Fish I Acquired When I Purchased A 2nd Hand Tank

This is kind of info you can recieve that confuses people when it comes to stocking up a tank. I asked a question on a forum asking what people have in there tank and this was one reply. Which to me seems over stocked for a 120ltr tank:

1 FLAME DWARF GOURAMI (COLISA IALIA)
4 DWARF NEON RAINBOWFISH (MELANOTAENIA PRAECOX)
2 ELECTRIC BLUE RAM DWARF CICHLID (MIKROGEOPHAGUS RAMIREZI "ELECTRIC BLUE")
1 TEFE AGASSIZI'S DWARF CICHLID (APISTOGRAMMA CF. AGASSIZII "TEFE")
1 PEACOCK GUDGEON (TATEURNDINA OCELLICAUDA)
6 JAPAN BLUE GOLD DOUBLE SWORD GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA)
11 CARDINAL TETRA (PARACHEIRODON AXELRODI)
3 OTOCINCLUS CATFISH (OTOCINCLUS MACROSPILUS)
1 RETICULATED HILLSTREAM LOACH (SEWELLIA LINEOLATA)
1 L134 LEOPARD FROG AKA IMPERIAL TIGER PLECO (PECKOLTIA COMPTA)
2 BAMBOO SHRIMP (ATYOPSIS MOLUCCENSIS) AKA SINGAPORE FLOWER SHRIMP
20 AMANO SHRIMP AKA YAMATO SHRIMP (CARIDINA MULTIDENTATA)
6 MYSTERY SNAILS (POMACEA BRIDGESII)
2 CHOPSTICK SNAILS (STENOMELANIA SP.)
2 JAPANESE TRAPDOOR SNAILS (VIVIPARUS MALLEATTUS)
11 GERTRUDE’S SPOTTED BLUE EYE RAINBOWFISH (PSEUDOMUGIL GERTRUDAE)

Hi @Johno2009

Yes, there is a lot of conflicting information available, and it is often very difficult to decide which advice to follow.

Aquatics & fishkeeping as a hobby has been around a long time, and fish, equipment & advice has evolved along the way. There will always be people who have done the same thing successfully for 50 years, and there will always be new information available as the hobby evolves.

On this forum there tends to be a leaning towards providing information from sources such as seriously fish and other sites that @fcmf has mentioned. Experts such as Neale Monks are also often cited. Advice on this forum tends to lean towards fish welfare, keeping livestock towards the middle of their stated parameters, and providing an enriching environment to keep them as comfortable a possible. Sometimes this advice may seem a bit harsh, and not what you have heard for other sources.

I will admit that I sometimes stray from keeping fish in the most suitable environment. I have previously bought fish that are completely unsuitable for my tanks, and have had to buy different tanks to keep them in as they couldn't be mixed with my existing fish. Also, I live in a hard water area, and instead of choosing fish that are suitable for the local water I chose fish I liked, and had to change the water to suit them (mainly RO/tap water mix).  Even so, some of the fish are towards the very upper limit of their quoted tolerances, and the people on this forum still support me whenever I ask questions an have problems, even though my fish keeping isn't "perfect".

At the end of the day it is your choice to take on board all information provided form all the sources you have accessed, and make your decisions. Whatever your decisions are, we will continue to support you in any way possible.

Whatever you chose to do, I hope that everything works out well for you and your fish.     

Hi, new to the forum and clocked your post. The cory is an Emerald Cory. I have 3 along with 3 bronze cory in my tank

Hi Corydude, welcome to the forum.

‘Emerald Cory’ is a name that gets applied to several species,  mainly C. aeneus and C. (Brochis) splendens. This one is C. aeneus (Bronze Cory).

Hi Littlefish, along with 6 Cory's, I have guppies, 6 male and 6 female. Already have 3 babies  I'm leaving them to survive on their own, Darwin will sort them out.