90 gallon stocking ideas?

[Jordan01]

Very soon I will be getting a new 90 gallon tank, dimensions 48 x 18 x 20 somthing I can't remember, anyway I have no idea what to put in it.

I think one fish that I really what to put in is one albino oscar fish, but I am open to any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance

[Fishfirst]

Well with the oscar you will be limited. Possibly a few other cichlid species, a pleco, and maybe a larger gourami species.

[Jordan01]

Ok say I didn't get the oscar, then what could I put in it?

I would only want fish that get 4+ inches, how many of those could I fit in a 90 gallon?

[ron v]

100's of possibilities. Maybe the best way to start, is for you to indicate areas of interest.

[osteoporoosi]

And what kind of water you have around there, it would help too!

[Jordan01]

I don't know exactly what you mean, but my water is fairly soft, my Ph is a little high out of the tap about 7.0-8.0 I think.

I was thinking would this work?

One oscar
one serverum
5-6 schooling fish (silver dollars, anglefish or something)
and one more 3-4 inch fish like Green Terror

Or

Drop the oscar
turn it into a community tank
Where is a good place to find out about different fish. I don't know many different ones

Any ideas?

[Tipsy]

Green Terrors get 12 inches. I have them.

[osteoporoosi]

www.fishbase.org is a good one.

[Jordan01]

Originally Posted by Tipsy @ Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:24 am

Green Terrors get 12 inches. I have them.

Ya, just found that out last night doing some research.

Ok how about this?

1 albino oscar
4 Silver Dollars
1 fire-mouth
2 female convicts

or out of this llist what would you put in a 90 gallon tank?

oscar
pictus catfish
green terror
severum
silver dollar
jack dempsey
convicts
fire-mouth
pleco
angel fish
blood parrot
jewel chilid

These are the ones I like. What combination of these fish would you choose?
I kind of want a variety of colorful fish, as many as I can fit in there.[/i]

[Lexus]

I would go community tank or cichlid tank

[John]

What I would do (and this is just me) is I would put a group of South American cichlids in with a pleco, silver dollars, and maybe some eel-like fish. (Tire Track Eel, Reed Fish, Leopard Eel, etc.)

[Jay]

Explore your local fish stores. Look in depth at what stock they have. Explian to a member of staff that your setting up a new, quite large tank, and you want something a little special. Make a list of all the fish you like, and that are accessible to you. Do some reserch on them, find there requirements and behaviour. Once you've done this, i'm sure you'll have a better idea on what you want.