Fish / Shrimp Stocking Levels

[SchottayB]

Just wondering what fish and shrimp stocking is like? for my tank?

I have a 60Ltr Hexagon Tank currently housed to;

x3 Guppys (1 male 2 female) + 3 Guppy Fry
x1 Molly
x2 Harlequin rasbora (?)
x5 Amano Shrimp
x3 Assasin Snails

Just wondering, how many more shrimp my tank would cope with? And I may aswell ask how many more fish I could cope with while i'm here

Thankyou guys,

Scott

 

[SchottayB]

Think i'd be okay getting another 3 Harlequin rasbora in the tank?

Idealy i'd like to remove my molly and male guppy ... but no where to take him

 

[ian]

if you removed the molly and guppy you'd be able to get a nice school of Rasboras in there. I think you'd get away with putting 3 or 4 more rasboras in anyway. they add about as much as a Tetra when it comes to Bioload.

 

[SchottayB]

Awsome, just came back with 3 more Harlequin rasbora

Already joined the other 2 and swimming together, looks awsome this is the look I was looking for! Hopfuly hopfing to get possibly 2 more once I find a new home for my molly, male guppy and platy.

Looks good in my planted tank going in and out of the plants

The 3 I just came home with are alot smaller than the 2 I already have in there ( they are the same size what my 2 old ones we're when I brought them though aww )

 

[Ben M]

hi, in theory you can add as many shrimp as you like, as they don't add to the bioload, but obviously, they wouldn't like to be crammed in. i think you could probably get a few more shrimp.

cheers

 

[SchottayB]

Thanks ... i'd like to get a mixture, I have amano shrimp in there now, and thinking of adding red cherry shrimp, would they be ok with my fish stocking? As i know they are abit smaller than amano shrimp, and would both differnt types of shrimp get along?

Or would i be best off keeping it just amano shrimp?

Thanks