First Tank Stocking (110L)

[gbuckingham89]

Evening,

I'm totally new to the fish keeping world. I've ordered my a new tank with a capacity of 110L / 29 US Gallons (80 x 35 x 50.3cm) and cabinet which I should be picking up tomorrow or Friday. I want a community tank and plan to have a sand substrate, be lightly planted and have a nice hardscape with bogwood and rock.

I'm thinking about stocking and am thinking of the following:

• 10 Neon Tetra
• 8 Pygmy Cory
• 4 Guppy
• A few assassin snails donated from a friend

Is this a good number of fish for the tank?

From what I've read there shouldn't be any issues with them living together in the tank (very similar temperature range, could all live with a PH of 7, none of them are aggressive).

Any other thoughts / advice / comments are greatly welcomed!

EDIT: I'll be fishless cycling the tank first, then plan on gradually increasing fish numbers - starting with the snails and Cory to get things going, followed by the Guppy and finally the Tetra.

 

[gbuckingham89]

Just got the tank in today (find out more in my blog) and going to start a fishless cycle tomorrow / over the weekend.

Any advice on the above stocking ideas would be much appreciated!

 

[annaw123]

I think it's a good number, but all of your fish are quite small! If i was you i'd add something sizeable like a pleco, bolivian rams or angels, just to liven it up a bit

 

[Stephan]

That seems good to me. Don't get a pleco. They get huge. Angels potentially feed on neon tetra so I wouldn't get an angel just to "liven things up"

U may also want to consider cardinal tetra. Almost identical to neon but I've heard hardier and don't get neon tetra disease. U can get them for $1 when petsmart puts the tetras on sale.

How big do Pygmy Cory get? Depending how big these get u may be able to fit even a bit more than u planned in the tank.

Don't let anyone convince u of what to like! A nice group of small fish can be awesome to watch.

The guppy should be fun to watch when they reproduce. I enjoy my mollies another live bearer.

 

[Baccus]

The stocking sounds good but I would suggest go for the guppies first over the cory's and tetras, they will better withstand the conditons in a newer tank and will help with the bacteria growth in the filter after your intial cycling is done.

With the guppies where you only getting males? Or one male and a few females? I only ask because before you know it you can be over run by guppies, they are pretty prolific. A mix of coloured males that you like could really help show off the tetras either cardinal or neon. Another pretty option would be Endlers which are smaller than the average guppy but their colours are WOW and the females tend to have smaller numbers of babies so they don't tend to over run the tank as quickly as a breeding group of guppies.

 

[Davehutton92]

sounds good to me, be i really would be careful if you put male and female guppys in the tank they really do breed like crazy

 

[maisy12345]

You could have normal corries in a 110l ,a shoal of six with your others,also you are a bit understocked.could add a few more tetras or guppies.

 

[Aqua Tom]

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That seems good to me. Don't get a pleco. They get huge. Angels potentially feed on neon tetra so I wouldn't get an angel just to "liven things up"

Sorry to disagree with you here. Most Pleco's get massive but a Bristlenosed Catfish would be fine in that tank (I have one in my 40 gallon). Angels will eat neons if you introduce an adult to the tank. If you introduce a juvinile into the tank then let it grow up with its tankmates it should see them as "friends not food".
I have an Angel in tank with a school of cardinals & that seems to work fine.

Tom

 

[annaw123]

I'd have to agree with Tom, my pleco is fully grown and she's not too big at all also, my angel was introduced as a baby and has never touched any of my neon tetras, so i would agree that introducing a juvenile would work, however there are always risks!