Wondering how many more fish I can add? reccomendations?

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Hello, this is my fist post here!

I have a 33 gallon that has been up for 6 weeks.
I cycled with fish at the advice of the lfs, used 3 platys and 3 mollies. Lost 2 platies to ich in the first 3 days, but got that under control with the salt method. Two of the mollies had babies, 2 have survived.
3 days ago I added 2 leopard cories and 2 ADF's. They are all doing well!

Fast forward to now, So I currently have:
-3 F dalmation mollies and 2 (3 week old) fry
-1 F platy
-2 leopard cories
-2 adf
-an assortment of red and brown ramshorn, pond, zebra nerite and malasian trumpet snails
-6 assorted live plants and java moss

Everyone gets along, very peaceful community tank...
I would like to add any of the following:
-neon or cardinal tetras
-fancy danios
-gouramis?
-panda cories
-lyertail swords
-platies
-guppies

What would you reccomend I add and how many and sexes? I want something that will get along with everything I already have and add some color. I dont want to overstock and dont really know what to aim for.

ETA: Also wondering how often/how many fish to add at a time?
Thanks in advance!
 
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All of those fish sound like good additions, they're all pretty peaceful.

With the corys, please consider staying with just one type. Corys won't always schoal with other varieties and are happiest in larger groups.
Everytime I see a new cory variety I'm frustrated with the urge to get it, but a group of 4-6+ corys will give you the fun of watching alot of interactions between the members of the group and seeing the differences in their personalities.
 
The thumb rule is 1 inch of full grown fish per gallon. 2:1 female to male ratio. Hope this helps!
 
fishbreeder017 said:
The thumb rule is 1 inch of full grown fish per gallon. 2:1 female to male ratio. Hope this helps!
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That won't help, the inch per gallon and all other stocking "rules" rarely work in practice. You need to take into acount adult size, temperment,tank size and dimensions in order to properly stock a tank. None of the "rules", even the really good and well thought out ones, take all these into acount, so you need an expierienced and knowledgeable aquarists (not a fish store employee) judgement in order to stock your tank right. The male to female ratio is good though.

To the original poster, how does this sound?

3 mollies + fry

3 platys +any fry

5 leopard cories (add 3 more)

3 panda cories, if you want.

2 ADF's

6 neons or cardinals

Maybe a trio (1 male, two females) of drawf gourami, but gouramis are not beginer fish in my opinion and expierience,becuase they can be finicky with water and will try to kill tankmates they don't like. Some gouramies of the same species will be WAY more agressive than others, so that's another reason you shouldn't buy them if your a beginer and/or don't have a quarantine or spare tank.
 
dorkfish said:
That won't help, the inch per gallon and all other stocking "rules" rarely work in practice. You need to take into acount adult size, temperment,tank size and dimensions in order to properly stock a tank. None of the "rules", even the really good and well thought out ones, take all these into acount, so you need an expierienced and knowledgeable aquarists (not a fish store employee) judgement in order to stock your tank right. The male to female ratio is good though.

To the original poster, how does this sound?

3 mollies + fry

3 platys +any fry

5 leopard cories (add 3 more)

3 panda cories, if you want.

2 ADF's

6 neons or cardinals

Maybe a trio (1 male, two females) of drawf gourami, but gouramis are not beginer fish in my opinion and expierience,becuase they can be finicky with water and will try to kill tankmates they don't like. Some gouramies of the same species will be WAY more agressive than others, so that's another reason you shouldn't buy them if your a beginer and/or don't have a quarantine or spare tank.
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I agree w/ dorkfish, platies and mollies reproduce, some of the fry will make it and some of them won't. I personally love platies, guppies, and swordtails b/c they are very active and actually socialize well thier keepers. I've never had any luck w/ Gourami's and agree that they are not for beginners.
 
Is it the case with all gouramis? My first tropical fish were a pair of dwarf gouramis which are still doing fine. And this was before I knew about fishless cycling.

In any case, you will need something to keep the fry population down. Each time there are new fry, a few will survive, and eventually you'll have far too many. get something that will eat them. Also go for 12 or so neons.
 
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