40 Gallon Tank Compatibility Help Please

randr

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Hi i have a 40 gallon UK tank and and am thinking of the folowing, are all these compatibily and how many can i have of each in my tank? many thanks

3 mollies
1 blue rainbow
1 boesman's rainbow
2 rams
5 guppies
6 neons
6 zebra danios
5 blue tetras
1 Dwarf gourmior
3 dwarf rainbow
 
the blue and boesemani rainbows should be in groups but might get too big and eat the neons.
The rest of them would be fine together but increase the numbers of each of the tetras and get a few more dwarf rainbowfish.
With the livebearers, mollies & guppies, try to have more females than males. If you want colour then only get male guppies.
Try to keep the PH between 6.5-7.5 so it is more suitable for all the fishes.

If you get rainbowfish make sure they get plenty of vegetable matter in their diet. A vegetable flake will help as will peas and other veges.

PS: Hi & Welcome
just noticed this is your first post
 
Gret thanks so i can add a few more im not overstocked, dose all the different rainbow fish school or should i get a couple more each of the rainbows thanks agian
 
different rainbows will school together but big males will bully small ones so you should try to keep species they grow to a similar size. The dwarf rainbow, Melanotaenia praecox only gets to a couple of inches whereas the other two varieties grow to 4 inches.
 

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