4 Foot Tank!

[LouieLovell]

Hi Guys and Gals,

Just started up my old 4 foot tank and started to stock it again(don't worry it's fully cycled).
I just want some feedback on the fish I have and whether I've good or bad choices.
All feed back is appreciated and welcome.

12 cardinal tetra
5 glow light tetra
5 scissor tails
3 clown loach
3 candy loach
3 angel fish ( baby's, size of tetra ATM)
2 golden gourami
2 kissing gourami
2 rams
2 killifish
2 black widow tetra ( only two as I inherited them)
1 red tail shark
1 common plec

 

[Ninjouzata]

Cardinal Tetra - Fine
Glow Light Tetra - Too big and active for tank, would re-home (Get up to 6" and need groups of 6+)
Clown Loach - Too big for tank, re-home (These can get over a ft long and need a 6ft tank as well as groups of 6+)
Candy Loach - No idea what this is

 
Angelfish - Could be okay, may eat cardinals when they get bigger. Also a pair may form and they could kill the 3rd angel.
Golden Gourami - Can be iffy to mix with angelfish
Kissing Gourami - Too big for tank, re-home
Rams - Fine
Killifish - What kind? Some can be nippy.
 
Black Widow Tetra - Can be nippy and especially so when kept in insufficient numbers. Would bump these to 6+ or re-home.
Red Tail Shark - Usually becomes more territorial with age so may want to re-home as it could go after the rams since they also stay in the bottom level of tank
Common Plec - Too big, re-home

 

[LouieLovell]

Since when have glow light tetras grown to 6 inches?? They grow 2 inches, I have owned these type fish over years and they've never got this big......??

 

[fluttermoth]

I think Ninj must have made a mistake with the glowlight tetras; you are right, they get to one or two inches and are fine for a four foot tank.

She's right on all the other fish though.

 

[Ninjouzata]

Ooh I'm so sorry! I didn't even see the glow light tetra and jumped to scissortails (in my head anyways), the glowlights would be fine too I think.
It's the scissortail that would be too big and active. Sorry again 

Have been up all night!

 

[sawickib]

yea i agree with what ninj said, no need to add more

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Candy loach might be Biota striata, aka Zebra Loach.
 
Most loaches, especially biotine loaches, form complex hierachies (pecking order). It is far better to have 10+ to prevent aggression within the group and reduce the chance of other community fish beating the victim of nipping.
 
This is why I have 13 Dwarf Chain Loaches, which are far more suitable for a 4-foot tank, Yoyo and especially Clown Loaches need far more space (given their larger size and massive bulk compared to "sids").