Restocking 20G

[Aquaman187]

So I took out the betta it was ripping out my neons eyes. So I currently have 3 albino corys 5 red cherry shrimp. 10 neon tetras . Any ideas of occupants to be added or to balance out anything? Or a center piece.

 

[KittyKat]

I strongly recommend that you keep Corys in schools of at least 6 per colour morph, and ideally more.

To answer your question, we would need to know the dimensions, decor and the water parameters of the tank.

 

[Cossie1111]

Id say 5 more neons and 3 more corys.

And maybe 3 guppys or platies

 

[the_lock_man]

I strongly recommend that you keep Corys in schools of at least 6 per colour morph, and ideally more.

Kitty, I noticed you said that on another thread as well. I always understood that colour morphs of the same species would happily shoal together (ie an albino cory and a bronze cory are both corydoras aeneus, and they know it.) Could you comment on why you are recommending this, please?

 

[KittyKat]

I strongly recommend that you keep Corys in schools of at least 6 per colour morph, and ideally more.

Kitty, I noticed you said that on another thread as well. I always understood that colour morphs of the same species would happily shoal together (ie an albino cory and a bronze cory are both corydoras aeneus, and they know it.) Could you comment on why you are recommending this, please?

In my experience, colour morphs do not school together as well as with their own colour, but different colour morphs of one species shoal better than different species… I have no idea how fish recognise their own kind, I assume it's predominantly through smell or behaviour, but maybe some of it is through colour too.

 

[SteelerLuke]

Wouldn't fish recognise their own kind just by instinct?

 

[onidrase]

dimensions would be helpful to know, for example, I have a 20 gallon hexagon tank that is about 16 inches wide from one side to the other in all directions in regards to footprint, but then it's 24 inches tall. Even though it's 20 gallons, I'll be more limited in stocking as somebody with a 20 gallon tank that is, say, 30 inches long, 12 inches tall, and 13 inches wide, because my tanks footprint is so small.

I strongly recommend that you keep Corys in schools of at least 6 per colour morph, and ideally more.

Kitty, I noticed you said that on another thread as well. I always understood that colour morphs of the same species would happily shoal together (ie an albino cory and a bronze cory are both corydoras aeneus, and they know it.) Could you comment on why you are recommending this, please?

In my experience, colour morphs do not school together as well as with their own colour, but different colour morphs of one species shoal better than different species… I have no idea how fish recognise their own kind, I assume it's predominantly through smell or behaviour, but maybe some of it is through colour too.

I've had this same experience with my khuli loaches and my old tiger barbs. The golden tiger barbs would stick with each other, and my regular tiger barbs would stick with each other. Though they did school with each other now and then, even in the large school they would be kinda grouped with their own color morphs.

And with the khuli loaches, I have some that are a very dark, nearly black, and a couple that are more of a tan, and each color goes as far as to stay under completely different logs during the day time.

 

[Crossfire]

What are your tank parameters? Temp, ph, etc.

Here's what I suggest:
7-8 Albino Cories
10 Neon Tetras

And maybe a centre piece fish like a Dwarf Gourami, a pair of Sparkling Gouramis, or maybe a pair of Peacock Gudgeons