Help With My Stocking

[PrairieSunflower]

I'm feeling really frustrated with my tanks at the moment and have nothing to point to as being "wrong".  I suspect it is still a knock on effect of the severe ich I had a couple months back and resulting weak health.
 
So... some history.... I have a bad hard to treat outbreak in my platy tank.  My platy tank held all but one of my platies (the grumpy one was in the community tank since she couldn't get along with her own kind).  As of 2 weeks after the ich was cleared and nothing re-occurred I moved my Mickey Mouse platy into the community because she was turning into a bully.  As a direct result of the ich outbreak I lost several platy fry and 2 adult female platy.  I have since re-homed the other platy fry.  Just today I lost my Mickey Mouse platy which I suspect to be due to weakness from the ich treatment.
 
 
What I have now....
 
Community tank, 20 gallons, housing 6 female guppies, 1 female platy (who was never involved in the ich fiasco), 9 neons (I've started losing neons again to NTD), and some cherry shrimp and assassin snails.
 
Platy tank, 10 gallons, contains 4 juvenile platies (one not far off adult size).
 
QUESTION 1 - Would you consider my community tank to be fully stocked?
 
QUESTION 2 - Is this a good plan or no, opinions please.... I was thinking of moving my 4 younger platies into the community tank and maybe getting a betta for my 10 gallon.  Is this a good plan?  Or, should I leave my 4 platies as they are in the 10 gallon... they all get along well with no bickering.
 
 

 

[TallTree01]

QUESTION 1 - Would you consider my community tank to be fully stocked? Yes
 
QUESTION 2 - Is this a good plan or no, opinions please.... I was thinking of moving my 4 younger platies into the community tank and maybe getting a betta for my 10 gallon.  Is this a good plan?  Or, should I leave my 4 platies as they are in the 10 gallon... they all get along well with no bickering.
I think that platies deserve a 15 gallon to accommodate their activity levels.

So yes. That sounds like a good plan

 

[PrairieSunflower]

My platies don't actually do that much.    The one living with the guppies follows the guppies around.
 
The platies don't really do all that much.  The little ones weave in and out of my plants.


Sorry, confused as to which bit you agreed with... moving my little platies into the bigger tank and getting the betta... or leaving them where they are?

 

[TallTree01]

Move platies to 20 gallon. Then it would be fully stocked and you can get a Bonnie lass betta fish.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

Oooooh. Ok.  LOL  When I re-read your response I got confused since you first said I was fully stocked them you agreed with me.
 
I am expecting I will continue losing my neons since the NTD is back and I decided I am not going to replace them.   And some of my guppies are getting on in age and I'm not going to replace those either... and so one day... maybe in a year, I am planning to put dwarf honey gourami in there instead.... that is a long time off though.

 

[TallTree01]

You know your an addict when you plan fish a year in advance .

 

[PrairieSunflower]

I know!  Guppies were my starter fish as everything seemed to scary to try.  My oldest guppy is 2 years old and the others just a touch behind (except for two that are under a year old).  I feel like I want to move towards less fish in the future but ones that are interesting to watch.
 
I need to do a bit more reading before I get a betta though... just to make sure I have it organized correctly and I'm not sure if my filter is too strong or not since it has a directional spout which I think should help.  Also... I might have to re-organize my plants as I think a betta might get tangled in the cabomba the way it is bunched at the moment!  HAHA

 

[TallTree01]

Eeeeeek!
I made a major error!

You know your ( * ! You're ! * )an addict when you plan fish a year in advance .

Goddamit! After I go preaching about homophones I do that!
< face palm >

 

[PrairieSunflower]

*Gasp*  you may never show your face again after such a misspeak!