my tank is roughly 48x16x16 in inches, i have planted it light to medium it has a gravel bottom. i am halfway through doing a fishless cycle.
Guppies
gold gournmi
orange salfin molly
spot catfish
cherry shrimp
pictus catfish
chinese algae eater dwarf
turquoise rainbow
Guppys are small tropical fish with high sex drives, they are generally very peaceful fish as long as care is taken when stocking them. Due to their high sex drives, they can often over-harrass the females, so its good to have a bare minimum of 2-3females per male.
They can be kept in all-male groups of at least 5 (although the more the better- the more you have, the more any agression between them will be spread out, and the less likely you are to get any particular male too picked on), or all-female groups of at least 3 (as guppys are sociable fish, its good to keep them in at least a trio or more).
They are prolific breeders, a single mature female guppy can give birth to over 30 fry a month- the vast majority (if not all) of this fry will usually be eaten if left to fend for themselves in the tank, but more than often you will always end up with at least a couple of fry making it to adulthood. Female guppys can store sperm in them, so keeping guppys in all-female groups will not nesarsaril rule out the chance of them giving birth to fry.
Mollys have similar requirements to the guppys, they are the same when it comes to gender stocking (i.e. 2-3females minimum per male, or a minimum of 5 males in an all-male group, or minimum of 3females in an all-female group etc) and have similar diet. The problem with mollys is that some varities are rather brackish, and so need salt in their water, while others are a lot more freshwater- for more info see my first post in this thread for more info on using salt with mollys and other fish;
http
/www.fishforums.net/Fish-For-My-Tank-t197319.html
Gold gouramis are a colour variation of a particular type of gourami, gourami's like opaline/pearl gouramis and three spot gouramis are exactly the same type of gourami as gold gourami's, just a different colour/pattern variation.
Gourami's personalities vary a great deal, male gourami's like gold gourami's can be quite agressive/territorial and difficult to stock successfully with other fish. Female gouramis are a lot more peaceful on the other hand and much easier to keep in groups or with other fish.
They prefer a medium to heavily planted tank with gentle current, plants which grow all the way from the bottom to the top of the tank, or floating plants, make ideal plants for gourami's.
There isn't any such fish as a "spot catfish", do you mean some type of corydora's like this;
http/www.fishforums.net/Peppered-Corydoras-t35212.html
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Cherry shrimp should be fine for the tank. Pim pictus are carnivorous though and have been known to eat small fish liek neons, i think that they might also try to eat cherry shrimp too, so might posibly not be a good combo;
http/badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile70.html
When you say dwarf chinese algae eater, do you mean an oto;
http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/speci...?species_id=107
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Sorry i do not know any fish called "turquoise rainbow".
Dimensions 122 x 41 x 41cm/48" x 16" x 16
Surface area 0.5 sqm/5.38 sq ft/ inches sq in
Volume 201 l./44 gal. (53.1 US gal.)
Probable volume 181 l./40 gal. (48 US gal.)
