What Fish Should I Get?

[Tigsy]

i have a 60 x 18 x 24 (in inches) tank with the following fish

2 x 5.5inch sailfin plecs
2 x 2 inch clown plecs
2 x 6 inch clown loaches
1 x 6 inch hoplo catfish
5 x pepper cory catfish
1 x cory catfish (not sure what)
13 x rummy nose tetra
4 x glowlight tetra
2 x neons
4 x leoard danios ( one with fantail)
4 x flying foxes
2 x adult guppies and about 30 babies
2 x upsidedown catfish

what else should i get or have i overstocked

 

[dbanner]

Seems like you have a lot of schooling fish. If this was my tank I would want 2 big schools of fish like 30 neons and 20 or so rummynoses, I'd up the corys to around 15, they have to be in groups of 6 or more and all the same type, so say 10 peppered or 15 bronze, 15 sterbai rather than mix and match. Then I would have a nice centrepiece fish like a group of 5-6 angels. I would leave it at that. Then you would get a nice evenly spread display and colour of fish.

The clown loaches also need to be in groups of 6 or more but your tank is not quite big enough for a group of them.

I'd also keep the clown plec but rehome the sailfin. These will get to around 2 feet which is wider than your tank.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Well, i dont understand why. You want so many plecos. They are very messy. Neons like schools of at least 6.

 

[Tigsy]

i brought the two sailfins from a pet shop who told me they wouldnt grow big hense why i got two ( i have learnt that they do since then)
as for the the two clown plecs they were given to me along with the 2 upsidedown catfish,
hoplo and the 1 cory (im not sure what type) and the clown loaches as the lady wanted rid of her tank
and there were originally 8 neons which have over time passed away so now left with just 2 (will be getting more next week )

thanks for your input

 

[dbanner]

Well, i dont understand why. You want so many plecos. They are very messy. Neons like schools of at least 6.

I agree, I had a single golden nugget Pleco in a tank a little bigger than Tigsy's and I was cleaning the mess every 3 days. That was as well as having 2 tetratec ex1200 filters and a 1400lph powerhead to help out