Can I Add Anything Else?

[Spishkey]

i currently have a 180l aquarium with the following fish in :
1 x 2inch common plec
2 x young angels
4 x zebra danios (well 3 zebra 1 leopard!)
4 x emperor tetras
3 x cardinal neons
6 x corydoras
2 x killifish
3 x adult platy
1 x 'teen' platy


i am hoping to add either three guppys, 2 killifish, a group of kuhlis or a few more corys.

in december (the 9th to be exact!) the pleco and angels shall be moving to a larger tank (birthday prezzie!!!) would it be best to wait until they have gone, or is there still room now for a couple of extra fish?

i cant for the life of me get my head around that inch of fish per gallon rule.....?

 

[San O Fisher]

bear in mind that angels and tetra's generally do not get along. the rule is 1 inch of fish per gallon, and you can get away with a bit more if you over filter. You need to also leave space for your fish to grow, and angels can get to a decent size, along with your common plec, which could be beyond 10+ inches within a year

 

[Spishkey]

i understand that, hence why in 5 months the plec and angels shall be moving house. for now the angels seem fine with the neons

 

[San O Fisher]

I personally like my schoals of fish to be 8-10 per, what about just adding to your cardinals for extra color?>

 

[Spishkey]

i did have 10 cardinals but i find them a bit too fragile, i always thought them to be a 'hardy' fish but after losing 7 in under a month im not willing to buy anymore of those.

i wanted to add to the corys to make a bigger group, the killis too as i only have two of those (both male who if they dont stop fighting will have to be split anyway)
but the kids want guppys, and i cant put guppys in the kids aquarium as it is the 'fry' tank.

 

[San O Fisher]

tetra's die pretty easily so i have noticed, they are always the first to go in a tank. you could do some dwarf gourami's - they add color and I would assume get along with everything, but I would check about angels.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

DG's are really weak and susceptible to disease, wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

i would suggest waiting until you've moved the fish around before adding anything else, don't wanna overload the tank now and it's only a couple of months to wait until you've got the new tank

 

[Biulu]

i currently have a 180l aquarium with the following fish in :
1 x 2inch common plec
2 x young angels
4 x zebra danios (well 3 zebra 1 leopard!)
4 x emperor tetras
3 x cardinal neons
6 x corydoras
2 x killifish
3 x adult platy
1 x 'teen' platy


i am hoping to add either three guppys, 2 killifish, a group of kuhlis or a few more corys.

in december (the 9th to be exact!) the pleco and angels shall be moving to a larger tank (birthday prezzie!!!) would it be best to wait until they have gone, or is there still room now for a couple of extra fish?

i cant for the life of me get my head around that inch of fish per gallon rule.....?

I would up your tetra and cardinal numbers.