absolutangel04 said:Personally, I think zebra danios do better in a longer tank than you have, so I would suggest scratching that idea. In smaller tanks, they tend to just get really hyper and annoy the heck out of other slower moving residents. 4 mollies will have a pretty decent bioload and a ton of babies, so I suggest cuttting that number down a bit. Neons will be fine. Dg can be territorial, and whether or not any given 2 will get along depends on the individual temperament of the fish. If you want to try that, I suggest plating the tank to break up the lines of sight.
I suggest 8 neons, 2-3 mollies and 1 dg.
Would you be open to suggestions of different species, or do you really have your heart set on these?
Mumma.of.two said:I agree^^^
I just have to add I tried the two male DG in a heavily planted 70g tank and one still terrorized the other until he died.
Hoagie777 said:I have zebras, tetras, and 2 gouramis in my 55g and they get along just fine. Personality wise I would say yes, but I don't about your tank size. Im new and still learning myself.
absolutangel04 said:Yeah, I personally LOVE mollies. I know they are pretty common, but I totally agree that they are really personable.
If you want to fill the tank levels, I would go with about 4 julii corys on the bottom, 6 neons, 2 mollies, the dg, and a couple of nerite snails.
There are other little schoolers too if you wanted something instead of neons like penguin tetras, emeber tetras, and harlequin rasboras. You could get a bigger schooling fish instead of the neons like black neons, cardinals, kerri blues, lemon tetras, or Pristella tetras. I suggested the smaller ones first because they have less bioload so you can get a slightly bigger school of them or else ou can keep a small school and maybe be able to fit in one more molly.
blackmolly said:something along these lines maybe?
1 DG
6 neons
6 cories
3 mollies
just do all female on the mollies. when you get them they'll more then likely pregnant anyways, so you'll get PLENTY of fry between the three adding 6 cories also makes the cories happier, because it puts them in a propper school.
blackmolly said:yes, bottom. they also do an excellent job at cleanup. julii's are very popular, i'm partial to pandas though. there are lots of other options too... google image cories and see what you like.
I suggest sticking a more like 4 corys to cut down on the bioload for the tank. Mollies are so messy that having a few in a tank does cut down on the other fish you can have a bit.
Just a note, the neons school mostly toward the bottom level. They stray up to "mid-level" some, but in general they school lower in the tank than some other fish. Thats not a problem, I am just telling you what to expect. They are cute little guys. I love their bright colors.