stocking a large tank

[jo2010]

So far I have the following:-

6 cardinals
11 male guppy
8 female guppy
15 molly (unsure of sex)
1 large pleco
1 large shark
6 male platy

what else is suitable in the tank that wont bite the tails of my guppy?

 

[Thyra]

You don't say what you consider a,"large tank" or what kind of pleco or shark, but I would think the shark would already be a hazard to you guppies tails and the mollies probably eat all the fry.

 

[MdngtRain]

you m:f guppy ratio is way off. You want at least 3-5 females per male t prvent undue stres. Same for all live-bearers. And you shark wll quickly make a snake of all the smaller fish.

As was asked earlier, what do you consider a "large" tank. By comon consumer standards, a "large" tank is anything bigger then a 10g. I would say anything 55g or larger would be considered "large". Anything 29g-55g I would say is med. 10-20g is small, and anything smaller then that I would consider a micro tank. Some chime in if I'm off on my sizing.

All the fish you litsed are great for their own reasons, just not sure I would mix thm. Try AqAdvisor.com ... put in your tank specs & fish info and itwill tell you general stocking suggestions for what you have.

Good luck!

 

[darran360]

depending on the size of the tank i would put in a nice little group of corys, they are great cleaners and look great but this is only if you have a big enough tank.