Feeding my fish: How much is enough?

there is a thread being created that has fish that can be stored in a 10 gallon if you wanted to take a look.
 
DAVIDFBT said:
3 Neons: they really need more than 6 to be happy, they are a schooling fish that needs company of their own. Either get 3 more or take them out.
2 Guppies: Fine in a 10 gallon, just be careful for babies if they are male and female.
2 ADFs: Fine in a 10 gallon, just make sure that they are being fed enough food.
1 Cory: They need at least 6 to a group and if you have that in a 10 gallon, you would overstock it. Give them back to the LFS.
2 Otos: They prefer groups of at least 4 and unless if you are feeding them enough food, it would not work in a 10 gallon tank.
Shrimp: You can keep them in there, they clean up the extra food and have very little bioload.
Mystery snail: You can keep it in there.

So either get rid of the Neons and keep the Guppies, or get rid of the Guppies and get 3 more Neons. Fish you will need to take out for sure are the cory, and otos.
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"Emerald cory" usually refers to bronchis splendes, which are not corys but similar. Biggest difference is size. While most corys max out at 2-3", emeralds hit the 4" mark and generally have more girth.

I would try something like this:

10 gallon:

2 guppies (room for maybe one or two more)- all male
shrimp
ADF's

20 gallon long:

6-8 neons
6 corys (I personally would return the bronchis, if that's what it is)
4 otos
*some room for a centerpiece (small gourami species, dwarf cichlids, etc.)

If a 20 long (or bigger) is not within reach at the moment I would seriously consider downsizing the stock of your tank soon before the water quality troubles return.
 
Sorry to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question. I have 6 zebra danios in a 10 gallon tank with two otos. Based on what's been said, my tank is overstocked. I also have a small algae problem on my eco-complete substrate. If it is overstocked, I can't get more otos, so how could I fix this problem? Thanks a lot.
 
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