HELP! I'm Getting Some New, FREE Fish, But Unsure Of Compatibility.

[Lt.]

A friend of my parents is tearing down their tank, and they're offering me their fish. The fish are 1 whiteish Cory (im assuming its and albino, and he'll be ok with my other six cories) 3 or 4 neons (who I'll keep, and get some more of for a bigger school).

Now then the iffy ones. 2 or 3 silver dollars and some kind of "orange" algae eater-bottom feeder that looks like a pleco. I have no clue what the pleco-like fish is, which could be a problem. And I don't know how big Silver Dollars get, but I thought they got really big.

My tank is a 45 long with 3 angels, 6 cories, 7 rummy nose tetra, 8 ghost shrimp (which I could care less about), 4 danios, 1 von Rio tetra, and a mystery snail.

 

[armymp327]

for the silver dollars

Tropical Fish for Freshwater Aquariums: Silver Dollar

and this may be the pleco you are talking about

Tropical Fish for Freshwater Aquariums: Bushy Nose Pleco Bristlenose Plecostomus

 

[Cactuspixie]

Now then the iffy ones. 2 or 3 silver dollars and some kind of "orange" algae eater-bottom feeder that looks like a pleco. I have no clue what the pleco-like fish is, which could be a problem.

So long as its not one of these:

 

[Lt.]

So would the rummy noses be ok with the silver Dollars? I'm thinking I might get rid of my danios, and up the silver dollars to 6. Would that work? And I don't know if I'll keep the bushy nose pleco, I'll sell him or donate him to the LFS.

So if I keep my current stock (minus the danios) and + 6 silver Dollars, the Cory, and + 8 neon tetra, would I be over-stocked? And if I'm not, would I have room for 5 more von-rio tetra?

 

[Cynic]

You'd be way over stocked with the Dollars, they get really big and freak out Bala shark style...

 

[Zimmanski]

I'd be against the dollars in your tank too, and you'll probably never be able to have live plants if you decided you wanted them in the future

 

[Lt.]

Well in that case, I'll turn down the dollars, and pleco, but keep the neons and Cory. Is that ok?

 

[Lt.]

Also, what do you think about getting rid of an angel and/or the danios and getting 5 more von Rios, and 6 hatchet-fish.

 

[NYgiantsRP]

Add 5 more neons, take out the danios. I would stick with the angels.

 

[Lt.]

Well I have three angels, I've been thinking of getting rid of one of them for a while now. And if I get rid of the danios, an angel, and add enough neons to have eight, add six hatchet-fish, and 4 von-rio tetra, plus the Cory, and keep everything else the same, am I good? Oh, and add some rcs in a few weeks.