Stocking 75 gallon

[comfycat]

75 gallon planted tank
75F
Running ~1.5 years

Current stock:
17 cardinal tetras with some green neon tetras mixed in
9 chili rasboras
3 least rasboras
2 albino sterbai corys
7 amano shrimp
1 rabbit snail
Some mini ramshorns

Now that I have two quarantine tanks cycled, I'm planning to add:
12 chili rasboras
6 sterbai corys
10 pygmy corys
A few more least rasboras if I ever find any

Thoughts? Should I add more/ less or different fish?

 

[Fishladyforlife]

I think your plan looks pretty good! I am not that much of an expert, but I think it looks pretty good. I am just curious, but I thought all albino corys were bronze Corys Hoplissoma aneus (previously Corydoras aneus) not Hoplissoma sterbai. If I am mistaken, feel free to let me know.

 

[Fishkeeper12345]

75 gallon planted tank
75F
Running ~1.5 years

Current stock:
17 cardinal tetras with some green neon tetras mixed in
9 chili rasboras
3 least rasboras
2 albino sterbai corys
7 amano shrimp
1 rabbit snail
Some mini ramshorns

Now that I have two quarantine tanks cycled, I'm planning to add:
12 chili rasboras
6 sterbai corys
10 pygmy corys
A few more least rasboras if I ever find any

Thoughts? Should I add more/ less or different fish?

I think that stocking plan looks alright. However I would personally add a centrepiece or a Bristlenose pleco to that stocking but of course no need to. I wouldn’t do Pygmy cories and sterbai corys. It can be done but focusing on Sterbais(regular and albino) I think would be better but your stocking plan is good it’s just if it was my tank I would add a few different things because your tank is mainly small shoaling fish.

 

[tinylostwine]

I think your plan looks pretty good! I am not that much of an expert, but I think it looks pretty good. I am just curious, but I thought all albino corys were bronze Corys Hoplissoma aneus (previously Corydoras aneus) not Hoplissoma sterbai. If I am mistaken, feel free to let me know.

That is the problem with albino - i can think of at least 3 species that are 'commonly' sold as albino though sterbai would be extremely uncommon. Technically any species can be an albino as albino is a mutation that resulted in lost of pigment.
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I would not add a pleco; though if you did i would pick one that is at least interesting like L239 or L208 or L237. There are more interesting pleco but many of them require special conditions like strong current or high temp and quite a few of them will get 8 to 12 inches. The ones i mentioned would be in the 3 to 5 inch range. Still having said that i would skip the pleco you have a really nice aquarium and it would just occupy space (the exact behavior depends a lot on if it is a male or female).

The only thing i would change in your stocking plan is add more pygmy cory. They are an unusual fish that do best in a large school - their exact behavior is dictated by the fishes around them but it is not unusual to see one scout around and then a whole heard of them pick up and move to another part of the aquarium. They typically swim mid level though a 75 is fairly tall and they might only go 1/3 or 1/2 up. Once they find a favorite location they will typically stay there until something triggers them to move to a new location.

 

[comfycat]

That is the problem with albino - i can think of at least 3 species that are 'commonly' sold as albino though sterbai would be extremely uncommon. Technically any species can be an albino as albino is a mutation that resulted in lost of pigment.
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I would not add a pleco; though if you did i would pick one that is at least interesting like L239 or L208 or L237. There are more interesting pleco but many of them require special conditions like strong current or high temp and quite a few of them will get 8 to 12 inches. The ones i mentioned would be in the 3 to 5 inch range. Still having said that i would skip the pleco you have a really nice aquarium and it would just occupy space (the exact behavior depends a lot on if it is a male or female).

The only thing i would change in your stocking plan is add more pygmy cory. They are an unusual fish that do best in a large school - their exact behavior is dictated by the fishes around them but it is not unusual to see one scout around and then a whole heard of them pick up and move to another part of the aquarium. They typically swim mid level though a 75 is fairly tall and they might only go 1/3 or 1/2 up. Once they find a favorite location they will typically stay there until something triggers them to move to a new location.

Thank you! Pygmy corys sound like a lot of fun. If the first group does well, I'll add more if you don't think it'd be too crowded.

The chilis hang out at the top and mostly just explore the upper middle, the least rasboras are everywhere, the tetras stick to the middle, and the sterbais mostly hang out on the bottom. So it sounds like the pygmy's might occupy an interesting range in the tank.

I have two remaining albino sterbai corys from an original 12, but I'm down to 2 after a couple years (not sure why, but I'd lose one every month or two) but these have been doing well for a while now. They have the characteristic orange fins that I think set them apart as sterbais