Okay so I am planning on upgrading my tanks in about a month and in two days I am going to get more fish so they can "ajust" to eachother while they are young.I want opinions about the fish in my tanks such as if you think they will get along,am I overcrowding,and if you think I have a cool combo of fish!)
First tank is a 2.5g with 2 ghost shrimps,1 sunset platy,1 orange fancy guppy,1 lyre tail guppy,and 1 zebra danios(all male).I am going to add 1 sunset platy,1 fancy guppy,and 3-4 ghost shrimp(all female).I will then upgrade the tank to 5.5g.I know the fish might breed so I will have a 2.5g for the fry incase.Do you think this is a good combonation?
Tank 2 is a 10.38g with two australian rainbows,2 peppered corydoras,and 1 otocinclus I am going to add 1 albino corydoras and 1 clown plecostomus.They will then be upgraded to a 20g tank.Good combonation?
(Remember I just want opinions! I have already read up on these fish but you cant trust everything you read!)
2007-08-03 08:06:30 · 2 answers · asked by tatertot3535 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
I would say the rainbows should be in an even larger tank than a 20. They might get by if it's a 20 long, but a 20 tall wouldn't give them much swimming room. A 30 gallon (or larger) would be better for these. The oto could probably use 2 more of his kind as well to school with. I would hold off moving the otos and clown pleco until the tank has had a chance to cycle since these are both sensitive to water quality. Be sure to give your pleco some driftwood in the tank.
For the smaller tank, what you already have in the 2.5 is a little overstocked. Rather than move these into a new 5.5 with even more fish, why not move them into the 10.38 gallon once the other fish have been moved out? If you keep the same gravel that's in the tank now, you wouldn't have to wait for the tank to cycle. And add enough danios to get the total number up to 5-6.
The compatibility in both tanks is okay.
2007-08-03 08:26:33 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you want my opinion, that is a lot of fish for 5.5 gallons and you have chosen all fish who like to school or at least be in groups and you don't have more than two of any fish, that isn't a very good thing, Zebra danios need to be in a school of at least 6 fish to be happy
2007-08-03 15:13:09 · answer #2 · answered by KristyW 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋