Am I Fully Stocked?

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in my 4ft long 50 gallon tank i have.....

12 zebra danio's
3 peppered corys,
2 clown pleco's,
1 female adult 5 inch bn pleco,
1 golden nugget pleco ( very small spotted )

is this tank fully stocked?

mark
 
I would get a few more cories of the same type you have now, maybe top them upto 6/7 and then start to look for a midwater feature fish like a medium/small sized cichlid. Maybe do something like a Krib? Just one though not a pair, that could really upset your danio school lol...
 
defo get a larger group of corys they will feel more secure and you will enjoy them alot more :good:
 
defo get a larger group of corys they will feel more secure and you will enjoy them alot more :good:

definatly on the list, i thought some julli's / leopard corys might go well.

what about yellow labs? would they be ok with my current stocking?

I would get a few more cories of the same type you have now, maybe top them upto 6/7 and then start to look for a midwater feature fish like a medium/small sized cichlid. Maybe do something like a Krib? Just one though not a pair, that could really upset your danio school lol...

i heard kribs dont like bottom dwellers?
 
You hear correctly. Your corries would be their midnight snack. I would try something like an Apistogramma. Like cacatouides?
 
It sounds very bottom heavy with corys and 4 plecs including one that gets to a fair size.

I'd only add a couple of mid or top dwellers and a big external filter - the internals in your sig will not cope with 4 plecs!
 
It sounds very bottom heavy with corys and 4 plecs including one that gets to a fair size.

I'd only add a couple of mid or top dwellers and a big external filter - the internals in your sig will not cope with 4 plecs!

oh, thanks for letting me know. how would i hook up an external? i have no holes on the back pain of glass? or could they run through the hood and into the water?
 
they hang over the rear of the tank through the hood but not all tanks have the openings to do this so take a look if not you may have to mod the hood or lose a couple of plecs..... preferably the larger ones!
 
they hang over the rear of the tank through the hood but not all tanks have the openings to do this so take a look if not you may have to mod the hood or lose a couple of plecs..... preferably the larger ones!

nooo! lol

i will mod my hood. my tank wouldnt be the same with out the bn on the glass and the gn on the filter 24/7 lol
 
the tank, as a volume isn't fully stocked but i wouldn't add much else with that filtration. as mentioned you wopuld greatly benefit from an external filter, bigger is better. also as mentioned the corries would greatly benefit from being in a bigger group, again bigger is better, but 6 is the said amount for them to be happy. yeah the only pleco that would cause problems is the L081 (small spot golden nugget) which reach around 7" i think, not too big for the tank but a strain on the filtration you have at the moment.
just work towards getting a decent sized external and you'll be on the right track, they aren't hard to fit to any tank and you can pick them up at decent price's, you can even pick up a fluval fx5 on ebay for less than £130 which is really good (if you have £130 lol) but something smaller like a smaller eheim of a fluval 405 or tetratec would be good.
i personally don't think you should add much else at all until you upgrade the filters but if you really felt like you want to then just extend the corydora group, the cryptoheros cutteri cichlids i have are very nice and fairly peacefull and max at about 5-6" so a pair would be suitable, they never bothered my cory's or tiny clown loach's.
 
My favourite external (without busting the budget too much for the fx5) is the tetratec ex1200 - you can probably pick one up for less than £60 2nd hand and IMO they do an excellent job and would allow you to up your stock.
 

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