Can I add a few more tetras?

[moneycar]

I have a 10 gallon tank with

2 panda cories
4 ballon belly mollies
3 tetras
2 golden mystery snails

I'd like to add 2 or 3 more tetras. Would this work? Or would it be a too much for such a small tank?

 

[smb7676]

I think stocking leval is 18 inches of fish in a 10.
I'm not sure of the adult sizes of all you fish, but it you say 2 inch for the mollies
and the rest 1 inch (guessing here)
thats
8 for the mollies
5 for the rest
13 total fish, unlessthe snails make a lot of waste I would add 1/2 or 1. but for maths I'll say 1 so you have 14 you have 4 more inches of fish.

This is if your cories stay small. Like I said I'm unsure of true size and I left my book at my inlaws so I can't check size. I just ran it down so you can figure it out.
Hope it helps
S

 

[moneycar]

the cories are tiny (about 1'') my friend had them for 3 months, and i've had them for one, and they haven't grown at all.

 

[yvez9]

panda cories stay quite small, you should add at least 2 more of those, and maybe 2 more tetras, what kind of tetras are they?

 

[moneycar]

neons

 

[pseud]

I wouldn't. You're already fully stocked, if not overstocked:

2 x cory = 4 inches
4 x balloon mollies = 8 inches
3 x tetra = 3 inches (at least)

And that's being conservative with the sizes, and you're already up to 15 inches of fish. I don't know how the snails come into the equation, but still.

Time for a new tank

 

[GSD]

neons

good luck with those!ive always found them impossible to keep!

 

[The-Raven]

neons

good luck with those!ive always found them impossible to keep!

people keep telling me that... but as long as I put them in an established, cycled tank, nothing happens.

 

[moneycar]

I am getting a 55 gallon tank

 

[moneycar]

I've had no issue with them.

I got them from a friend, who'd had them for several months before.

I just know that they're schooling fish, and I've heard that they're generally happier with at least 5.

 

[pseud]

Mmmmmmmmmm, 55 gallons.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[moneycar]

yeah...i'm still trying to figure out how i'm gonna stock it.

 

[gadazobe]

First get the new 55, cycle it, then we can suggest what to fill it with

 

[moneycar]

I wouldn't. You're already fully stocked, if not overstocked:

I also posted this is tropical chit chat, and I was told in there that I could add two more cories and 2 more tetras and be fine....

 

[moneycar]

panda cories stay quite small, you should add at least 2 more of those, and maybe 2 more tetras

I also posted this in beginner questions and I was told that my tank may already be overstocked...