Can I Put These Fish In The Same Tank....

[dcj38]

Hi guys,

Is it possible to put fancy guppies, neon tetras, other tetras, barbs, gourami's, sharks, eels, loaches, catfish, angel fish, and a betta in a 55- 75 gallon aquarium all at an early age. If these will not go together, please tell me which fish wont.

 

[Dwarfs]

What kind of barbs, gourami's, sharks, eels, loaches and catfish first of all, and a betta probably wouldn't work out in a big community.

 

[Soaup]

No Betta, From just the basics it seems like you may be over stocking your tank. Some catfish and sharks get rather large. You might want to reconsider.

 

[dcj38]

Oh ok well thanks for your advice, out of all the fish i said what would be the best?

 

[MegTheFish]

Is it possible to put fancy guppies, neon tetras, other tetras, barbs, gourami's, sharks, eels, loaches, catfish, angel fish, and a betta

You could have the fancy guppies, the neon tetras, other tetras, a gourami, loaches, and catfish (if you are talking about cories) together...or you could have larger tetras, the loaches, the catfish and the angelfish together. Do not mix the angelfish with smaller tetras, as they will most likely end up getting eaten. Barbs are aggressive fins nippers and won't do well with most of those fish. There are a few "sharks" that would be suitable for your tank, such as the red-tailed black shark (5") or red fined shark (6") (both can be aggressive though).
I think a very large school of any barb and a large shoal of loaches (maybe kuhli's or yo-yo's) would look awesome, personally.
Or you could have an angel as a centerpeice and work around that...
Or you could have an all-tetra tank with massive schools
Or you could have a bottom feeder tank, with ottos, cories, and loaches, with maybe a gourami.
There's lots of options.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

There are hundreds/thousands of types of tetras, barbs, gourami's, sharks, eels, loaches, and catfish and thus vary hugely in their temperment, social and living requirements and how big they get- so you realy need to list some of the particular types of these fish you are interested in particular.
Guppys are fine as far as fish go but you need to take care in stocking them as getting a good balance of genders is vital to having either a stressed out aggressive group or a peaceful stress free group- the basic rule is 2-3females per male, or if you want an all male group it must have at least 5males for it to have any chance of working- too few females in a mixed gender group will result in the males trying to rape the females 24/7 and harrass them and the males constantly fighting each other over females, because male guppys can be quite agressive towards each other even in groups that have no females its advised you have at least 5 males to spread out the agression in all-male groups as too few will result in one male getting picked on too much of the time.
Guppys have a reputation they live up to for breeding on a rapid scale, a single female can produce over 40fry a month and females can store sperm in them for long periods of time so if you don't want the prospect of having fry you need to consider having an all male group as the chances are most female guppys have had contact with at least 1 male in their lives and so can reproduce at any point onwards; as long as you take care in buying healthy fish and feed them correctly and give them good tank conditions, you should go fine as long as you take care with gender ratios in livebearers/guppys.
Neon tetras are great fish but not all tetras are peaceful like neons at all, many species are very nippy/agressive, either way though the minimum amount of tetras in a tank under 30gals is 5-6, more if the tank is larger, as they are shoaling fish that find safety in numbers and too few of them will result in making them very stressed- stress is a major concern for fish as when they are stressed their imune systems lower making them more suspectable to deseases and they may display abnormal behavior like agression in otherwise rather peaceful species or simply freak out all the time etc.
Not all barbs/gouramis are agressive, there are some very peaceful ones out there, but for more info you have to list what types of barbs/gouramis you are interested in for futher info.
Eels just aern't gonna work, all the species out there are either brackish/marine and/or predatory and grow massive- not suitable for your tank realy, even the so called freshwater eels can only live in freshwater enviorments at various points in their lives.
The vast majority of sharks are agressive or grow too big for your tank, there aern't any that i'd actually advise myself for your tank as even the more peaceful ones can have a tendancy to go agressive as they mature and risks are one thing you don't want to be taking in fish keeping.
There are many types of loaches and catfish, you realy need again to state what sorts of loachs/catfish you are into as some can grow to over 4ft long while others only an inch.
Angel fish could be an issue, angel fish can be quite nippy and if you want either neons or guppys in your tank i wouldn't have an angel fish as neon tetras are angel fish's natural food in the wild and angel fish also tend to nip the bright fancy fins on guppys, who have no defence against angel fish- angel fish also get quite massive and a breeding pair can wreak havoc in an otherwise peaceful tank so if you want angel fish as a centre peice fish you will have to revolve alot of your stocking around them rather than vice versa as due to their large size and somtimes difficult temperment they can be very difficult to stock...The betta is a no-no for the tank as well unless you go for a group of females, male bettas simply don't thrive in community tanks for a variety of reasons.

What is your current state of general knowlegde on fish keeping and is the tank set up at all? Does it have any fish yet and what do you know about maintaining the tank or how to cycle one?