Stock a 110 tank - can we add?

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We got the 110 up and running and have been slowly adding stock from other tanks to this one (we cleaned up a 55, a 29, a 10 and a 3 gallon so far!) The levels are all perfect (amonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate between 10 and 20). This is what is in it currently:

10 black neons
12 brilliant rasboras
7 glowlight tetras
3 gournami (powder blue dwarf, dwarf, pearl)
3 lyretail mollies (yellow)
3 tri-color platies
3 red mickey platies
4 female swords
2 male sword
2 black delta guppies
2 hillstream loaches
2 upside down cats (??? can't find them, they must be in the hollow tree trunk (or dead...)
4 emerald green cories
5 spotted cories
4 panda cories
4 green cories
1 oto (sole survivor)

As you may notice, all rather small fishes and easy to care for (apart from the 55, all other tanks we own(ed) are tanks belonging to kids...).
Our snails all died, they must not like the sand we have on the bottom.

Now, we would like to add 6 panda cories, 5 to 7 oto's and a bushy nose pleco. Would that be ok?

The tank has plenty of hiding spaces (in one corner we made a "forest" of large amazon swords (real plants), there is a tree trunk, we added some very low but "open" lower plants (plastic), a wall of corkscrew valls (real plants) and we plan to add more real plants this weekend.

Would we need to add some floating plants? If so, which would be good?

L.
 
Is it 4', 5', or 6' long?

You're likely going to have trouble with the powder blue dwarf and dwarf if they are both male. They will seek and destroy each other.

I'd be concerned about the hillstream loaches as their high oxygen requirements will unlikely be met within the community tank.

Otos may be hit or miss. Sometimes they do well other times they don't for no apparent reason. I'd hold off on them until the tank is established at least 6-9 months.

Instead of adding 6 more panda cories, add 2 emerald greens, 1 spotted, 2 pandas, and 2 green cory. This would give you equal groups of each type that you already have at 6 each.

The bristlenose pleco should be ok to add as well.
 
[Is it 4', 5', or 6' long?]

6' long.

[You're likely going to have trouble with the powder blue dwarf and dwarf if they are both male. They will seek and destroy each other.]

Right now they have each found a side of the tank they hang out in. If they fight I will take the powder blue out.

[I'd be concerned about the hillstream loaches as their high oxygen requirements will unlikely be met within the community tank.]

People keep telling me they need cool water and quite a bit of current, but these too seem happy as ever. The water is not cool (78-80) but the tank has a lot of filtration, I am hoping it is enough to keep them alive. The lfs didn't want them back...

[Otos may be hit or miss. Sometimes they do well other times they don't for no apparent reason. I'd hold off on them until the tank is established at least 6-9 months.]

We haven't had much luck with oto's. Tried quite a few of them and currently have two, both hanging out in a different ten gallon, rather big, happy and eating well. But these are the only two of the many we have owned. So I will not add otos. Any fish I could add in its place?

[Instead of adding 6 more panda cories, add 2 emerald greens, 1 spotted, 2 pandas, and 2 green cory. This would give you equal groups of each type that you already have at 6 each.]

Ok. Reason I'd like to add pandas is that they are rather small. The emerald greens we have are sort of huge (but gorgeous). But I see the numbers are ok, I could add 6 more cories...

[The bristlenose pleco should be ok to add as well]

Cool!

L.
 
The hillstreams don't necessarily need cooler temps, but cooler temps are usually associated with easier oxygen saturation which is what they do need. Well-filtered, well-aerated water is the key.
 
All platies are females. The swordtail fry (so far) all get eaten (thank the lord).

I always stick the hornwort in the gravel/sand, can I just let it float?

I have three filters running on the tank, and recently added a airstone, so hopefully the hillstreams are fine...They are soooo cute.

Any alternative for otos?
 
Wat2Go said:
I always stick the hornwort in the gravel/sand, can I just let it float?
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Best leave it floating. It won't grow roots anyway so you'll be constantly replanting it while cutting off the base to make it anchor to the substrate which it is incapable of.
 
The hornwort looks pretty good as a floating mass. I have a bunch of it floating in my 45. When I first put it in it had some kind of balance that I will never duplicate. It sat in the flow from my filter and tumbled end over end in one place for many days. This bunch was at least a 8 inch ball of the stuff. Now it just sort of sits in one spot with parts of the outside of the mass still moving in the filter's flow. It is a big fry saver so if you don't want fry, you may not want any. I have it specifically to hide my endler fry and it is working almost too well.
 
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