Stocking Question...

[Spinal]

So... the 55g is well settled, and well planted. I though I had it stocked well, so much so that I was planning to take out two of the mollies (due to bullying) to take some load of the filter... Then a friend popped by and mentioned that he thought it was udnerstocked... Though I doubt that, it did raise the doubt in my mind...

Ideas?

It currently has:

Fish:
-10 Neon Tetra
-4 Pseudoepiplatis Anulatus (killifish) (thanks BigC!)
-4 Mollies (dalmation) (will be 2 soon, 2 are getting moved due to bullying)

Snails:
-Apple snails (if you are willing to count them, be my guest )
-Spike-tail MTS (4 at the last count...)
-1 lonely mahogany MTS

Mullusks/Invertebrates:
-2 Brazilian Golden Mussels
-3 Cherry red shrips (i think 3... but maybe 4)

The substrate is a 1:5 mix of laterite and very fine gravel (smaller than the laterite fragments). There is a fairly dense foliage, but not VERY heavily planted as I'm pondering on carpeting some areas with a plant I collected in Sweden...

Lighting is very low at around 1WpG.

Ideas? Over, under or just right? and if under, would you add someone else? Whom? I saw some bright orange platies that might go well colour wise, and some bright red things which reminded me of glowfish (no glowfish in the UK though...)

Michele

quick edit: its 55 imperial gallons, around 250 litres...

 

[cleekdaFish]

ya i think u can add more for that tank

like some kribs( add 3) , rams( add three) or barbs(add three) , 2 silver dollara or some platies(add four)

 

[sic0198]

I think ya can too. What are you going to add?

Some red sword tails would look nice. Or get one Kribensis Cichlid.



Or this cute little fish. Just joking!

 

[DarkEntity]

ya i think u can add more for that tank

like some kribs( add 3) , rams( add three) or barbs(add three) , 2 silver dollara or some platies(add four)

I was under the impression that silver dollar were brackish water, 3 Kribs is ok if its 1 male and 2 female, the same for the Rams.

 

[cleekdaFish]

o, didnt know that abot dollars

 

[Tommy Gunnz]

Silver dollars are not brackish water fish. However, Mollies are but can still live decently in freshwater.

I wouldnt put anything relatively aggressive in the same tank as your neon tetras. Some barbs would be ok, but not tiger barbs for sure. I think you most likely could get some more fish for your tank, but you are limited somewhat as far as size and type because of the smaller inhabitants (neons). Silver dollars might be a nice addition to this tank because they would be a bigger fish that are less likely to eat another fish, but they should be kept in a group of at least three (they are schoaling fish) and do like the occasional meaty treat, but are mostly vegitarians. They would not do well in a tank with live plants at all.

 

[Griz]

I also think you have some room left in there.

Some suggestions: Dwarf NW cichlids, another species of tetra, corydoras, a plec.

 

[QuotheRaven]

Maybe some yoyo loaches (I love em )
Some gourami's or something like that if you like them dwarf cichlids would work to

 

[sic0198]

Buenos Aires Tetras

 

[Spinal]

Thanks for the fast replies! I'll run through th suggestions quickly, no offence intended to anyone!

-Buenos Aires Tetra: Too sardiney looking
-Yoyo loaches: possibly... a scavenger would be good, but I was thinking of changing colour as the mollies are b/w
-Gouramis: don't they get pretty big? as in big enough to eat my tetras?
-dwarf cichlids(inc rams): very pretty little fish, but most of them like soft/acidic water, I have very hard/neutral water... also, would be fairly hard to find (never seen them at my lfs)
-corydora: the neon orange ones are very pretty... wil keep an eye out for these...
-pleco: as per yoyo's
-kribs: nono... they will make meals out of the killi's fins!

I think I got them all... Anyhoo...
I need to get rid of Tiago (the crayfish-other tank); anyone want him?
Also, I might make a tetra tank and rehome 2 mollies to some other tank... hmm, mts here I come!

 

[Glod]

Some Gouramies get big, others are much more reasonable. Pearls are peaceful and get to about 4 inches. Smaller options would be the Dwarfs or Honey Gouramies which get to about 2 inches/1.5 inches respectively. A nice trio of any of those would go quite well.

 

[Spinal]

Some Gouramies get big, others are much more reasonable. Pearls are peaceful and get to about 4 inches. Smaller options would be the Dwarfs or Honey Gouramies which get to about 2 inches/1.5 inches respectively. A nice trio of any of those would go quite well.

Thanks!

Hmmm. Those Dwarf Gouramies look so pretty... they've won my heart over! So I'm thinking of getting 2 Dwarf gouramis (a male and a female). I also looked into yoyo loaches, but some people seem to have them eating snails and such, which I don't really want to happen until my spike-tail breed more!

I really hope that MA has gourami's; I don't want to have the poor things posted!

Thanks again,
Michele