stockin a 15 gallon

[jmaster]

hi all

i have a 15 gallon tank which i would like to keep some female fighters and some neon tetras in

how many of each could i have an are there any other types of fish i could put in with them???

thanx all

 

[Discomafia]

hi all

i have a 15 gallon tank which i would like to keep some female fighters and some neon tetras in

how many of each could i have an are there any other types of fish i could put in with them???

thanx all

Female fighters as in female bettas? I'd go with a school of 10 tetras, a betta, and a few bottom dwellers. Cories or otos, because I think a BN plec needs 20 gallons at least.

 

[sylvia]

Female bettas should be kept in as large a group as possible to spread aggression. I would say 5 and 7 neons would be a good number. I actualy think you are better off, however, dedicating the tank to the female bettas. Besides neons being delicate, female bettas are quite aggressive IME.

 

[Discomafia]

Oh yea, I did read that in the Betta forum. SO disregard my last post and go for 2-3 bettas... Not so sure if they will be agressive towards the tetras, but if you don't go with the betta idea, you can defn keep 10 neons in the tank.

 

[jmaster]

hi

if i went wiv the neons wat else could i keep with them

and if i just wanted it to be a female betta tank how many could i keep in there???

thanx

 

[sylvia]

If you get the neons AND bettas you can't keep anything else. There's no room.

If you go for the neons, you could get 6 neons and 3 cories or 1 or 2 dwarf gouramies and 10 neons. You could also have guppies or platies with neons. 3 platies/guppies and 9 neons would be a possibility or you could have 2 male guppies, 3 cories and 5 neons.

If you went for dwarf cories and neons you could keep 4 dwarf cories, 7 neons and a dwarf gourami
or 2 male guppies/platies, 7 neons and 4 dwarf cories.

You could also add some more shoaling fish like harlequin rasboras and have a tank with 7 neons and 7 harlequin rasboras.

The harlequin rasboras (or neons) could also be replaced by black phantom tetras, cardinal tetras, golden dwarf barbs and rummynose tetras - all of which are beautiful shoaling fish and most are also hardier than the neons would be.

If you went for only female bettas, I think you could keep up to 7 in there.