fish_r_friend

well i found some one to tank my pleco (yes the tank gives it plenty of space (125G)) and I am think about getting 4 ghoast shrimp, 2 serpae tetras,2 trilined corys, and 2 more danios. every one think this will work i know that the tetras and danios and corys will be happyer in the groups they would be in so does any one see problems withmy tank like this?

Skadunkadunk

I would get a school of danios instead of just 2, but besides that you should be fine!

fish_r_friend

i already have 3 look in my sig

atmmachine816

Congratulations on finding a home, however what is you filter and is your tank a standard 20? I would say if you do that you will be way overstocked.

6 serpae tetras, approx. 2in. each=12in.
5 zebra danios, approx. 2.5in. each=12.5in.
3 cories, approx. 2-3in.=6-9in.

total=30.5-33.5in.=overstocked=problems

Sorry not sure which type exactly of cories you are planning on getting but depending on the type allows for how many inches they will get but my suggestion is get rid of your lonely cory and get 6 zebra danios and 6 serpae tetras and keep up on your water changes since you will still be a little overstocked.

Austin

fish_r_friend

the tetras are1.5 incheshttp://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-SerpaeTetra.htm and a total of nine inches for the tetras+10 for the zebra danio because they are 2 inches http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-ZebraDanio.htmthe cories i want are 2 inches so six inches with a total of 25 inches of fish witch is 1 inch over stocked (one inch of fish per 1 inch of serface area) so i decided to x out the ghost shrimp

atmmachine816

No need to x out the ghosties, they produce such little bio load and your aren't getting that many that you will be ok, when you have a lot like me then you have to consider them for bio load but you don't have to for four. I was just considering worst case scenario because zebras can get 2.5 and the tetras CAN get 2 but they won't always, do you have a filter that can handle the overstockness, overstock, overfilter.

fish_r_friend

yep two filters a sponge filter thats rated up to 30 gallons and a top fin 20

0morrokh

I thought Zebra Danios were 2.5 inches too...

fish_r_friend

it most likly is the type of danio that get that big

Gunnie

You might want to consider getting 2 more spotted corys instead of the triline cory simply because although they will hang out together, they prefer their own species, and would be even bigger buds if they were all the same.

fish_r_friend

the cory i have is a trilined cory that was the name it was sold under

batattack

I have a Cory but don't know what kind it is.

Marc

What does it look like? Does it have speckles? Any colors?

batattack

It is gray with Black speckles