What do people think?? Help please.

[SarahW]

I have a 60 litre tank and want to have a colourful community. I'm thinking of
Neon tetras
Platys
Duboisi tropheus
Siamese fighter - red or blue
Red zebra danios

Can anyone tell me how these will go together and what numbers to get? I'm going to start with the platys.
Many thanks

 

[Fishy monkey]

Your neons and platies will be fine together, I had a Siamese fighter with neons and platies and they got on fine, but the fighter did like to have a hiding place (he ended up living in my car air ornament!).
I've no experience with the others, but platies should be in a group of at least 4 with a 3:1 female:male ratio, and neons should be in a group of at least 6.
Hopefully someone with more experience will help with the others

 

[SarahW]

Thankyou, appreciate the input.

 

[scunnypaxo]

You could get a lively shoal of harlequin rasboras in there to create great movement

 

[DragonFish71]

I wouldn't suggest the Duboisi tropheus. They're african cichlids and not very friendly.

They would tear up your other fish.

 

[H2OJO]

Hi Sarah


Bare in mind that Platys are live bearers so you would need to be prepared for them to multiply fairly rapidly. I would recommend buying a breeder box so the other fish don't eat the fry. I have neons and red Platys and they are absolutely fine together. As others have said, buy at least 6 neons as they shoal and do best in groups. If you have very clean water and a well maintained tank, their colours are brilliant. A word of advice on the SF, these are known to be territorial and can bully other community fish.