Getting My First Fish Tommorow!

[SamLovesCorys]

EXCITEMENT!!!!

I wondered what you guys would advise in terms of first fish.

The fish I really want in there in the fullness of time are 2 honey Gouramis, a few Glowlight Tetras, and some Corydoras catfish, but I am open to suggestions!

The tank is 60cm x 30cm by the way (around 15 gallons)

Thanks, Sam

 

[FishBlast]

EXCITEMENT!!!!

I wondered what you guys would advise in terms of first fish.

The fish I really want in there in the fullness of time are 2 honey Gouramis, a few Glowlight Tetras, and some Corydoras catfish, but I am open to suggestions!

The tank is 60cm x 30cm by the way (around 15 gallons)

Thanks, Sam

Is the tank cycled?
Only pygmy cories would work in that tank I think. So no big cories.
Not sure about the tetras or gouramis.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

You would be pretty heavily stocked but with plenty of filtration and a good cleaning schedule you could pull it off.

 

[Bazaman]

Albino Cories don't get to big as far as i know so they should work and the glowlight tetras should be good too. i don't how big Gouramis get though as i have not had any yet.

 

[SamLovesCorys]

That's 70 litres by the way

And yes, i'm cycled!

Honey Gouramis grow to a simaliar size to dwarf Gouramis I think.

 

[FishBlast]

Albino Cories don't get to big as far as i know so they should work and the glowlight tetras should be good too. i don't how big Gouramis get though as i have not had any yet.

So you can fit 10 cories in a 60 cm long tank?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Why would you need 10? Minimum recommended group is 5 or 6.

 

[FishBlast]

Why would you need 10? Minimum recommended group is 5 or 6.

I don't know, that's what I've read on this forum, that the minimum isn't enough for them to thrive and that you need 10, and with 10 of the big-bodied cories, you'd be overstocked.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

...right we are having the same conversation in two threads here lol, pick one! Show me where you saw 10 given as the minimum number...

 

[Bazaman]

I personally only have 4 cories in my tank at the moment and they seem to be thriving just fine and are very active and laying eggs everywhere.

 

[fluttermoth]

Albino/bronze cories do get quite big; a chunky two or three inches; too big for a 15 gallon really, especially once you've got a group of five or six; that wouldn't leave any room for anything else.

One of the dwarf cories (pygmaeus, haststus or habrosus) would be ok though

 

[fluttermoth]

Albino/bronze cories do get quite big; a chunky two or three inches; too big for a 15 gallon really, especially once you've got a group of five or six; that wouldn't leave any room for anything else.

One of the dwarf cories (pygmaeus, haststus or habrosus) would be ok though

 

[Bazaman]

well its good to know albinos do get fairly large.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

There are quite a few varieties of cory that only get up to about 2 inches that they could have though. Even the sterbai doesn't go to 3 inches. Pandas would be fine, they are mega cute

 

[FishBlast]

...right we are having the same conversation in two threads here lol, pick one! Show me where you saw 10 given as the minimum number...

Picked the cory thread since it's cory related. But I gave up trying to look through threads I've posted in to get the posts about keeping 10 cories and that 6 is a bare minimum which isn't good for cories. There are waaay too many threads to find that one I've read this in though. X_X