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February 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| oto's in a 40 gal community??
I'm planing on getting a 40 gal tank, stock-10 corys, 8 neon tetras, maybe 2 oto's = about 32 inches of fish not over stocked.What i really want to know is can i have 2 oto's or do i need to school them. | 
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February 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| i wouldnt go with any less than 3 otos, five would be preferable (for some reason they seem to like being in odd numbers  ). | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| You could probably get about 5 otos in a tank that size. You could also get a lot more neon tetras too, like 20. | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i wouldnt say 20 but 10 for sure!  | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| You could easily keep 20 neons in a 40gal | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| im going about 10 or 15 cory's 8 tetras,not sure what else yet.
Last edited by CoryMac; February 21st, 2009 at 04:47 PM.
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| well i still think 10 is a better fit but its not that important. | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by CoryMac  im going about 10 or 15 cory's 8 tetras,not sure what else yet. | how about a pearl gourami ?  they would look great in a planted tank, if thats what u have. or maybe some colorful mollies and platys  | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| What kind of corys are you plannng on? As you probably know, they vary greatly in size (from about 3-12cm) depending on the species.
20 Neons would fit in a tank, but not if there where 10 3" Bronze corys in there. 10 would be more sensible - but that would be pushing it a bit when the Neons are full grown. | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I have mixed corys,I've done my math already on stocking my tank 10 corys= about 20-24 inches of fish. im thinks of having 4 neons tetras or cardinals & 4 Harlequin Rasbora which would come out to about 37 inch's of fish with the corys. | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| neons need to be kept in groups of no less than 5 and even that is pushing it. | |
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February 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightwolf neons need to be kept in groups of no less than 5 and even that is pushing it. | I know  , but thats all talk right now I am just guesstimating & doing math right now. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| i'd cut it down to 8 cories and then go with 6 tetras 6 rasboras | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| sorry that's not an opinion I love my cory's they come first. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| if they come first then you need to not get the other fish. either pick the neons and give them a full school or do the same with the rasboras. IMO it isn't fair to them to jeopardize their needs because you want more cories. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| 10 cory's 3 neons 3 cardinals<-- they both school together.I think that will good for me. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| sounds good to me | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| maybe 2 Dwarf Gourami, is it possible to keep to female in a 40 gal.? | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Its best to only have 1 gouramis per tank, and its hard to find females because they aren't as colorful, so fish stores don't stock them as much. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| 10 cory's= 20-24 inch's, 3 neons 3 cardinals= 9 inch's <-both school together, 2 Dwarf Gourami= 6 inch's= total of 39 inch's  ,sounds good | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Quote:
Originally Posted by MeGustaUnaPez926 Its best to only have 1 gouramis per tank, and its hard to find females because they aren't as colorful, so fish stores don't stock them as much. | humm?? | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by CoryMac humm?? | If you can't get females, it's best to only have 1 gourami. If you could find females, then a trio (1 male, 2 female) should be upheld to divide the male's attentions. With only only 1 female, the male will probably harrass her too much. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| so its possible to have 2 female, even though their not as nicew looking as males. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yes, but since they aren't as colorful they are hard to get. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| do Dwarf Gourami like water current or mellow water?? | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I'm pretty sure they prefer mellow water, as they are mellow fish. But as for the tetras, I would just get one big school of one of them instead of the separate fish. And more than six... like 10. | |
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February 22nd, 2009
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Originally Posted by Butters I'm pretty sure they prefer mellow water, as they are mellow fish. But as for the tetras, I would just get one big school of one of them instead of the separate fish. And more than six... like 10. | im going with a school of 6 tetras | |
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February 23rd, 2009
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| ok im going with 1 Dwarf Gourami, 6 or 8 neons tetras, 10 corys. | |
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February 24th, 2009
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| Sounds like a plan! | |
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February 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by CoryMac ok im going with 1 Dwarf Gourami, 6 or 8 neons tetras, 10 corys. | Sounds cool! Gouramis prefer slow moving water. | |
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