Help With Stocking

[Erin8D]

I have a semi planted ten gallon tank. It has some drfiwood and rocks in it currently with standard aqarium gravel. It is filtered and heated and lit. I currently have...

-male betta
-2 cory cats (julie and albino)
-2 ghost shrimp

Should I add another cory? Maybe two? Also would a small shcool of platys be okay, or are they brackish?
I'll get some pictues up soon!

And should I add an air pump for the corries to play in, I heard it makes good decoration!

 

[meguro]

1 inch of fish per gallon. The air pump would look good but isn't necessary provided your filter gives considerable surface movement.

 

[drobbyb]

Well, the minimum number of cory's to have is 6, so I would add more of those to get their numbers up. As far as the platy's go, I don't think that they would be a problem. Just watch out for the inch per gallon rule of thumb and don't add all the new fish at once.

 

[Vengeful Silence]

I'm not a big fan of the inch-per-gallon rule. Without resorting to the extreme examples, it is, in my opinion, not the best rule of thumb. I would definitely increase the number of cory cats. I think you could probably get away with a group of three platys (one male, two females), but that would definitely be the max. Even that may be pushing it a tad.

 

[natalie265]

Mollies are the ones who prefer brackish water. Platies would be fine. Def increase your cories, they're much happier in a school.

 

[meguro]

You guys really think a 10g tank has the substrate area to support 6+ corys? And then you bash the 1 inch per gallon rule. n1.

 

[indigoj]

I'd increase to 4 cories.

The 1 inch per gallon rule is very vague and not really appropriate once the fish being considered are over 2".

I personally would add only male platies as if you add females you will soon be overrun - they breed approx every 5 weeks....