Can I add 8 neon tetra, 6 cherry barbs, 3 corydoras, 2 mollies and shrimp to my 52 gallon planted community tank?

[Nameer_K]

Hey, can I add these fish into my 52 gallon (210l) planted tank. It’s filtered by an fx4 and weekly water changes of around 40%. The shrimp I want to add are a few more bamboo shrimp and amano shrimp. The tank stocking as of now is: 1 angelfish, 7 neon tetra, 4 cherry barbs, 5 albino corydoras, 4 Otocinculus, 3 mollies, a Siamese algae eater and a bamboo shrimp.

 

[Sgooosh]

depends on water conditions, hard water high ph cant add neons i think and low ph cant add mollies, they cant live together

 

[PheonixKingZ]

depends on water conditions, hard water high ph cant add neons i think and low ph cant add mollies, they cant live together

I concur. What are the dimensions of your tank? (Width x length) What is your water hardness? (pH and GH)

 

[Colin_T]

As the others have asked
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.
Tetras, barbs, gouramis, rasbora, Corydoras and small species of suckermouth catfish all occur in soft water (GH below 150ppm).

Livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies) occur in medium hard water with a GH around 200-250ppm.

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.