Overstocked?

[Esoter1c]

Hey all, I have a 20gal aquarium with an aquaclear 50 (200gph) and I was thinking this of stocking list:
-A betta or dwarf gourami
-5-6 Zebra Danios
-5-6 Neon Tetras
-And possibly a BNP

does anyone think this is overstocked? I know its pushing the limits but I do have alot of filtration and I plan on monitoring my tank very well (I have alot of spare time) so I plan on doing atleast a 33% water change every week.

Anyways, does anyone have any comments, it would be much appreciated!
Esoter1c

[Mgamer20o0]

doesnt seem to bad..... is it just a reg 20 gal?

[sharpie]

or is it a hex

[Esoter1c]

regular

[fishcatch22]

IMO that is fully stocked to slightly OS. i'm sure you'll be fine, though.

[Rbishop]

That combo will be fine.

[TKOS]

I woudl personally avoid the gourami / betta with the danios. If you want that cool tough fish look into a paradish fish instead. They are a little more agressive, so can hold there own better, IMO.

[momar]

that's a good list, but I'd avoid putting a betta in with danios, as they sometimes fin-nip and are VERY active - bettas prefer things to be calm.

[Esoter1c]

Ok, thank you everyone for the help!

[jm1212]

i think you shoudl go with a school of neons and a dwarf gourami. the bigger school of neons would give you better colors and the dwarf gourami doesnt have the extremely long fins that can be nipped at

[Esoter1c]

I woudl personally avoid the gourami / betta with the danios. If you want that cool tough fish look into a paradish fish instead. They are a little more agressive, so can hold there own better, IMO.

I actually just looked up the Paradise Fish, and since they are semi-aggressive, it says they will eat smaller fish, aka the Neon Tetras! So I don't think that will work!

I agree jm that normally a bigger school would be nicer, but I think I'd personally like the variety of fish more than a bunch of neon tetras. I think a big school of them would be kind of boring in my tank.

[jm1212]

if you want to have two schools, you are gonig to want to ahve a dwarf gourami instead of the betta

paradise fish only get to 3.5 inches long, and i have yet to see one eat a fish that is smaller than they are. they might chase some around, but never eat them