Stocking Ideas Needed

JohnRossDele · Jan 16, 2010

hi all, without starting any fuss (which usually happens when i ask a stocking question)

is this stocking idea ok (what would your idea for a 100 litre tank be include platy)

platy 3 males/9 females
bristlenose pleco male
harlequin rasbora 4 mixed
neon tetra 8 mixed
cory doras 6 mixed

thanks

kizno1 · Jan 16, 2010

that looks ok but i think you would get to many fry because theres nothink to eat them how about
platys 2m 4f
8 rabora
8 tetras
8 corys
1 bn

JohnRossDele · Jan 16, 2010

kizno1 said:
that looks ok but i think you would get to many fry because theres nothink to eat them how about
platys 2m 4f
8 rabora
8 tetras
8 corys
1 bn

ok thanks

kizno1 · Jan 16, 2010

or you could try ram or apisto or a small catfish to keep fry numbers down

JohnRossDele · Jan 16, 2010

how about
platys 2m 4f
8 tetras
8 corys
6 raboras
1 betta
1 bn

kizno1 · Jan 16, 2010

you could try it but it dependece on the betta.

kevin82 · Jan 16, 2010

what type of tetra?

I thought most tetra were fin nippers so wouldn't get on with your betta?

JohnRossDele · Jan 16, 2010

kevin82 said:
what type of tetra?

I thought most tetra were fin nippers so wouldn't get on with your betta?

yeah they are just double checked there what could i have instead of neons

Wills · Jan 16, 2010

If it were me I would do a dwarf cichlid rather than the betta maybe something like a Red Breasted Acara or an Apisto. Go for a lone male and then no risk of them breeding and you having more fry.

furry catfish · Jan 16, 2010

gold barbs?

kizno1 · Jan 16, 2010

i know people say that but ive never had a problem with neon tetras and glowlights where fine with my betta

LongS · Jan 16, 2010

Yeah glowlights aren't really nippy at all, and i have also learned that neither are penguin tetras. I know of a betta in with four of them and they just leave each other alone, only having terrotorial issues with there own kind.