stocking levels

[bluefire]

i have a 39 gal with:
10 neon tetras
5 cories
7 danios
2 platies
3 guppies
1 gourami
1 bristlenose
and i was wondering wether it would be ok to add anythng else? my nitrates are never above 10 and its a planted( not many plants now but wil be getting lots more) i have lots of platy and guppy fry i was thinking of possibly adding them or something else?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

It all depends on you. If you can do water changes once or twice a wekk, you could add a few more fish.

I take it that's a bristlenose plec, since I can think of no other fish with that owrd in the name. What type of gourami? It might get to 4", which may or may not be a problem, though not necessarily so much when it comes to stocking levels so much as aggression.

 

[bluefire]

well i do pwc once a week and aggression is not a problem. so does anyone have any reccomendatios on what i could add?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

How big are the fry? How many do you want to add? Since they would grow, you wouldn't be able ot add other fish.

 

[bluefire]

well i don't want to add all the fry, maybe 2 or three.
do you think that maybe adding more of cories or neons would be good?

 

[Griz]

I think that adding more neons or cories would be your best choices if you want to add more fish. You seem to have a happy community, introducing a new species always poses risks. You could do with a couple more corys I think, and different species of corydoras will coexist peacefully especially if they are of similar size. A few of those guppy fry would be fine too, but I think you may be aproaching your limit. Go slow.