I Want To Finish Stocking, Need Help?

[GAB99]

ok i currently have 2 balloon mollies, 2 ghost shrimp, 3 gold barbs and 1 striped raphael cat ( 1inch)

the tank is a 20 G.

this is what i want to do

get 2 more gold or cherry barbs

get 1 more mollie

get 4 praecox rainbows.(aka, blue-neon i think)

would this be suitable and fully stock me? or is it too much?
if it is too much, what are your suggestions?

remember i want to be fully stock to the limit so i can stop going to the petstore every week

i need the rainbows!! how much do they on average cost?

 

[kizno1]

make sure you have 2 female mollys to every male molly.
rainbow fish need to be kept in groups of 6 but im not sure if they get to big for a 20g
how dose this sound
3 mollys
5 cherry barbs
6 rainbows
2 shrimp
5 corys

 

[GAB99]

they arent all cherry barbs, they just school togehter thats why i wanted to get your advise. they also grow the same size (in the aquarium at least)

for the cories, how does the sterbai sound?

dont the rainbows grow to about 3" max? are you sure six would be good? plus cories?

its cuz i dont want anybody else dying, already feel bad enough my previous tank was decimated with ich

did i mention i have an anubias and some money wort? just so you'd know

dont plan on raising mollies current ones are both male.

 

[kizno1]

i ment gold barbs not cherry sorry
ok the rainbows should be ok then and you could get 4 corys if you dont get another molly.

 

[GAB99]

would this be ok?

3 mollies (male)
2 shrimps
3 cories
5 barbs
1 cat
6 rainbows

or would all three males beat each other up? currently the 2 are just chillin with the barbs like one big happy family

would it also be ok if i wanted 2 to get 2 more shrimp?

thanks for the prev. posts

 

[kizno1]

corys need to be kept in groups of atleast 4 so you could have this
2 mollies
4 shrimps
4 cories
5 barbs
1 cat
6 rainbows
or
4 mollies
6 gold barbs
4 shrimp
1 catfish
6 rainbows

 

[GAB99]

could i go
6 rainbows
5 barbs
4 cories
3 mollies
3 shrimps
1 cat

if not ill go with the fisrt option you posted
2 mollies
4 shrimps
4 cories
5 barbs
1 cat
6 rainbows

thanks for the help.

 

[kizno1]

i think it would be best just to have 2 mollys or i think you would be a lil overstocked. how many lph dose your fillter do?

 

[GAB99]

its a topfin 20 filter
all i know is that it can maintain 10-22 gallon tanks and so far no problems caused.

 

[kizno1]

this or this would be ok but that would be max and you need to add them slowly.
6 rainbows
6 barbs
3 mollies
4 shrimps
1 cat
or
2 mollies
4 shrimps
4 cories
5 barbs
1 cat
6 rainbows

 

[GAB99]

thanks ill go with the 244516 combo

i usually wait a week berfore adding fish and i only add half of what i currently have. (8) so it would be 4 fish i can add, would that be okay? i probably gonna place an order for the rainbows and get the cories today. thanks for the help!