Tank Sizing for the following fish and inverts

Hi

I'm going to be setting up a freshwater tropical tank, and I'm wanting a nice set up of a few small shoals, and solitary/pairs of fish at all levels. My friend is going to give me 1 Bristlenose Plec (currently 3" long), 3 Corydoras (unsure which sp), 2 Cherry Shrimp, 2 Twig Catfish, 3 Amano Shrimp, 1 small Freshwater Clam and 3 Nerite Snails.

What size tank would this be suitable for bearing in mind I want to add more fish? I don't mind buying more cleaners if necessary, I just want to get the size of the aquarium right.

Thanks

Myk

 

HI & welcome to the site. My advice would be to go for the biggest tank you can afford / fit in your home, the bigger the better but at least a 3 - 4 foot long one, height's not too important but for the Bn Plec & the twigs you want a tank with a good footprint so long & wide as apposed to tall.

 

HI & welcome to the site. My advice would be to go for the biggest tank you can afford / fit in your home, the bigger the better but at least a 3 - 4 foot long one, height's not too important but for the Bn Plec & the twigs you want a tank with a good footprint so long & wide as apposed to tall.

Thanks for the useful advice. I've been in forums before where the prevailing mentality is "if you need to ask, you don't belong", so thank you again.

 

Hi, welcome to the forums. Nobody here is judged by their knowledge or experience. The forums is here to allow people to ask any sort of question they want to no matter how silly they think it might be. And tank sizing is a real issue for most people who find they've bought a tank they thought was the right size only to learn later on that the fish they have stocked it with will eventually outgrow it. So if you could think of a good idea what sort of other fish you want to stock it with and find out all the fishes maximum growth size and tank requirements then you will be onto a sure winner. Or as said by Seasoldier.... Buy the biggest you can fit in your house.... You will always want more fish. Haha

 

Welcome! Ive heard horror stories about fish forums, but this one has been great, you found a good place to ask questions

Bigger is always better. With those options, id go no smaller than 40-50gal to fit all of them, but if you can fit larger I'd go for that too. Especially since once you know the cory species you will want to up the school size since they should be kept in schools of at least 6.

 

55

 

Agreed. 55 will give you some nice options and latitude to play around with different combinations of fish as you set up the tank.

 

And I think PetCo still has the sale on. The 55 are like 65 bucks.

 

I wouldn't really do a 55 gallon or a 65g tank because the depth is so short, were talking about 11-12inches. If your looking for a good beginner tank I would go with a 75 gallon tank. The depth of it is much better and it opens the door for more bigger fish if you chose to do so later on. Also the depth allows smaller fish who like to zoom around have better turning radius vs crashing into each other. If a 75 gallon isn't your cup of tea than a 40b is a great tank as it's deep as well.

If I had to do it all over again I would never gotten a 55 gallon and my wife's cousin has a 65g that just looks silly. 40 or 75 for me.