Would These Fish Be Okay?

[JoolsA2]

would these fish be okay in a 95 litre tank?

fish:

6 tigerbarbs
4 corys
1 pearl gourami
5 platy and
7 neon tetras be okay?

 

[Truck]

i would ditch the tiger barbs, as theyre too big and boisterous for a 95 litre, and i would up the neons to 15

 

[Sean W.]

i agree, no tiger barbs.

also... my personal opinion, dont get a pearl gourami.. they are boring sad looking fish, get a blue or a gold gourami, or even a dwarf gourami... anyone of those look better... to me at least.

and where you dont have tiger barbs, get a bigger school of tetras.. 15-20

 

[nmonks]

I'd argue against this. Blue/golden gouramis -- Trichogaster trichopterus -- are notoriously aggressive, or at least, the males are. Dwarf gouramis are just a total waste of space these days. A lot of the specimens shipped out from the Far East seem to have a viral disease, and you certainly shouldn't buy any from tanks with sick looking species. Even without the virus, they're very sensitive to incurable Mycobacterium infections.

By contrast, pearl and moonlight gouramis tend to be reasonably hardy and rarely aggressive enough to cause trouble, though males will bicker with each other if overcrowded.

Do review the temperature requirements of your fish. It's often the case less experienced hobbyists ignore this. Neons, platies and Corydoras are similar in preferring low-end temperatures, around 22-24 C being ideal. Swordtails, danios, and some other tetras (e.g., red phantom tetra) and several barbs (rosy barbs, golden barbs, dwarf golden barbs) are similar. Gouramis on the whole prefer warmer water, as do some barbs and most tetras. Keeping fish too warm or too cold will shorten their lives, sometimes dramatically so. Any good aquarium encyclopaedia should quote the preferred temperature range of the species in question: aim for a value in between the high and low values for best results.

Cheers, Neale

also... my personal opinion, dont get a pearl gourami.. they are boring sad looking fish, get a blue or a gold gourami, or even a dwarf gourami... anyone of those look better... to me at least.

 

[Harlequins]

What about?

6 corys
dwarf gourami
5 platies
10 neons-although i think cardinals are nicer and hardier

edited to add instead of tiger barbs you could go for cherry barbs which are alot more peaceful than tigers