Do you think this is overstocking?

[Mebbid]

wait sorry are you saying 6 neons and 6 corys or 6 neons and 4 corys

6 neons and 6 corys along with a Dwarf gourami

 

[RackinRocky]

I had bettas that DID eat adult shrimp (saw it with my own eyes) so if you don't want your shrimp eaten, I wouldn't risk a betta.

 

[Mebbid]

I had bettas that DID eat adult shrimp (saw it with my own eyes) so if you don't want your shrimp eaten, I wouldn't risk a betta.

Pretty much every fish in the hobby will gleefully eat shrimp. The goal is to have shrimp reproducing faster than they can be eaten. With 50 shrimp or so in a tank, this is a non issue as they will put out over a hundred babies every few weeks.

Assuming half of them are female and they breed approximately every month as well as having around 20 babies per batch is 500 ish shrimp a month. Most will die / get eaten but even if 5% of them live (which is usually an understatement assuming there is ample cover) then you're still getting a large population increase.

I started a 20g tank with 6 shrimp, a large betta, and 10 neon tetras and can no longer even try to count all the shrimp I have in the tank.

 

[rcsguy]

6 neons and 6 corys along with a Dwarf gourami

ok thanks and thanks to everyone that's helping me out. I think I'll go with this and keep up with water changes.

 

[rcsguy]

old thread ik but I kinda like this stocking and i think it might work

1 DG
6 neons
6 harlequin rasboras

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[rcsguy]

(couldn't edit for some reason) upon reading, I think maybe 8 harlequins would be better

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