Guppies And Cory's

[robert.sadler]

hello there

I've recently acquired a new 12 gallon tank (60cmx31cmx30cm) and was thinking of making my second tank a livebearer tank with a bunch of guppies in there.

My question/s being in a 12 gallon how many guppies can I get in there?

I'm hoping you'll say about 10 (2 males 8 females) asI think this would be a nice amount to have.

Secondly I was thinking of putting some cory's in there and again was wondering how many to go for again hoping I should be able to put say 6 in there?

Then last of all ... and this may seem a little cruel to some but I was thinking of putting one last fish in there as kind of "crowd control" I'm basically looking for something that might eat some of the fry just to make sure I don't suddenly have 8 million guppies and only two tanks .

Again this would have to be of suitable adult size to go in this size of tank.


Cheers

Robert

 

[celaeno]

i don't know much about guppies, but the only corys you should keep in a tank that size are pygmy corys. also, corys need clean water, so massive overstocking is not recommended.

 

[robert.sadler]

i don't know much about guppies, but the only corys you should keep in a tank that size are pygmy corys. also, corys need clean water, so massive overstocking is not recommended.

Cool yeah I had been looking at the pygmy cory's so do you reckon 6 would be ok in that size tank?

 

[Piscator]

i don't know much about guppies, but the only corys you should keep in a tank that size are pygmy corys. also, corys need clean water, so massive overstocking is not recommended.

Cool yeah I had been looking at the pygmy cory's so do you reckon 6 would be ok in that size tank?

What? Six cory's in a 12 gallon? Think again, pal.

I'd say 2 at most, maybe three. As for the guppies I would say 2-3 females and 1 male. You really ought to get a bigger tank because the gups will very soon over populate the 12 gallon tank.

 

[robert.sadler]

i don't know much about guppies, but the only corys you should keep in a tank that size are pygmy corys. also, corys need clean water, so massive overstocking is not recommended.

Cool yeah I had been looking at the pygmy cory's so do you reckon 6 would be ok in that size tank?

What? Six cory's in a 12 gallon? Think again, pal.

I'd say 2 at most, maybe three. As for the guppies I would say 2-3 females and 1 male. You really ought to get a bigger tank because the gups will very soon over populate the 12 gallon tank.

Cool man seeming as I already have a 12 gallon tank sat here what stuff would people recommend I wnat quite a nice busy tank again with reasonably colorful fish ... the main thing I don't want is bettas as I'm setting up a seperate betta bowl for a single male but that will come later.

so yeah 12 gallon with colourful fish in it ..... help

 

[Piscator]

Cool man seeming as I already have a 12 gallon tank sat here what stuff would people recommend I wnat quite a nice busy tank again with reasonably colorful fish ... the main thing I don't want is bettas as I'm setting up a seperate betta bowl for a single male but that will come later.

so yeah 12 gallon with colourful fish in it ..... help

Tetras are very active and colorful. Plus, they're easy to care for and breed too. They do not grow very big so you could have 6-8 of them in the 12 gallon.

 

[poopsydrew]

i don't know much about guppies, but the only corys you should keep in a tank that size are pygmy corys. also, corys need clean water, so massive overstocking is not recommended.

Cool yeah I had been looking at the pygmy cory's so do you reckon 6 would be ok in that size tank?

What? Six cory's in a 12 gallon? Think again, pal.

I'd say 2 at most, maybe three. As for the guppies I would say 2-3 females and 1 male. You really ought to get a bigger tank because the gups will very soon over populate the 12 gallon tank.

umm, 6 pygmy cories is fine for a 12 gallon, you could add more......pal.

Drew

 

[robert.sadler]

Hmm any other opinions really not sure what to do so far

I had my mind kinda pinned on the guppies and corys for a minute there

 

[Amunet]

Harlequin rasboras would be great! They're a schooling fish so about 6 would be nice. They're a very pretty red.

Or if you really want the guppies, I would just get males. Cause I'm sure having 2 males with 8 females like you originally said you wanted would very quickly overpopulate the tank.

 

[chibi]

How is 6 pygmys in a 12 gallon too many? I've had 7 in a 6 gallon and currently have 21 cories in a 29 gallon. Pygmy cories are very, very tiny.