platy, molly, danio & 1 ret tail shark. anything else?

lucid_boy

lucid_boy

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well here's what i currently have in my tank...

5 adult platies, (2male>3female)
5 adult mollies, (4male>1female)
10 adolecent platies
6 danios
1 red tail shark (5 1/2" now)
1 apple snail

I have several babies that were just born but to early to tell if molly or platy
but my main question is i want to add maybe one more fish but i'm not really
sure what or if i should add anything else I have been keeping just the molly/platy
mix going for about 1 year now and i seem to always have the same amount of them
at any given time so what do you all think???

(I just had a wave of pestilence snails, what is a natural predator to snails?)

I do have good cover, and a decent cave so the red tail stays in the same place all the time now...

anyway thanks for any input i could use any help :)
 
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You did not include the tank size. If I were you, reduce your platies and add diamond tetras assuming your tank still has adequate space, in order to reduce your livebearer population.
 
oops it is a 55 gal tank sorry about that one, but i'm sure there should be enough space i just want to add something else, if i add something it will nop doubt lower the overall fry that survive and the tank should balance this out eventually, but i guess i just want to know what other fish would work ok? maybe gourami? would a tetra be ok to add i'd love to add some small ones!!!
 
Diamond tetras, kerri tetras, emperor tetras, bleeding hearts and Columbians are fine additions. If you want gouramis, perhaps try the Colisa fasciata if you can get one or two of them. Just keep a watch on your red-tailed black shark as it might harass your other fish.
 
lucid_boy

A photograph of your tank would help.

You might consider 5 corys or several bristlenose plecos for bottom dwellers.

TR
 
ok, they keep coming back... i just smash 'em in the tank is that a bad idea, the fish eat 'em after i smash 'em... (the snails that is...)

(i'm getting the pics of my tank up finally, i'm so excited...)

I have my mind made up to either gourami or tetra...
although the tetra kinda make me nervous cause I had a guy at the LFS
tell me how hard it was to keep them alive, my tank has been going fine now for
a year and a month... i test it with the master test kit (liquid) semi-regularly (every other weekend) and the ph is at 7.6 i do PWC every week at about 15%-30% of the total water...
I just want to pick the right fish for the aquarium and the other fish, and yes i agree i will not add any bottom dwellers...
so dwarf gourami, or X amount of tetra
(what is the min for a school of tetra)
'thanks again'
 
I would not get fewer than 6 tetras. And some tetras (such as neons) can be sensitive, but not THAT hard to keep. Especially in a well established tank.

Set up a quarantine tank (such as a 10gallon w/ sponge filter and heater) for quarantine, and find out if your LFS has a guarantee(mine has a 2wk guarantee, so long as water conditions are OK) Then, pick out some healthy, lively fish and quarantine them for about 3 weeks. If they make it that long, and still look healthy, you can put them in your tank and expect them to do just fine.
 
Mgamer20o0 said:
could work. just a for warning on the RTS. they are known as they get older to be super aggressive.
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Isn't that the truth. Although...my red tailed shark started timid, got big and aggressive...then calmed down a TON. He still chases the black tetras. and then turns and they chase him back lol. I recently introduced five 5"-7" Columbian sharks to the tank...and he thinks he's one of them. Schools around acting like some kind of dolphin up and down like a wave across the front of the tank lol. Every RTS I've ever seen was a hermit, and scared of everything. They never, ever came out of their little hidey holes...but not this guy. The only fish I have that he REALLY dukes it out with is the algae eater...who's an *** anyhow. I'm actually looking to get rid of him because he beats on the pleco's incessantly =/ (the algae eater that is!).

My vote is for some tetras...they're pretty cool fish, and the cardinals I have seem to be a bit more sturdy than the ordinary neons.

Cris
 
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