90 gallon aquarium options

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

Hi tyler_medeiros, Typically they say 20 gallons per Angelfish. I've always felt like that was a little overkill. Angelfish aren't a large bodied fish, but I would still only go with about 4 in the 90 gallon with 5 Dwarf Neon Rainbows. You want about 5 for them to shoal and they only get about 2 1/2 inches long. With 4 Angelfish, 5 Dwarf Neon Rainbows and 2 Cories you'll be pushing the bacterial filter a little, but really shouldn't be to difficult to manage. With a lot of greenery (suggest artificial) it will make a gorgeous tank.

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

ok so ive been doing some more reaserch and i would prefer to do an amazon themed tank. Therefore i would like to put five of something else in place of the five rainbows. I was thinking of larger tetras or dwarf cichlids.
what do you think.

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

Bleeding Heart is still my favorite. Other large Tetras that would be good are the Penguin Tetras that you mentioned earlier and Buenos Airies Tetras.

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

we really like the pengiun tetras (size?) and will the aggression from the buenos ares be a problem cause i really like them to. (size?)

sakura.seppun · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:

I was going to suggest Penguin tetras as well.

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

I've never had a problem with aggression with Buenos Aires Tetras. Here are some links with information on the Tetras I previously listed.

Buenos Aires Tetra: http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/tet-bair.htm

Bleedibg Heart Tetra: http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/tet-blht.htm

Penguin Tetra: http://www.timstropicals.com/Inventory/TetraLarge/PenguinInfo.asp

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

How many angles would need to be taken out in order to have 4 or five of all three of those tetras.

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

You could still probably get by with 3 Angelfish without too much difficulty.

OnixRevolution · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:28 am Post subject:

Where can I get that loach!? That looks awesome!

With a 90 gallon tank you don't have too many restrictions. If you want to go community(the cheapest), I would go with some mollys, platys, tetras(there are tons of them), fancy male guppies(there are a ton of color combos with the males), and swordtails. My parents have a 60 community set up, and they have so many colors and so much action.

big-pig-666 · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

IMO a community tank isint quite a community tank with out a school of cories keepin the bottom clean!!