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racer

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Another question for you guys... I have a 37gallon tank, with 1 Angel fish, I bronze cory, 2 platies, 2 golden gournami's, and 2 guppies. What else would you suggest to add to this tank? Or is the tank stocked with enough fish? I was thinking along the line of adding a fish that would from shoals / school..along the lines of tetra's? Or would this be a mistake?
Looking forward to hearing your views...
 
You could and should get 3-4 more bronze cories they like to be in groups. I think you have room for 6-8 smaller tetras. Rummys or lemons are nice.
 
I second the addition of a school of tetras. Rummynose tetras are great schoolers. If you can find some quality stock, I'd get 6-8 of them. Lemons are also nice. Some others are flame (von rios) tetras, black neons (ok to keep with angels), pristellas, and harlequin rasboras. All would appreciate a school of 6-8.

And your cory needs some friends! I'd get atleast 3 more...preferably 5 more.
 
Neon tetras really seem like some kind of mutant weakling tetras. My lemon tetras are probably the heartiest fish I own.

Anyway, your tank is kind of all over the place. Like rich suggested, I would get 3-4 more cories if you're going to keep them. I might be wrong, but it seems like people have better results in general when they have more fish of the same kind (unless they're massively overstocked). I would pick either platies or guppies and just get about 6 of one and get rid of the other, instead of 2 and 2.

For example, I've got 6 swords and a golden gourami, and even though they're not exactly schooling fish, I always get the sense that the swords sort of "got each other's back" when the gourami gets nippy.
 
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