Which Stockings To Go With!?

[-FighterFishh]

Hello all!
We're moving house soon, and when we were taking stuff out the loft we found a 35L tank still in one piece! It also had a sheet of glass with the corner cut out for wires and a sheet of perspex (from when I used to use it as a hamster cage and had that to create a second floor!).
I've decided I'm going to sell my biOrb and use that tank instead, but I'm trying to decide which stocking out of the two ideas I've had I should go with! Here's what I'm thinking...

Stocking 1:
20L - 1 male fighter
64L - 1 Molly, 3 Swordtails, 5 endlers, 2 platies.
35L - Split into 2 for my 2 remaining male fighters

or...

Stocking 2:
20L - 1 male fighter
64L - 1 Molly, 3 Swordtails, 2 platies, 1 male betta.
35L - 1 male betta, 5 endlers.

I'm just interested to see which stocking everyone thinks would be better? I think stocking 1 would be better medicine-wise, as I could treat both my male fighters with fin rot in the same tank without the other fish having to go through the treatment, and the males do seem to like the smaller tank size, but I'm just wondering if the stocking in the 64L would be too much with the extra boys?
Any help is much appreciated!
Thank you!

 

[Fishy friend2]

I would go with stocking 2, but 16 gallons seems a bit small for 4 fish who can get over 4 inches long, and the mollies, and swordtails might intimidate the Betta with their colors and their size. The platie might also intimadate the Betta with its colors. So monitor their behavior for a little while after you make that stocking

 

[-FighterFishh]

Currently, my stocking is as it is in my signature. The swords don't seem to bother Tam (my male in there at the moment) and the molly is quite small. He's right at home in there, but I think it might be easier medication-wise if I keep both my finrot boys in one tank?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Medication wise. It would be better, but dividing it might stress them out as they can see each other and they don't have enough cover the might start tailbiting , which can lead to finrot

 

[-FighterFishh]

Yeah, I was just thinking about that. I might be able to cover the divider in stick-on plants (those plastic ones with the suction cups) so even if they can see each other, it won't be very much? Either that or cover it in a black bin liner, but that would stop the flow.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Covering it in plants sounds like a good idea

 

[-FighterFishh]

Yeah, I'd have to find something quite soft though.
Or maybe some sort of netting to put over the perspex so it obscures their view? I'm not sure, I'll have to think about it!

 

[Fishy friend2]

Maybe some silk plants from a local craft store, or maybe some tall live plants

 

[-FighterFishh]

Yeah, I do only plan to plant it up with easy growing plants like elodea and cambomba regardless of who I put in there, so I could just plant it up a bit more in the middle?

 

[Fishy friend2]

So, which stocking are you planning to go with?