Stocking... Am I Under/over Stocked?

[emilythestrange]

I have a 20 gallon tank (100 Litres Uk)
Currently for sotcking I have:
1 Male Sailfin Molly,
1 Male Dwarf Gourami,
4 Male Guppies,
5 Tetras (3 Neon, 2 Black neon)

The tank looks quite bare in places, so im wondering if i could get away with any more fish beind added to the tank, The tank has been fulyl cycled since february ish i think, Ammonia and Nitrite always 0ppm, not having any problems.

 

[Curiosity101]

You could definitely add more fish to your set-up
Thought just to check, what is the actual SA of the tank (legth x width)
And what filter do you have on the tank?

Just so people can advise exactly what sort of stocking you could achieve.

 

[Dazzlearoobob]

This appears to be another of those whacked out YouTube videos that are designed to rile people up. Please don't encourage this by letting the search engines show them that it's being talked about here as well. That would only make them happy.

The owner of my LFS recently told me that, provided I had an adequate filer system, I could stock my tank with lots of fish. Within reason i guess.

 

[emilythestrange]

The tank is more of a Squareish Shape, just got a inch tape measure on the thank, and its approximately 22 " In height and lenght, with the height being abit shorter due to water level, and its about 12 " Depth, And im running an internal Fluval 3 Plus

 

[Dazzlearoobob]

Looks good. Is it cycled?

 

[emilythestrange]

Looks good. Is it cycled?

Yeah, completely, had it at least since early on this year, bred some fry up in here, they went a while ago

 

[Curiosity101]

Oh wait a sec...is that an up to date picture? If so then isn't your stocking:
1 Male Sailfin Molly
1 Opaline Gourami
7 Male Guppies
2 Black Neon Tetras
3 Neon Tetras
10 ish Molly Fry
??
If so that makes quite a bit of difference.

And is that a fluval 2+ I can see in the pic? Is that the filter which is on the tank currently?

 

[emilythestrange]

Oh wait a sec...is that an up to date picture? If so then isn't your stocking:
1 Male Sailfin Molly
1 Opaline Gourami
7 Male Guppies
2 Black Neon Tetras
3 Neon Tetras
10 ish Molly Fry
??
If so that makes quite a bit of difference.

And is that a fluval 2+ I can see in the pic? Is that the filter which is on the tank currently?

Sorry that was a while ago, the fry sadly had to go to the LFS a month ish ago, havent udpated in aggggess
Nope its a Fluval 3 plus, just looks a bit smaller in the pic, because of the curved glass, also I have only 4 guppies now. Oh $%%*, I forgot i have a new platy who is only small at the moment.
The picture was taken 5 mins ago

 

[Curiosity101]

With your current stocking:
Sailfin Molly 2"
Opaline Gourami 5"
Male Platy 2"
Male Guppies 6"
Black Neon Tetras 2"
Neon Tetras 3"

So altogether 20" of fish roughly. I personally feel the Opaline gourami will be a bit cramped in that sized tank once it's fully grown, but that's just an opinion so maybe just keep an eye on it.
Other than that I'd say you've got maybe 8-10" of fish you could easily add (going by your filtration).
If you think the tank looks a bit bare then I think the best thing to do would be to up the number of tetra to 4/5 of each species, then perhaps even add another type. Personal preference but I like the green neon tetra, you should give them a quick google

 

[saltynay]

Did yo keep any fish in the tank between yor old stocking of fry to your current stocking? If you had nothing in the tank producing ammonia then the filter will be no longer cycled.

 

[emilythestrange]

With your current stocking:
Sailfin Molly 2"
Opaline Gourami 5"
Male Platy 2"
Male Guppies 6"
Black Neon Tetras 2"
Neon Tetras 3"

So altogether 20" of fish roughly. I personally feel the Opaline gourami will be a bit cramped in that sized tank once it's fully grown, but that's just an opinion so maybe just keep an eye on it.
Other than that I'd say you've got maybe 8-10" of fish you could easily add (going by your filtration).
If you think the tank looks a bit bare then I think the best thing to do would be to up the number of tetra to 4/5 of each species, then perhaps even add another type. Personal preference but I like the green neon tetra, you should give them a quick google

Oh, Ok i will keep him in mind, hes only around 1-2" at the moment, yeah i will look at different peacful tetras, of i may add a few more guppies or another platy. Not too sure hehe

Did yo keep any fish in the tank between yor old stocking of fry to your current stocking? If you had nothing in the tank producing ammonia then the filter will be no longer cycled.

Yes I kept all of the stocking alongside the 13 fry, i also had a few more guppies then the stocking in the tank has been roughly the same all of the way through, just dipped slightly over the past 2 weeks, therefore i am considering going to the lfs tommorow - Happy times