Stocking A 54l

[kizno1]

im getting red of some of my fish because ive got livbearers and im getting to many fry
what i want to keep is 1male 2female platys 2 corys might get some more and 1 upside down catfish
what else could i get i want a pleco it there any that could go in there
and could any chiclids go in the tank that wont attack them could i get kribs they have some about 1 inch down my lfs

 

[tenohfive]

Not alot, depending on which flavour of upside down catfish that may be off the cards - the one I used to have got to 6/7 inches long, far too big for that tank.

Cory's prefer bigger groups, I'd get the number up to 5 or 6 and maybe add a honey gourami instead of the upside down cat.

 

[kizno1]

i posted another thread a while ago and they said it was a type of upside down catfish that grows to 2 and a half inches
hears a pic of it http/img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00084d.jpg

 

[kizno1]

could i get a pair of rams or is there anythink like that that could go in there

 

[tenohfive]

54 litres is a bit small for rams, I kept a pair in 65L and that wasn't doing them justice.

Apart from a small flavour of gourami nothing else really springs to mind...maybe a few male guppies or some white cloud mountain minnows. I'm sure there are other alternatives, but none are springing to mind.

 

[kizno1]

are dwarf rainbow fish to agressive or would they be ok
ive had wcmm but they all died and i have a male honey gourami in a 5g tank

 

[tenohfive]

Dwarf rainbows need more swimming space.

You could look at some of the rasbora's - galaxy rasbora's (technically called celestial pearl danio's) are gorgeous little fish.

 

[kizno1]

if i did get gorami what types should i get and how many

 

[tenohfive]

I'd just go for one, and a honey or possibly a dwarf gourami - they're stunning but sickly.

 

[kizno1]

i might try and find somethink diffrent them because i alredy have 1 and would like somethink a lil diffrent

 

[pippoodle]

some more ideas

honey gouramis a trio or
Oryzias Javanicusi minimum of 6
or khuli loaches minimum of 6
or pitbull plecs - like to have more than 1

depending what you have in there already you could have the

2 female platys (though i would keep the males as the females can keep reproducing fry for another 6 months at least WITHOUT a male)
2 corys - sand or fine gravel substrate and increase them to at least 4
6 khulis - sand or fine gravel substrate with some hiding places
2 pitbull plecs - make sure you have some bogwood for these and a cave
3 honey gouramis - floating plants for these
and you could still have 6 Oryzias Javanicusi for the top of the tank

 

[kizno1]

would dwarf rainbowfish be of with platys if the tank was bigger im not getting a new tank but just if i ever did because i really like them