Stocking Question

mwood2

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So I finally have a day off and want to work on rehoming some fish but dont know which. My current stock in my 30 gallon is:

7 Molly (6 under 2in. 2 male 5 female)
7 Oto
3 Peppered Cory
2 Upside Down Catfish
1 ADF
1 Dwarf Gourami (female i believe)

At this point none of my I am pushing around 2in per gallon. Since none of these fish have a special req I am using the in per gallon guideline. The tank was cloned from a 10 gallon (which contained half the stock beforehand). I have not seen any ammonia/nitirite issues anymore so its fully cycled. What my plan tomorrow is to rehome:

1 ADF
3 Molly (2 male, 1 female)
2 Upside Down Catfish leaving me a final stock of:

4 Molly
7 oto
3 Peppered Cory
1 Dwarf Gourami

This will allow some room to up the Cory to 5 which I plan to do in 2 weeks when payday comes. Question is what should I add next? I have debated Flame tetras, my girlfriend wants neons or Platy. I want angel fish but tanks only 14in high so that is out. Cichilds would be cool. I found some nice Blue Rams in a LFS about an hour away. Also have seen Yoyo Loach (pretty sure my bottom stock is pretty heavy as is). I am debating finding a male Gourami but have a few issues with that. First off I am not sure if the female would get along with it and secondly if the male would be aggressive to the rest of the fish. I have a good sized breeding net to keep him in if worst came to worse so he would have a place to be until I could return him. In the end I am wondering what can work with the ending stocking.
 
I'd keep the ADF, many people dont count them towards the stocking level as they produce minimal waste and they are fun the watch

Andy
 
well the ADF is a little bit of a pain for me. Due to the other fish being greedy I have to hand feed him every timer and dangle food in front of him every time. He refuses to eat anything unless its done that way. Also I haven't seen him in the past day or 2 in the tank since I have been so busy and that worries me a bit.
 

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