This Community Tank Look Okay?

[scotty]

this is the fish i will hopefully putting into my juwel rio 125,which i ordered today,i will be doing the fishless cycle before adding any fish.just like to hear peoples opinions.


3 x Rosy Barb
3 x Emperor Tetra
1 x Siamese Fighting Fish (Female)
5 x Corydora
3 x Platy
2 x Swordtail (Female)
1 x Swordtail (Male)
1 x Clown Plec
2 x Kribensis

 

[Truck]

Looks okay bar a few things, go with all female swordtails, drop the fighting fish, single females are just as aggressive as males. and I can't comment on the kribs but I've heard that they can be notorious fin nippers, so I would swap them for a pair of apisto's.

 

[TetraUk]

Personally,

I would increase the amount of tetras as they do better in larger groups, reduce the corydoras to three and ditch the Rosy Barbs & Betta (Siamese Fighter)

Afraid I don't agree with the female only sword advice though, as it's the males with the sword so maybe just go with the Swordes or the Platy's (Trio of either). Clown Plecs cost a bit so if Money is an issue I would go with cheap option to start with; either way the plecostomus should not be added until the tank is established as even with feeding algae waffers it's always good to have some algae build up for them, just not enough for the physical eye to see. (If that makes sense )

Kribs are great, a pair will only become teritorial around their cave or flowerpot if in breeding condition or with fry present and are no more aggressive than a pair of Rams.. Both nice options but for me once again it would be Kribensis added lastly once the Tetras etc.. have settled in.

 

[shelaghfishface]

ditto ( ive yet to be convinced that they like big tanks) and i would definitley drop the kribs lovely fish but will get aggressive

 

[scotty]

the reason i had 5 corydoras was,i was told they are better group in groups of 5, so is it better with or without the kribensis.so is it three male swords or 1 male 2 females and the same with the platys.
how much would a clown plec be?

 

[Truck]

if you go with one male and two female swordtails you will have hundreds of babies, and then you'll become over stocked, and finding homes for livebearers is difficult because they're so readily available, If I were you I would stick with just the 3 platies.

If it were my tank and I was going to be using your proposed list I would edit it down to this:

6 Corydoras
3 Platies (all females)
2 Clown plecos (need bogwood to rasp on)
3 swordtails (all females) (optional)
10-15 Emperor tetras or rosy barbs.

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[scotty]

if i wanted to keep the kribensis,what could i put in my tank