Nothing wrong with my tank is there??
- Thread starter Red Tailed Wonder
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Nah, there was a :troll: here a few months back asking the same kinda question with the same kind of overstock...
If you look up the adult size of many of your fish, you'll see that they're not suited to such a small tank.
I can't even picture my 65g with many of those fish in it (let alone all of them). It would be a good idea to either purchase a much larger tank or trade some of the fish in for store credit. Here are some possible solutions:
You have the makings of a nice livebearer tank and would be well stocked with just these fish:
2 swordtails (though they get 4" +, better in a bigger tank)
9 platys
3 mollies
2 guppys
They'll breed (and cross-breed with each other) and may overpopulate the tank in time so having a friend with cichlids or an arrangement with the LFS is a good idea.
You could keep these fish in a community tank together, they enjoy similar conditions - even with this group you'd be overstocked and need to trade some in IMO:
4 coolie loach
1 ram
5 peppered corys
5 zebra danios
8 cardinals
3 glowlights (prefer to be in a group of six or more)
2 hatchetfish (would prefer to be in a group)
1 gold gourami
4 red phantoms
2 red tail tetras (another group fish)
These fish will outgrow your tank and/or aren't really suitable tankmates for the others IMHO:
4 angels (territorial, will eat fry, reach 6" +)
2 clown loach (need to be in groups, reach 12")
2 silver sharks (bala sharks reach 12" + and need to be in groups)
2 pictus cats (will eat smaller tankmates and need lots of swimming space)
1 pink kissing gourami (will reach 12" + and can be agressive)
2 silver dollars (need to be in groups, get large)
4 flagfish
1 bristlenose (can reach 5", messy fish)
I can't even picture my 65g with many of those fish in it (let alone all of them). It would be a good idea to either purchase a much larger tank or trade some of the fish in for store credit. Here are some possible solutions:
You have the makings of a nice livebearer tank and would be well stocked with just these fish:
2 swordtails (though they get 4" +, better in a bigger tank)
9 platys
3 mollies
2 guppys
They'll breed (and cross-breed with each other) and may overpopulate the tank in time so having a friend with cichlids or an arrangement with the LFS is a good idea.
You could keep these fish in a community tank together, they enjoy similar conditions - even with this group you'd be overstocked and need to trade some in IMO:
4 coolie loach
1 ram
5 peppered corys
5 zebra danios
8 cardinals
3 glowlights (prefer to be in a group of six or more)
2 hatchetfish (would prefer to be in a group)
1 gold gourami
4 red phantoms
2 red tail tetras (another group fish)
These fish will outgrow your tank and/or aren't really suitable tankmates for the others IMHO:
4 angels (territorial, will eat fry, reach 6" +)
2 clown loach (need to be in groups, reach 12")
2 silver sharks (bala sharks reach 12" + and need to be in groups)
2 pictus cats (will eat smaller tankmates and need lots of swimming space)
1 pink kissing gourami (will reach 12" + and can be agressive)
2 silver dollars (need to be in groups, get large)
4 flagfish
1 bristlenose (can reach 5", messy fish)
Ok, well I could fit you and 10 other people in my bathroom. There might not be any fighting but ya'll wouldn't be very happy would you? If you honestly have that many fish in that small a tank (still hoping this is a bad joke)you have to get rid of some of them or get bigger/more tank(s). Keeping that many fish in that small a space is just cruel. Think about it as if you were keeping a dozen cats in a space the size of the interior of a small car. They could fit and live, but they are living, breathing and eating in their own waste, with no room to move, exercise or enjoy their life. If you are for real (joke? please?) this is cruel.Flagfish said:
