jdhef

As far as stocking goes, there is a general rule of thumb of 1" of adult size fish per gallon of water. This pertains to fish who's full grown size is under about 3". So for the type of fish you are interested in you would want no more that 30 inches.

Another thing to consider is what region of the tank the fish inhabit (i.e. top, middle or bottom). You can get away with a little overstocking if the fish inhabit different regions and you are willing to do more waterchanges. Remember, the more fish you have, the more ammonia that they create, which ultimately leads to more nitrates.

mommybaby295

Okay, thanks everyone!!

mommybaby295

Will longfin danios and glofish school together? I think I'm going to go with 3 glofish, 2 longfin danios, and 5 cherry barbs. That's 11 fish total, but I guess too few isn't a problem, just too many. The reason I'm planning on 5 cherry barbs is I read that if you keep an even number of them, they may pair off and become aggressive. Does anyone have experience with this?

Tony G.

Glofish and danios are the same fish, only the glofish have jelly fish DNA in their system which gives them the color. They will school together

mommybaby295

I just saw the prettiest albino cherry barbs at the LFS.

Tony G.

albinos!?! i havent seen those! i wil check them out! they sound nice!

mommybaby295

they were even prettier than the cherries. they also had 2 endlers - those ar gorgeous!