New here! Would like help stocking a 30G

[Steffin]

Hi there!! I just made an account here! My name is Alex, and I've become obsessed with fish over the past two years! I love bettas most, and have had 3 in total (only one of whom is currently alive).

So! To the point. I have a 10 gallon with an apple snail and four corydoras baderi (used to be five, but... one of them was murdered by my betta -_- who is now in jail - his own separate planted tank). According to the research I had done at the time for the cories, a 10g was big enough for five to six of them, but when I later had new information, suggesting a minimum of 20 instead, I wanted to get them a bigger tank.

I get a 30 gallon tomorrow! So I want to plan out how to stock it when I have it all setup and planted and cycled. I'd like to know which fishes are compatible with my cory cats, and how many I could safely keep in a planted 30g without overstocking, or aggression and nipping.

I'm currently looking at pink zebra danios, guppies, tetras and swordtails*. As much as I love bettas, I don't think I'm willing to risk any more murders, so no bettas in this 30g.

I live in Southeast Brazil, so my access to certain fish (like wild bettas) is very limited, but if there are other fish suggestions I'd love to hear them

Thanks so much for reading!

*sorry, I mistranslated this one before!

 

[BigManAquatics]

Any of those should work pretty well with the cories, really.

 

[Steffin]

Any of those should work pretty well with the cories, really.

That's good to hear! But I wonder about how many I could keep, and if I could have more than one species with them. Would danios or tetras nip guppies for instance?

 

[BigManAquatics]

That's good to hear! But I wonder about how many I could keep, and if I could have more than one species with them. Would danios or tetras nip guppies for instance?

Danios most likely not, as they tend to stay up near the top levels. Mine are almost always up not far from the surface. The tetras maybe, depends on type and numbers. But typically, the tetras are often mid level fish and danios upper level, so the cories would mostly be down low without a lot of company.

 

[Steffin]

Danios most likely not, as they tend to stay up near the top levels. Mine are almost always up not far from the surface. The tetras maybe, depends on type and numbers. But typically, the tetras are often mid level fish and danios upper level, so the cories would mostly be down low without a lot of company.

I was leaning closer to the danios than the tetras honestly, becuase the local fish store has pink ones and my girlfriend loved them :')

Thanks so much for replying! I'm really leaning towards danios and a trio of guppies if I can

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

That's good to hear! But I wonder about how many I could keep, and if I could have more than one species with them. Would danios or tetras nip guppies for instance?

Yes they might nip the guppies, but it doesn't matter too much if the water is very clean to stop infection. So just keep up the maintenance

You could do a bunch (8-10) of danios, 3 male guppies, and a total of 8 corydoras.

 

[Steffin]

Yes they might nip the guppies, but it doesn't matter too much if the water is very clean to stop infection. So just keep up the maintenance

You could do a bunch (8-10) of danios, 3 male guppies, and a total of 8 corydoras.

Wow! That sounds fun I think I'll need to get a big bucket for the water changes haha. My other tanks are 10g and a 5g, so this one will be more challenging to do.
At least mom's garden will always have "fertilized water"

Is it alright to keep different types of corydoras together? Or do different types not socialize with each other well? I was thinking, if it is at all okay, of getting four albinos to stay with the four baderis, but I won't do it if they will not shoal together
If the danios nip the guppies' fins, it won't draw blood right? My poor cory kitty that died bled from her little hand before she died

 

[CrackerboxPalace]

Wow! That sounds fun I think I'll need to get a big bucket for the water changes haha. My other tanks are 10g and a 5g, so this one will be more challenging to do.
At least mom's garden will always have "fertilized water"

Is it alright to keep different types of corydoras together? Or do different types not socialize with each other well? I was thinking, if it is at all okay, of getting four albinos to stay with the four baderis, but I won't do it if they will not shoal together
If the danios nip the guppies' fins, it won't draw blood right? My poor cory kitty that died bled from her little hand before she died

It's best to keep just one kind of corydoras, but they won't harm each other if there are different kinds. The two kinds you suggest are quite similar looking so it's quite possible they'll shoal together no problem No a little fin nipping shouldn't draw blood, you might just notice small chunks of their fins missing but they will grow back.

 

[Steffin]

That's nice to hear! I'm very thankful for the replies, I have a lot of time to think and search for this tank but I really like hearing the opinions of people more experienced than I am