Friend Needs Help Choosing Fish!

[Mr Melt]

Allright lads.

I recently persuaded my friend to buy a fishtank (eyo!)

Anyways, I currently have 2 Platies and an African Brown Frog (which he bought) residing in my tank (just until he cycles his one).

While we wait, we could use some advice on stocking.

He likes the idea of: 2 white mollies, 6 rummynose tetras, another frog and 3 julii corys.

Is this overkill, or will they all get along fine?

NB - We don't plan to add them all at once now! =P

Also, could anyone suggest any alternatives to the aforementioned list (if indeed there are any good species you could recommend; he happens to like smaller fish =P)

Thanks for your time!

 

[Flame Heart]

Totally depends on what size the tank is, and even though my one Julii Cory behaves good with my 2 ADF you might consider one or the other. And also if the 'brown' frog has no webbing, then don't keep it with any small/slow fish, or it will catch and attack them. If it has webbing, it is probably called a African Dwarf Frog, not brown. And corys I've heard behave more adorable in sand then gravel.

 

[dwarfgourami]

With the cories it's not just about them behaving adorably on sand (though they do that too!); it is also about the risk of them getting infected barbels through dirt trapped in the gravel, and I'd say that's probably more of a risk if you have a messy creature like a frog.

Before you get mollies, I'd look at the water parameters: if it is soft and acid, go for something else instead. Mollies really do like it hard and alkaline. My one attempt at keeping mollies in soft water was a complete disaster; they were never without whitespot (didn't have the internet in those days).

 

[the_lock_man]

Just to add on the cories, that they would prefer to be in a shoal of 6+.

 

[Mr Melt]

With the cories it's not just about them behaving adorably on sand (though they do that too!); it is also about the risk of them getting infected barbels through dirt trapped in the gravel, and I'd say that's probably more of a risk if you have a messy creature like a frog.

Before you get mollies, I'd look at the water parameters: if it is soft and acid, go for something else instead. Mollies really do like it hard and alkaline. My one attempt at keeping mollies in soft water was a complete disaster; they were never without whitespot (didn't have the internet in those days).

The water from the tap is 7.2 - I have a balloon molly in my own tank (50 litre) and hes doing fine =)