Hi And Help

[TommyWilliams]

Hi everyone!!!
Im new to the forums and new to the hobby and wondered if i could ask a question?
i have a 55L tank and a total of 14 fish (5 neon tetra, 5 guppies,4 danios) but wondering what fish to get next?
should i get a fish that cleans up? something like a few corys? the tank is nearly 3 months old and i change 5L of water ever 2 weeks.

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Tommy.
With that many fish in a 20 gallon tank,you are almost full. If you can get a few pygmy cories, they make a good bottom cleaning crew for eating excess food. I would increase your water changes. Less than 10% every fortnight is not nearly enough. You might want to change about 15L once a week to help hold down impurities in the tank. A single 4 1/2 gallon water change on a 20 gallon is about what I find works on a 20 gallon like that. If you kept your fish load low, not where you seem to be headed, you could even do that 25% change every 2 weeks and get away with it.

 

[waterdrop]

Agree with the above and Welcome to TFF!

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[drobbyb]

to TFF! I have to agree with OM47 and waterdrop. It only takes a few more minutes to change more water, and it's loads better for your tank and fish

 

[GuppyGoddess]

Welcome to the forum Tommy.
With that many fish in a 20 gallon tank,you are almost full. If you can get a few pygmy cories, they make a good bottom cleaning crew for eating excess food. I would increase your water changes. Less than 10% every fortnight is not nearly enough. You might want to change about 15L once a week to help hold down impurities in the tank. A single 4 1/2 gallon water change on a 20 gallon is about what I find works on a 20 gallon like that. If you kept your fish load low, not where you seem to be headed, you could even do that 25% change every 2 weeks and get away with it.

Isn't a 55 L more like a 15 gallon tank? One quarter less than a 20 gallon? I wouldn't add any more fish. Rather than relying on fish to clean up, possibly do more manual water changes. More fish isn't always the answer.

 

[JustFrozen]

Yeah, thats 15 US gallons.

With 14 fish in 15 gallons, you're probably already putting a decent bioload stress on the tank.

Just out of curiosity, do you do an occasional water test to make sure ammonia levels are not too high?

 

[TommyWilliams]

Thanks for all your replys, i have started changing 5L a week now.
I have been doing a weekly check on ammonia levels and everything seems ok, but recently one of the guppys has been acting strange (admittedly i have very little knowlege of what strange fish behaviour is) the guppy sits on the bottom in the same spot everytime and dont move much apart from to feed.

 

[waterdrop]

What kind of test kit is giving you the ammonia numbers?

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