overstocked

[zoeandmaia]

I have a brand new 75-gallon tank that is currently cycling. I'm so impatient to start adding fish! I've been doing a lot of online research and I think that I'd like to stock my new tank with the following:

1 keyhole cichlid (female)
3 banded rainbowfish
5 dwarf neon rainbowfish
10 neon tetras
1 german blue ram
3 kuhli loaches
3 ottos
6 rummynose tetras
6 gold pristella tetras
1 balloon belly molly
5 emerald catfish or other small corydora

I already have the ram, the rummynoses, the neons, and the molly so they are non-negotiable. I would still like to expand the tetra schools but I'm worried about overstocking. What do you think? Are my eyes already bigger than my tank, so to speak, or do I still have some room?

 

[OrionGirl]

It's a few more fish--and a few more groups--than I would go with. The problem with multiple schools is that a 75 doesn't really give them all room to really school, so you end up with sort of a mingling of all the fish. I'd probably cut the pristellas and one group of the rainbows. If it's not a planted tank, I'd also cut the otos--they tend to fare poorly without plants.

I'm not familiar with keyhole cichlids, but you'll want to research to make sure it won't be aggressive to the other fish--some cichlids are not suitable for a community setup.