What To Put Where?

[Flute]

Hi all, was wondering if you could please give me some ideas as to what to do.
I have 2 60 litre tanks, one of which is a biorb which I will be converting to sand this weekend, and I want to mix the fish around so that the set ups are better for them. Both have suffered losses recently, so thats why there are odd numbers of each fish in the tanks.

What I would love are some ideas on which fish to put in what tanks.

In the biorb there is currently:

1 Male guppie
2 Glowlight tetra
3 neon tetra
4 black neon tetra
5 serpae tetra

In the normal tank there are (this tank is a bit of a distaster at the moment, as my filter gave out on me, but I'm fixing this tonight and it was also being used as a holding tank for some of the fish in there):

1 female betta
3 albino corry
1 adolfi corry
2 pepper corry
2 neon tetra
2 ember tetra

At the moment I can't see if any of my black widow tetra have made it or not in this tank after the emergancy that we had, and there were 3 golden algie eaters in there that were due to be rehomed, but at least 2 have died. I'd like to have all the neons and small tetra in one tank together, but don't want to over stock either tanks.

My main concern are the serpae tetra- in the past they have been quite aggressive, but have settled down in the biorb, so would it be best to keep them in there? And what would my female betta be best off with? She's a very laid back girl who doesn't show any signs of aggression.

The neons from both tanks and the ember tetra are only temporarily in these tanks as they will be moving to my dads bigger 42 gallon once we have it up and running.

Thanks to anyone who has any ideas on the best groupings to have.

 

[ellena]

Well, you can't have any of the cories in the biorb, even with sand, there isn't enough room.
So def. 6 cories in the normal tank, along with the female betta.
I would be inclined to move the serpae into the 42 gallon and put the 5 neons in the normal tank with the cories and betta, although that would make it quite overstocked (about 24" of fish in 15gall)
That would leave 1 guppy, 2 glowlights, 4 black neon and 2 ember tetras in the biorb. About 16" of fish in a 15gall tank, so about perfect.
That help at all?
What's the planned stocking for the 42gall?

 

[Flute]

Thanks for the reply ellena

I had a feeling that I wouldn't be able to put the corries in the biorb, but just thought I'd check anyway just in case

Thing is, the biorb was my dads, but he's having so many problems with that horrible filter media at the bottom that he's given it to me to do what I want with it- so thats why I'm converting it. The stocking for the 42 gallon is going to be small tetra- neons, ember, rummy nose, and corries. Hence why the neons and ember that I have are going to go into his tank eventually- so that they can be in bigger shoals :3

He's said maybe to the serpae being in the bigger tank, but I'll wait and see, as it might be a while before he can get it going. As I said before, my main concern are the serpae and the female betta. Would they go for her if in the same tank do you think? They're not aggressive anymore, but I remember they were when my dad first got them.

Would this kind of set up be ok? (Forgot to list the 2 female guppies that I have in the normal tank >.<)

Biorb:

Serpae (5), black neon (4), female guppies (2), glowlights (2)= 13 fish

Normal tank:

Neon (5), ember (2), Corries (6) female betta (1), male guppy (1)= 15 fish

Would this be ok?

Thanks again :3

 

[doresy]

I may be talking out of my *$%" as I don't even like Biorbs but surely they wont work with sand unless you are going to put in a proper filter

 

[Flute]

Yup :3 Jennybug has talked me through it, I've bought an internal filter and have that in a tank maturing ready for when I convert the biorb :3 I was really suprised when I found out that I could change the horrible thing ^^

 

[ellena]

Well, I'm counting all your fish at about 2", except the embers which are 1", so both tanks would be well overstocked. If they are smaller at the moment though, it could work for a while and then a lot of stock will have to be offloaded into the 42gall.
With the female betta and the serpae, no way to tell without trying, but they shouldn't nip her like they would a male as she doesn't have the long fins.