Stocking A 60Ltr.

[Jamieleigh.]

Currently in my 60ltr I have 6 guppys and a molly, what else can I add? Maybe another molly and a few tetras? I decided to hold off on buying a bigger tank until I have my current one up and running for a while.

 

[sadguppy]

Currently in my 60ltr I have 6 guppys and a molly, what else can I add? Maybe another molly and a few tetras? I decided to hold off on buying a bigger tank until I have my current one up and running for a while.

It really depends.
a) What type of tank is it? It's all about the surface area really rather than the water capacity, a 60l long rectangular tank can hold more fish than a cube, which can hold more than one of those bi-orb tanks. If you have a bi-orb you're probably overstocked already!

b) Is your tank properly cycled i.e. are ammonia and nitrite at 0? If not, do not add any more fish until it is and make sure you perform large, very frequent water changes in the meantime.

c) Are the guppies all male or a mix of both male and female? If the latter, then you will be at full capacity in no time and I really wouldn't add anything else!

d) What is your filter like and what is your maintenance routine? If the tank is overfiltered (i.e. you have a filter suitable for say, a 100l tank) and you perform regular large water changes and are committed to doing this at least weekly, then yes a few more fish would be fine... However if you have a less powerful filter (generally the ones that come with the tank are not as powerful as you might choose if you were to buy it separately) and/or you tend to do water changes less often than every week then stay with the stocking you have, ad maybe add some shrimp for interest/algae control.

 

[HM Dragon Devil]

Yeah Biorbs aren't the best tanks especially the 'orb' shaped things. I have a Biorb Flow which has larger surface area, but still has the same crappy filter. I am starting to regret buying it, but i'm going to stick with it for now as it's good enough for my Betta, and my husbandry is pretty good

Oh by the way, sadguppy I noticed your tank in your sig and took a peak at your journal. Nice tanks, but #40## girl sure you have enough tanks?

Edit: not the f word btw, i said d*amn.

Dean.

 

[sadguppy]

Yeah Biorbs aren't the best tanks especially the 'orb' shaped things. I have a Biorb Flow which has larger surface area, but still has the same crappy filter. I am starting to regret buying it, but i'm going to stick with it for now as it's good enough for my Betta, and my husbandry pretty good

Oh by the way, sadguppy I noticed your tank in your sig and took a peak at your journal. Nice tanks, but #40## girl sure you have enough tanks?

Dean.

Uh... Just the one more (shrimp tank) then I'm done... For now... Unless I find the roma 90 for a good price to complete my set

That reminds me I have lots of pictures to upload to my journal, I have completely neglected it!

To be fair there are plenty of people on here with more tanks, and much bigger tanks than I do... But I recognise that I have a problem and that's the first step!

 

[Jamieleigh.]

The tank is a cube shape, think its called a fish box? I really regret buying it, I wish I had of bought something bigger to start with but hopefully but the end of the month I will have upgraded to at least a 120ltr.
The guppys are mixed, I think I see them 'flirting' already, I'm almost 100% sure there will will be babys soon! I plan to feed some of the babys to the angel I hope to be getting too once I have upgraded and keep the rest to sell.
The filter is a fluval U1 and I have noticed that the guppys like to swim up into the bubbles and get pushed away from the filter by its flow lol

 

[Aqua Tom]

The tank is a cube shape, think its called a fish box? I really regret buying it, I wish I had of bought something bigger to start with but hopefully but the end of the month I will have upgraded to at least a 120ltr.
The guppys are mixed, I think I see them 'flirting' already, I'm almost 100% sure there will will be babys soon! I plan to feed some of the babys to the angel I hope to be getting too once I have upgraded and keep the rest to sell.
The filter is a fluval U1 and I have noticed that the guppys like to swim up into the bubbles and get pushed away from the filter by its flow lol

Sorry, did I read that correctly? Are you are planning on buying an angel & feeding it your current fish's babies?

Tom

 

[HM Dragon Devil]

Yeah Biorbs aren't the best tanks especially the 'orb' shaped things. I have a Biorb Flow which has larger surface area, but still has the same crappy filter. I am starting to regret buying it, but i'm going to stick with it for now as it's good enough for my Betta, and my husbandry pretty good

Oh by the way, sadguppy I noticed your tank in your sig and took a peak at your journal. Nice tanks, but #40## girl sure you have enough tanks?

Dean.

Uh... Just the one more (shrimp tank) then I'm done... For now... Unless I find the roma 90 for a good price to complete my set

That reminds me I have lots of pictures to upload to my journal, I have completely neglected it!

To be fair there are plenty of people on here with more tanks, and much bigger tanks than I do... But I recognise that I have a problem and that's the first step!

Haha! You're obsessed

 

[HM Dragon Devil]

The tank is a cube shape, think its called a fish box? I really regret buying it, I wish I had of bought something bigger to start with but hopefully but the end of the month I will have upgraded to at least a 120ltr.
The guppys are mixed, I think I see them 'flirting' already, I'm almost 100% sure there will will be babys soon! I plan to feed some of the babys to the angel I hope to be getting too once I have upgraded and keep the rest to sell.
The filter is a fluval U1 and I have noticed that the guppys like to swim up into the bubbles and get pushed away from the filter by its flow lol

Sorry, did I read that correctly? Are you are planning on buying an angel & feeding it your current fish's babies?

Tom

Tom, I think you did read that correctly

 

[Jamieleigh.]

I plan on feeding some of the guppy fry to the angels as I will have at least 4 pregnant guppys giving birth at the same time.

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videons on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videos on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videos on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videos on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videos on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Is this not the right thing to do? I watched videos on youtube and read on some websites that you can feed some of the fry to other fish?

Wow I don't know why that posted so many times?

 

[Jamieleigh.]

It was also what I was told to do by my LFS?