off slowly until there was only one left and he left the other fish alone just fine, cause one of his brothers, before dying, ripped his mandible off. He lived with the other fish fine for a year or 2.

JohnnyOscar · Post by **JohnnyOscar** » 19 Sep 2003, 22:32

S. Allen wrote:Johny, I had a school of 8 kill each other off slowly until there was only one left and he left the other fish alone just fine, cause one of his brothers, before dying, ripped his mandible off. He lived with the other fish fine for a year or 2.

OK, I've only had my shoal for a year, so maybe there's stuff to come...

However, I've taken two "problem" tiger barbs into my shoal and they are doing just fine. No problems whatsoever.

What decor did you have in your tank? I have my community tank *heavily* planted and the barbs seem to love that.

Post by **Barbie** » 20 Sep 2003, 01:06

You don't mention what your water parameters are from your tap, but a great midwater shoaling fish you could easily find is dwarf neon, or praecox rainbows. They tend to add lots of color and motion to the tank, be very hardy, and large enough to not be troubled by other fish, yet mild mannered enough to never pick on anything. They live quite well with cories. Another interesting fish is the debauwi cats, commonly sold as african glass cats. They tend to school tightly and are harmless, with an interesting swimming behavior as the group moves across the tank.

There are SO many choices that are available to you with that size of tank, but those are a couple of my more readily available favorites

Barbie