Can I Add These?

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Well I'm trying to find fish that will do well in my tank so here is what I have. One angel fish, 5 guppies, 3 bleeding heart tetras and one CAE (we are trying to get him a new home) and a 55 gallon tank. So can I add

Harlequin Rasboras
golden harlequin rasboras
black harlequin rasboras
Axelrod rasboras
Sparkling gourami
Dwarf gourami
honey gourami
Pearl gourami
Opaline gourami
Blue gourami
Gold Gourami
Giant gourami
Hatchet fish
Silver dollar
Black Skirt tetra
Silver tip tetra
Glowlight tetra
red/blue columbian tetra
True Rummynose tetra
purple emperor tetra
green fire tetra

Ok, so I know that's a lot and there are some fish that will not do well with us at all, but I'm not very good with my fish knowledge and I am a beginner. If you have other suggestions I'd love to here them. I want to add some color to the tank because now we have black, brown and gray (with little red hearts). Also if you know, if the fish you reccommend belong in a group or pair please tell me.
 
If you added all them fish you would be overstocked, havent said of how many each.
Tetra no less than a group of 6.

angel fish will nip gouramis and the black skirt tetra's.
Also make lunch meat of neon tetra's.
Rummy nose tetra not that hardy very sensitive to ph, so have to climatise them very well.
 
oh, I don't want to add all of them :lol: I just wanted to know If I could add any of them.
 
OK, thanks. So i could get any rasbora. I want to look more into the Gouramis and find out what kinds are good and what are not a good idea. I know I need to get rid of my CAE but I hate giving them bsck to stores because I know they are not well taken care of there. I heard most tetras are good with them except the neons (we had some, they are all gone now :shifty: ) so I'll cross the black skirts off the list. I for got to say I have a Cory too. We need to get him some friends since they all died when I was having an epidemic in the tank. So I'll get some of those and a few more bleeding hearts. Do you have any other pinions on other fish on the list?

this was the website I was looking at with a bunch of species. If you use the search box at the top and fill in fish in the first box and tetras, gouramis or rasboras in the other you will find lists of all the fish I put on my list.
 
I really woudent add a giant gourami, they need tanks 4 times the size of yours. I would also remove the angel, it will limit your stocking options.
However, this is my recomendation for fish:
  • 10x harlequin rasboras
  • 6x purple emperor tetras
  • 5x hatchetfish (any specie)
  • 5x guppies
  • 5x bleeding hearts
  • 5x honey gouramis
  • 4x corydoras
However, this may be a bit over stocked, but see what everyone else says.
 
Ok, thanks for the suggestions! I'd prefer to keep my angel though, I like him and want fish tht will do god with him even if that means passing some fish up. I think our next fish, once we get more cories will be the rasboras.
 

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