Are Our Fish Compatible?

[creg1]

We currently have

red gold honey dwarf gourami
dwarf gourami flame
red tailed black shark
clown pleco
neon tetra
neon blue guppy
tiger barb

are these a good combination? as we have noticed the black shark being bitey and the tiger barb as lost an eye?

 

[Hardlife91]

How many of each fish do you have?

 

[Fishy friend2]

How big is the tank?

 

[creg1]

How many of each fish do you have?

1 of each

How big is the tank?

35 litre

 

[Fishy friend2]

You really need 5 more neon tetras and 5 more tiger barbs or take the tiger barb and the neon tetra back to the store,and how big is the tank? You will need 55 gallons to have a red tailed shark

 

[creg1]

You really need 5 more neon tetras and 5 more tiger barbs or take the tiger barb and the neon tetra back to the store,and how big is the tank? You will need 55 gallons to have a red tailed shark

would it not be to crowed with 5 more tetra or tiger barbs?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Wait edit, you should not have any of those fish in your tank at all

Instead take back all the fish or find better homes for them and then you can have a Betta but just one

 

[Spurry]

We currently have

red gold honey dwarf gourami
dwarf gourami flame
red tailed black shark
clown pleco
neon tetra
neon blue guppy
tiger barb

are these a good combination? as we have noticed the black shark being bitey and the tiger barb as lost an eye?

im no expert but here goes

the shark only keep one
neon tetras need to be a shoal of 6+
guppy 1 male to 2 female ratio
tiger barbs the more the better but i dont think they go with the other fish you have
as for the gouramis im not sure
clown pleco will grow 5"

and in 35lts of water you dont have the space for all that

 

[Fishy friend2]

A 35 liter is less than 10 gallons you should not have those fish and is your tank cycled yet

 

[tyler88]

A ten gallon tank is way too small for that shark. My red tail got around 5 inches, and they become very territorial and aggressive. Also tiger barbs are pretty aggressive but i had 7 of them with my shark and they got along ok.

 

[Tizer]

Also tiger barbs are pretty aggressive but i had 7 of them with my shark and they got along ok.

Thats because they are both agressive species, anything else thats less agressive will be a target.

The stocking of the origional poster is....terrible, 35 litres isnt much space and you shouldnt really be putting any fish in there that grow much more than an inch.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

If the tank is cycled, everything except one Gourami and possibly the Clown Pleco needs to either be rehomed or returned to the LFS ASAP... One of the worst stockings I've seen for a 35 litre for a while!

Your only other option to resolve this is to buy a second hand 4-foot tank from the likes of Ebay (bargains can be had, I won a basic but functional 48"x12"x15" for £25 at the weekend), move the exisitng 35l fish across with the filter and then buy another 8 or 9 Tiger Barbs ASAP. This will be quite a big increase in stock, so you will need to be prepared to do big (>50% water changes) daily for a few weeks while your filter catches up, but at least a big group of Tigers will vastly reduce the odds of them harrassing your other fish.


Have you worked out how many male Gouramis you currently have? You need to have only one because of the aggression they show to each other, while buying a third Gourami will help spread any general bullying within the group.

 

[Greg_DS]

Have you worked out how many male Gouramis you currently have? You need to have only one because of the aggression they show to each other, while buying a third Gourami will help spread any general bullying within the group.

I have 3 male's in a 4 foot tank and they show no aggression at all, quiet the opposite in fact.

 

[creeker]

Have you worked out how many male Gouramis you currently have? You need to have only one because of the aggression they show to each other, while buying a third Gourami will help spread any general bullying within the group.

I have 3 male's in a 4 foot tank and they show no aggression at all, quiet the opposite in fact.

The size of your tank is the main reason for the lack of aggression between your gouramis.

 

[Mowbz]

As other have said, its a pretty shocking stocking for a tank so tiny, most would consider a few shrimp and a beta, etc.

I think others have been quick to jump on your stocking but I understand its possibly not entirely your fault, and you may have been led astray by bad advice from other keepers/ your local LFS (this is common, they often on see in $$$ signs, not in terms of fish wellbeing) however in future i would recommend doing your own research on the fish you plan to buy, and stock according to hwat your tank can handle (which isnt a great deal)

I would empty the tank of all that you can re-home. Immediately needs for rehoming are the plec (swimming poo machines, even if its small) and the shark, the rest will be a lot happier with them out the way, at least in terms of bioload.