How Many?

[Bebob521]

Hello all!
I don't have enough knowledge to post often but I read a lot! I have a 75 gallon tank that is 5 months old. It has 12 cory catfish (6 each of two different species) and 1 pleco. How many neons would be enough? I was also thinking of adding a few Rasboras. I really don't want a lot of different fish but enough of 1 or 2 kinds to make the tank look nice.
The tank was fishless cycled for 2 months and I've had the cory's for 3 months without a loss.
Thanks in advance! ()

 

[drobbyb]

Hello all!
I don't have enough knowledge to post often but I read a lot! I have a 75 gallon tank that is 5 months old. It has 12 cory catfish (6 each of two different species) and 1 pleco. How many neons would be enough? I was also thinking of adding a few Rasboras. I really don't want a lot of different fish but enough of 1 or 2 kinds to make the tank look nice.
The tank was fishless cycled for 2 months and I've had the cory's for 3 months without a loss.
Thanks in advance! ()

Firstly, what type of rasboras, pleco and coryadoras? Some of them get bigger than others.

 

[Colin_T]

Get at least 10 neons (and small rasboras) or more, preferably 20+ of each. This will give them a nice school and they should hang out together and move up and down the tank as one group. If you plan on keeping large rasboras like scissortails, then only get 6-10 of them.

Make sure you do regular water changes and gravel cleans because plecos are messy fish that create heaps of waste. If you don't do enough water changes or clean the gravel you will have heaps of problems with diseases.

 

[Bebob521]

Firstly, what type of rasboras, pleco and coryadoras? Some of them get bigger than others.
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Harlequin rasboras, peppered corys and emerald corys. Pleco, not sure. He's just plain brown and small now.

 

[drobbyb]

Pleco, not sure. He's just plain brown and small now.

Does it have bristles on it's nose? Bristlenose plecos only get to 5 or 6 inches IIRC. Common plecos get much larger.

 

[Bebob521]

Pleco, not sure. He's just plain brown and small now.

Does it have bristles on it's nose? Bristlenose plecos only get to 5 or 6 inches IIRC. Common plecos get much larger.

common

 

[Elrohirthehasty]

Pleco, not sure. He's just plain brown and small now.

Does it have bristles on it's nose? Bristlenose plecos only get to 5 or 6 inches IIRC. Common plecos get much larger.

plus, a large common pleco can become a nocturnal hunter...and wat your other fish

I would say that you can keep 20 neons and 15 harlequins or so.