The stocking problem

[thatropicalfishguy78]

First of all I have two cycled tanks one is a 20 gallon, and the other is a 10 . In the 20, I have an albino cory, 3 black skirt tetras, 2 kuhli loaches and in the 10, 2 guppies. Now the question is which fish can I add or if I need to improve my setup. I want to get a borneo sucker or some cherry shrimp into the 10 and improve my setup in the 20. So any suggestions if I could add, improve, or even move the fish.

 

[Scottyhorse]

In the 20, I would do:
4 Albino Cory Cats
3 Kulhi Loaches
7 Black Skirt Tetras

In the 10, I would do:
2 Male Guppies
However many Cherry Shrimp you want

Borneo Suckers (AKA Chinese Hill Stream Loach) IMO wouldn't be the best fit for the tank. I would add a small school or Ember Tetras instead.

 

[NYgiantsRP]

Couldn't agree with you more scottyhorse, but here is my ideas. For the 20gallon... if you wanted to find the cory a new home or just nave one, you could get a German blue ram OR dwarf gourami and add 3 more each of the loach and tetras. For the 10...you could do 6 cherry shrimp, and 6 rasbora. The cherry shrimp will reproduce, so if you have a lot of plants you might have 20 cherry shrimp in a couple months.

 

[thatropicalfishguy78]

Wait wouldn't 2 guppies and 6 rasboras overstock the tank?

 

[Rivercats]

Wait wouldn't 2 guppies and 6 rasboras overstock the tank?

IMO you would be pushing it but thats just me. If you have good filtration and keep up on WC's it could work.

The reason I don't recommend Hill Stream loaches is because they like alot of current and cool water. They do best in a specility tank IMO.

 

[thatropicalfishguy78]

To Rivercat: I actually have a thread for what a specialty tank for borneo suckers needs. If you can, please submit some advice.

 

[Rivercats]

I've never kept them but a friend did. His tank was set up basically like a stream. Shallow tank 40B if I remember right. Then he added larger sized river pebbles and rocks that had smooth surfaces. No plants that I can remember due to the power head he added at one end of the tank to create a rather strong current just like a stream would have. Cool water, I'm pretty sure he didn't have a heater in the tank. I can't remember how he fed them in the current tho and he's passed now so I can't call him and ask. This is about everything I remember about his tank.