Mixes Of Fishes

[puppyjess123]

In my 50 gallon tank i have
2 catfish which will grow to around 30cm.
Neon tetras. 3 red and 2 black.
2 male guppies and 3 female guppies. (Anyone who can help me on breeeding tips as i don't have a clue how to)
2 silversharks
2 blue gourmais
Soon to have guppy fry a female is pregnant.

Also i don't know whether to use and tank divider for fry or a breeder net?

 

[puppyjess123]

please does anyoneknow?

 

[Colin_T]

regarding the 30cm catfish, what sort of catfish are they?

all tetras are schooling fish and naturally occur in groups of thousands. In an aquarium they do best in groups of 10 or more.

blue gouramis can get nasty when bigger and might eat the neons and beat up the guppies. Male gouramis are worse than females. Males have a longer more pointed dorsal (top) fin, females have a shorter more rounded dorsal fin.

silver sharks can get pretty big and like to be kept in groups. They might need a bigger tank in a few years.

guppies are livebearers and breed readily in the aquarium. Have lots of floating plants in the tank so any babies that are born will have somewhere to hide from the other fishes. The females carry the young around inside their body for about a month before giving birth to baby fish about 4-5mm long. The babies (known as fry) can be fed on powdered fry food and newly hatched brineshrimp. The brineshrimp are bought as eggs and hatched in salt water, then fed to the fish. Microworms & vinegar eels can also be used to feed the fry.
The female guppy can be put into a breeding net a few days before she gives birth. Unfortunately it is hard to tell exactly when she is going to have them. Some floating plants can be put into the breeding net to help her feel more secure.
Once she has had the babies you can scoop her out and put her into another breeding net for a few days to a week so she can recover.
Some people leave the females in the main tank and scoop out any babies when they see them. The babies are put into a breeding net in the same tank.

 

[wendywc]

I agree with the above. Blue gouramis are not good with guppies and neons. It would be better to have pearl or kissing gouramis. Definately, need to know what specific catfish they are. Also I wouldn't bother moving any female guppies into traps or nets. Just put in dense plants or holey rocks for the fry to hide in; they'll be okay.

 

[puppyjess123]

My blue gourmais are females and rather timid like to hide and i think their scared of the little fish. Xd. I have a black and orange catfish i ahve no idea what type sorry but i told they are peacefull and don't eat small fish and fry. About the neon i will get some more then thanks. I have a 100 gal tank ready for sharks. About the fry i am going to buy 2 tank divider or my dad might let me buy another 2 tanks (split up m and f). I'd probably get the fry from the main tank and put them in as i don't know whens she gonna give birth. I got brine shrimp and some sort of fry powdered food.

On average how much would a 10g plastic fry tank with a divider (m and f) cost me. Including themoter, heater, sponge filter, gravel.

 

[Jazzzz]

when all fully grown thoose catfish will be to big surely

 

[Colin_T]

No idea about the price of tanks but if you get another tank just put the females in it. Then they can have their babies in peace and not get pestered by the males.
Female guppies can carry sperm packets around for months and will get pregnant several more times without the male being present. This means you can often leave the females and babies together in the tank and only introduce a male to the females every few months.

 

[puppyjess123]

For the tanks i meant for the fry not for the females.

 

[puppyjess123]

Mt tank is around 4 foot length. 30 cm width. 45 or more cm deep. How many gallons is this?

 

[Corleone]

55 gallons. It's a standard size, my community tank is the same dimensions.

 

[puppyjess123]

How many max fish could i have any recommendations on fish ihave
2 catfish. Orange and black. Not sure which type pet store didn't av a label.
6 guppies (2 m and 4 f)
5 neons soon to be 10.
2 timid gourmais both females.
2 silver sharks.

I have a tank ready for my sharks by the way. They are tiny at moment though.

 

[Colin_T]

Mt tank is around 4 foot length. 30 cm width. 45 or more cm deep. How many gallons is this?

To work out the volume of water in the tank
measure Length x Width x Height in cm
divide by 1000
equals volume in litres

When measuring the height, measure from the top of the gravel to the top of the water level. If you have big rocks or driftwood in the tank, remove them before measuring the height.

There are 4.5litres in a UK gallon
There are 3.785litres in a US gallon.

Your tank holds about 160litres max, probably less. Without knowing what the catfish are it is hard to say how many fish you can have in the tank. Hypothetically tho, if you don't have the catfish then you could have 2-4 blue gouramis, 4-6 small silver sharks (they would need moving into your other tank when they get bigger), 30 or 40 neons or 3 or 4 groups of tetras (with 10 fish in each group), and 10 guppies.
These fish would be ok in the 4ft tank if you did a partial water change each week and fed them a couple of times a day. The filter would need to be able to deal with all the fish waste and as long as it didn't need cleaning more than once a month, it would be fine.

With the catfish it is probably already full due to the fact they are going to get to 30cm. Is there any chance you can put a picture of the catfish on here? Then we might be able to identify it and have a better idea of what you can keep.

 

[puppyjess123]

Sorry i don't know how to. People explained and i am very confused. I am only 12 years old. I think he may be a leapord catfish or something and the other one i really don't have a clue.