I currently have
1 male guppy
2 rosy tetras
1 otto
Baby ram and bladder snails as well as one adult I think bladder
Thinking of adding
At least 1 more male guppy (this is because the one I have is freaking out kinda all by himself he’s not sick btw just lonely but attached pic his tail was moving not ripped)
Maybe 1 more rosy tetra but that’s not immediate concern for me
My tank is as of rn (80 litres 17.5 gallons) in a pretty good cycle it’s ammonia is going down and I’m completely on top of the water changes and everything this tank can throw my way really atp I was gonna get Java ferns and other plants but rn I am unsure as the ones I have are growing faster than i thought they would
Posted by LividCategory1847
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Well tetras are really shoaling fish and should really be kept in shoals of 6 or more and its sorta the same with guppies but ideally you should try to have more females than males in guppies but more realistically most species.
I would fill out the tetra or Otocinclus numbers a bit. A planted 15 gallon will handle that fine, so long as the plants are growing. You would have to provide food for the extra otos.
Tetras would be good for now .They would love it
Once your tank is fully cycled and you want to make it double as interesting, think about adding a female beta. She may also help to keep the impending snail population explosion down a bit by eating the eggs. She should not bother any of the other fish.
Hey! plants look great, cycling fine. couple things:
**Oto needs friends.** solo otos slowly starve even in algae tanks bc they only really forage in groups. get 3-5 more so you have 4-6 total.
on **feeding**: they graze soft brown diatoms (slimy biofilm on glass) but most tanks don’t grow enough. drop a blanched zucchini slice clipped to the glass overnight + repashy soilent green 2x/week. sex doesn’t matter.
rosy tetras at 2 stay hidden and stressed — bump to 6 and they actually color up. same w/ the lonely guppy, get 4-5 males.
Realistic max for 17.5g planted: 5 guppies + 6 tetras + 4 otos + snails. 6+6+6 above is overstocked tbh, you’d be running water changes constantly.
One question: by “baby ram” do you mean ramshorn snail or german blue ram (cichlid)? makes a big diff