Stocking

[Fishy friend2]

Can I have 10 male guppies 10 neon tetras 5 ghost shrimp 6 sarpae tetras 6 long finned gold danios 6 long finned zebra danios 2 red tailed sharks

 

[Fishy friend2]

Instead of 2 red tail sharks 1 rainbow shark

 

[Stephan]

What size is the tank?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Heard that sharks will eat small fish so could I have 5 rosy minnows added to that list

Take away the sharks 55 gallon

 

[Fishy friend2]

If I can't have those fish tell me which fish I can have

 

[Fishy friend2]

Are rainbow sharks algae eaters

 

[KittyKat]

No, sharks are not algae eaters, almost nothing is, unless it is starving.

What are the dimensions?

Serpae will nip in those numbers. Danios will freak the guppies out. Shark is too aggressive for guppies, two will fight to death in any tank that volume. Tetras do best in soft water; danios, sharks, guppies and most shrimp do best in neutral to hard water.

 

[fluttermoth]

If I could give you one piece of advice, Fishy friend2 ?

YI think you need to think about what kind of fish it is that you want to keep the most, and then arrange your decor and other stocking to suit that species.

That's a better way of going about it, IME, than making lists of the things you like; unfortunatley a lot of fish just aren't compatable with many of the others.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Can I have all tetra then because there are more species and colors and tetras are very unique

 

[fluttermoth]

You could, but you still need six or more of each species.

Is your water hard or soft, OP?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Have not set it up yet but I know they like soft water

 

[fluttermoth]

lol; no, I meant what's the water like where you are, out of the tap; if i know that then I could recommend some stocking lists for you

You'll know if your water is hard, because you'll get a lot of limescale on things like your taps and the element in your kettle and stuff like that.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Water is soft where I live

 

[fluttermoth]

Sorry to be askin you more stuff, but what are the dimensions of the tank? I know it's a 55 gallon, but length/width and height do have a bearing on what fish you can have

 

[Fishy friend2]

I think it is 4 by 2 by 2