Stocking (70 Litre)

[lm118]

Hi, I have a 70 litre cycled tank with 6 green neon tetras in it. Ideally i'd like to add;
 
4 more green neon tetras
6 corydoras
maybe a honey gourami
 
Would this be okay, or too much?
 
Thanks
 
 

 

[the_lock_man]

The cories would really need to be one of the dwarf species (pygmaeus, habrosus, hastatus) for it to work.

 

[lm118]

Thanks for your reply, I was hoping to get julii corys, so that wouldn't work? Anyone have any other suggestions?
 
Thanks again

 

[the_lock_man]

It's pushing it a bit, to be honest. If you take the "rule" of 1" of adult fish per gallon, your 10 GNTs and the honey gourami get you to 12". Juliis are 2.2", so 6 of them takes you to 25". I personally don't live by that rule much anyway, but even taking the other rule of 1cm per litre, jullis would still be pushing the boundaries a bit.
 
It depends upon A) how much filtration capacity you have B) how scrupulous you would be over waterchanges (volume and frequency) and C) how well you think you would/could react if something went wrong.

 

[lm118]

Thanks again the_lock_man. Clutching at straws now, what about just the 6 neon tetras I have, and 5 (Maybeee 6) corys. I think adding 5 cories would bring me up to 17 inches of fish/17 gallons

 

[the_lock_man]

It would work - you'd be better off with 6 cories, but then you'd miss out on the centrepiece fish. Difficult call.