20 gallon stocking (for a 9 year old)

[pwmin]

i've had some mollies that were pretty aggressive, too

 

[FISH4LIFE]

Ya ? these mollies seem to be fairly frienldy with his danios

 

[pwmin]

well, i specifically remember one killed a couple of my fish when i had a brackish tank. maybe theyre not always like that. the ones that my puffer didnt kill were killed by one of my mollies. only one that survived was a columbian cat

 

[FISH4LIFE]

ya These ones were bred by my uncle in a 30 gallon with an anglefish, and some other small fish with no problems at all.

 

[guppy]

What species needlefish? If you are talking about the most commonly sold one (Xentodon cancilla) then no, it will not work for very long. First they do best in a lightly salted tank or they tend to get infections, second they are very predatory and need food such as small fish or live insects, and third, if kept correctly they can reach up to 16" long in a couple years. Even when small they are a flighty fish that startle easily and often damages their beaks on the glass in smaller tanks. To keep safely you need a well covered tank that is at least 3 times as wide as they are long.

 

[Connor0729]

LOL I used to have a 55G, and my Lil bro has a 20 G. He has 2 corys, 1 tetra, 2 kuhli loaches, 3 guppies, 4 mollies, 4 penguins, 3 zebra danios, 2 Glass Ghost Catfish, 1 Flying Fox, and 1 miniature gourami. They do fine, and they are an almost perfect tropical community set-up. If he's a violent little kid, though, you could just try getting some cichlids that would kill each other JK

i'm sure that with only one 'tetra' it was fine. don't people realize that they are schooling fish when they see them swimming together in the store?

kuhlis, glass catfish and cories like to have 4-5 of each other too

 

[FISH4LIFE]

What species needlefish? If you are talking about the most commonly sold one (Xentodon cancilla) then no, it will not work for very long. First they do best in a lightly salted tank or they tend to get infections, second they are very predatory and need food such as small fish or live insects, and third, if kept correctly they can reach up to 16" long in a couple years. Even when small they are a flighty fish that startle easily and often damages their beaks on the glass in smaller tanks. To keep safely you need a well covered tank that is at least 3 times as wide as they are long.

Ya I had one in my 55 gallon for 3 years till he dies without salt, feed feeders and reached 10 "

 

[FISH4LIFE]

Ok so he got some new fish today The stocking is now

4 - Zebra Danios
3- Neon Tetra
2 otto's
2 Black mollies

Next hell boost the number of tetras to 6 and get a betta and that is all

 

[guppy]

Ok so he got some new fish today The stocking is now

4 - Zebra Danios
3- Neon Tetra
2 otto's
2 Black mollies

Next hell boost the number of tetras to 6 and get a betta and that is all

Sounds good, but you can add as many as as 20 more small tetras, if you add 6 more neons and 6 glo-light tetras you will get a nice visual effect.

 

[FISH4LIFE]

20 more tetras in a 20 gallon tank??