Love2Fish
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hey all, Newbie here to the forum. I had fish for awhile when I was young but I just got back into it recently. I got a 55 gal tank for my bday and finally got it all set up and ready to go. I cycled with fish, I hope people don't get mad at me but I have sulpher water at my house and kind of live in the middle of nowheres so I have to haul water a long ways every time I want to do a change or whatever and it just was convienent for my situation. I cycled with 6 zebra danios who are still very active and recently it completed so earlier in the week I added two female orange swordtails. Obviously I am looking to do a freshwater tropical setup. Now to my questions:
This was my original setup idea- something like.. 6 neon tetras, 2 pearl gourami, 6 cory cats, 1 clown pleco, 4 male metallic guppies, and a couple swordtails.
Obviously this is already out of whack because of the zebra danios. My question is, would the other fish I had planned be ok to add still? Are the gouramis going to be ok or will they harass my other fish? If so, should I sub maybe a few glofish or something else instead? How long should I wait between adding more fish each time? Also, Is the pleco going to be a big pain in the butt? how much driftwood or how big of a piece do I need to have in there for him? I think they are really cute fish but if something else would be better suited for my tank any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! On a side note, I was pretty sad when I went to the pet store today and saw that they had several dory's and clown fish in a little like 10 gal tank. Seemed almost cruel.
This was my original setup idea- something like.. 6 neon tetras, 2 pearl gourami, 6 cory cats, 1 clown pleco, 4 male metallic guppies, and a couple swordtails.
Obviously this is already out of whack because of the zebra danios. My question is, would the other fish I had planned be ok to add still? Are the gouramis going to be ok or will they harass my other fish? If so, should I sub maybe a few glofish or something else instead? How long should I wait between adding more fish each time? Also, Is the pleco going to be a big pain in the butt? how much driftwood or how big of a piece do I need to have in there for him? I think they are really cute fish but if something else would be better suited for my tank any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! On a side note, I was pretty sad when I went to the pet store today and saw that they had several dory's and clown fish in a little like 10 gal tank. Seemed almost cruel.