wat other types off fish would go well with these?

hows it going i have ungrade my take to a vision 260 and lookin to add more fish but not sure wat to add that wont harm any off the other fish i have i am thinkin off gettin one or two discus but i would like to know some more type so all replys would be very great full thanks sean

this is the fish that i already have in the tank thanks for youe help

5 x silver dollers 2=(S) 3=(L)
1 x mollys
2 x flyin fox algae eaters
1 x Blue Gourami (L)
2 x pearl Gourami (L)
3 x salt and pepper catfish (M)
1 x common plec XXL
1 x swordtail fish
1 x bala shark (M)
1 x redtail shark (XL)
1 x rainbow shark (S)
2 x albino shark
1 x guppy
1 x Black Phantom Tetra
2 x glass tetra
3 x angles (M)

Why so many variety of fish? Most people usually around 5 varieties of fish and you've got 16 varieties.
you could get some more Black phantom tetra, and glass tetra. they would prefer being in group.

i like haven a lot off different types thats y i wanna build up my community tank thanks

you certainly have a wide range of fish there,
the silver dollars would nearly fill a 260ltr alone when fully grown, (which wont take long)

mixing so many sharks ie. redtail & rainbows will only end in tears:-((
id only recommend one per tank, as the dominant one will more than likely kill the others,

as far as tetra's its always better to have one larger school of one type, rather than odd ones,
will always do better in groups, also i think look alot better too.

these are my thoughts on it anyway,

what sort of set up do you have? or are you planning to do a planted set up?

all fish have being gettin on great the last 8 months and i have a XXL plane in the center off the tank and will be addin fake plate that are very very very bushy but also look like real plants they will be going all at the bk off the tank and will also me settin up a few air line for air bubbles coming out off the plane and air strips for the whole lot off the back off the tank any other ideas????? thanks for the feed back

Around the world of successful fish keepers.....hands up anyone who has not had a pick-n-mix tank in the early days of keeping.?

The tank does look like a pick-n-mix-and-a-few-groups-of-10-now-standing-at-just-one type of thing.

I don't see a problem in having so many different species of fish in a tank (although most of mine are species-only tanks), but the more different sorts the more you could be running into compatibility problems.

It isn't really my place to say which fish you should keep or not keep, but if you plan on moving to discus there are few in your tank already that will do with discus.....but there are some that I'd move out without hesitation.

....and my philosophy is if the fish you want are not compatible then buy them anyway and simply set-up another tank. simple and solves problems.

How big is the XXL pleco BTW? is it xxl or just a largish fish?

I said on your intro thread that I think the silver dollars and lace gouramis are a good choice of fish....I stick with them then you have a pretty large selection of very nice fish that will work well (and, of course there are fish that won't).
Large phantoms and large emperor tetras would be great....if they are too small then a silver dollar may accidentally come across one when taking a dive for a piece of food. Silver dollars are big boisterous fish...and at full size there shear darting around is the main hazard for others. But in a nicely set-up tank that darting around can be kept to a minimum.

ian

never had a pick-n-mix EVER

Phea2 wrote:

never had a pick-n-mix EVER

Well there you go......the angel emoticon is well deserved.

What fish do you keep Phea2.....ooooooh, and whilst I'm here: welcome aboard the ITFS forum.

ian

started with just goldfish ages ago, then went for angel, gouramies, black widow. then went for swordtail, mollies, guppies (biotope), then went for neon, ram, black widow, cory. then gouramies, rasboras, black widow, cory, now planning of discus, neon, oto, black widow.

hold on, never went for more than 5 varieties... huh, i think . well, defo never went more than 7 varities.

now i'm setting up a 125l crystal red shrimp.. well, moving them from their 8L (they breeding like crazy).
Also doing a transition on my 280L tank. 8 gouramies are going, adding in 20 neons plus 5 Black widow.

P.s, i'm selling my Honey gouramies if you are interested..

am i allow to sent a link of my thread in the other Forum?

I wouldn't put a link to the other forum.

How would anyone guess that I quite like honey gouramis. Ummm. interesting.

my tank does have perfect water and is also at 27c think they would be better in my tank cause the toilet water wouldnt be perfect water and temp wouldnt be as high :L:L

Draco wrote:

seancrowe wrote:

i am thinkin off gettin one or two discus but i would like to know some more type so all replys would be very great full thanks sean

from your post I conclude that not many know about fishkeeping . Please read about keeping discus, before you put them to your "fish soup" . Discus are not guppies(example), they need high temperatures(27⁰C - 31⁰C) and perfect water!!!!!, otherwise the event, you can just throw them in the toilet (they will suffer less there than in your tank) .
all the best mate
chris

chris you are as about as subtle as a sledge hammer..!!

seancrowe wrote:

my tank does have perfect water and is also at 27c think they would be better in my tank cause the toilet water wouldnt be perfect water and temp wouldnt be as high :L:L

What do you mean by perfect water? (this guy is going to hate me)

Phea2 wrote:

seancrowe wrote:

my tank does have perfect water and is also at 27c think they would be better in my tank cause the toilet water wouldnt be perfect water and temp wouldnt be as high :L:L

What do you mean by perfect water? (this guy is going to hate me)

It means "Honey Gourami water" in other words.

I've heard Honey gouramis would survive in muddy water, so there you go..

Phea2 - nice meeting you ... and welcome to the forum.
Please try not to hijack this thread.
You can post a "hello post" in the "introduce yourself" section on the forum and tell us all about your current tank and projects

Thanks - Valerie

Thanks to Igmillichip and Valerie... didnt meant to hijack this thread, Igmillichip forced me to.

Phea2 wrote:

I've heard Honey gouramis would survive in muddy water, so there you go..

It doesn't matter how muddy the water....they need the same good water conditions as S. aequifasciata discus and rams, but not as strict as chocolate gouramis and wild S.discus discus or carnegelia hatchet fish etc.


ian

AND....back to the original posters thread topic.

hi sean, welcome

dont be put off by people saying about incompatibilities - there are no hard and fast rules when mixing fish and Lord know's i wont have a biotope even if i intend to (so far my fish mix are down to 2 continents - some folk set up biotopes of only fish from the same river. talk about obsessive lol) alot of it is trial and error, so long as you do your research on the fish (preferably prior to buying but i know far too well about the ol' implulse buys!) and know how big each gets - not just for tank size but to guess if it'll eat your smaller fish as nearly all fish will eat any other fish that can fit in its mouth

the one criticism i have is that the red-tailed and rainbow shark will fight to the death - if not now then when they get bigger (my rainbow is 7" and sometimes does a wee dash at the SAE's now but only to scare them to the other side of the tank) they get territorial, especially the red-tailed, towards theirown species, and can be aggressive or harrass members of their own family (cyprinids). this does vary with individual fish but most keepers find this the case.
sorry i know i said one but the 2nd is just to say the bala shark ideally should be in a school of minimum 4, and in a 4' tank minimum as they can get to well over 10" (mine were 9" after a year and half)

alrite joey yeah i know about the red tail and rainbow but so far so good they have being together over a years and the rain is less then halh the size off the red tail for now anyway yeah i plan on mateing him up abd also he is very small less then 2inchs thanks for the info mate