Stocking Help

[blur411]

I'm not ready to stock just yet...I'm doing a "fish in cycle" since I didn't read before buying a few fish...plus my tank came with one already.

It is a 55 gallon long tank, with a sand carib-sea substrate with a filter and heater

I have already:
3 fancy tail guppies
1 Pleco (unkown, I attached a picture to another post trying to find out what kind)
1 moon snail
2 ghost shrimp

I have a basic planted tank, working on more of those

I want to get:
Loaches (recommendations on what kinds and how many would be nice)
3 Dalmation Mollies
Male Betta (not sure if I can put one in or not)
Cory's (again not sure how many or what kind)

any reccomendations?

 

[smallfry53]

Some loaches such as the clown loach can get up to 10-12in. so be aware of that. Cory's like to be in larger groups, so I would get at least 5 of whatever species you decide.