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[Azzie]

How many giant danios can I put in a 55 gallon tank?

[Aiken Drum]

Are you planning on keeping a "species only" tank?

[m.j.gomez]

Originally Posted by Azzie

How many giant danios can I put in a 55 gallon tank?

Hello, when trying to figure stocking of a tank I like to use this site. https://aqadvisor.com/
AqAdvisor is not perfect but it will give you baseline to work with. Tank size, filtration, shoal size & compatibility. If danios only I would suggest a lrg group of 15-20 but no less than 6. Hopefully this helps!!!!!

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Is the tank set up yet?

What are the tank dimensions (length x width x height)?

What is the GH (general hardness), KH (carbonate hardness) and pH of your water supply?
This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website or by telephoning them. If they can't help you, take a glass full of tap water to the local pet shop and get them to test it for you. Write the results down (in numbers) when they do the tests. And ask them what the results are in (eg: ppm, dGH, or something else).

Depending on what the GH of your water is, will determine what fish you should keep.

Angelfish, discus, most tetras, most barbs, Bettas, Danios, gouramis, rasbora, Corydoras and small species of suckermouth catfish all occur in soft water (GH below 150ppm) and a pH below 7.0.

Livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies), rainbowfish and goldfish occur in medium hard water with a GH around 200-250ppm and a pH above 7.0.

If you have very hard water (GH above 300ppm) then look at African Rift Lake cichlids, or use distilled or reverse osmosis water to reduce the GH and keep fishes from softer water.

[Azzie]

No I’m thinking of 6 Cory Doras