Community Aquariums

The icons usually indicate that one or more of the fish are either too large or soon will outgrow the tank. While many of the fish will survive in smaller tanks they will not flourish and when kept in cramped conditions are more prone to disease. It may be time to upgrade to a larger tank or remove the fish. Please do not take it as an insult or criticism , we are just trying to promote a healthy environment for our pets. As always research your purchase before buying it for you setup.

Commonly sold fish with potential size and tank requirements
Fish name	Potential size	min tank	Fish name	Potential size	min tank
Common pleco	20" (50cm)	6' for adult	Oscar	13"+ (30cm+)	6' for adult
Black ghost knife	20" (50cm)	6' for adult	Clown loach	18" (50cm)	6' for adult
Clown knife	40" (100cm)	6' for adult	Arowana	48" (120 cm)	6' for adult
Bala shark	16" (40cm)	6' for adults	Jack dempsey	10" (25cm)	4' for adult
Goldfish	23" (59cm)	6' for adults	Pacu	36" (92cm)	6' for adult

• 6 Platies (2 males,4 females)
• 2 Sailfin Mollies
• 1 5" Pleco
• 1 Chinese Algae Eater
• 1 Gallon
• Hospital tank/Fry raising tank

• 2 red-finned black sharks
• 2 pictus catfish
• 3 upside-down catfish

10 gal.
• 1 pictus cat
• 3 tiger barbs
• 1 banded leporinus
• 1 RTBS
• 1 unknown synodontis cat
• 1 upside down cat

10 gal.
• 4 black neon tetras
• 4 redeye tetras
• 1 chinese algae eater

10 gal.
• 4 panda corys
• 2 clown loaches
• 1 common pleco
• 1 regular zebra danio
• 1 long finned zebra danio
• 1 glofish

10 gal.
• 1 chinese algae eater
• 1 tinfoil barb
• 1 columbian shark
• 1 albino shark
• 1 bala shark
• 1 powder blue cichlid (these fish will be moved when larger)

2.5 gal.
• 1 male betta
• 2 african dwarf frogs

1 gal.
• 1 female betta

• African brown knife fish
• 3 bala sharks
• 1 pleco
• 1 blue african cichlid

• 2 Red Belly Pacus
• 2 Pictus Catfish
• 2 Plecos

• 1 Wooden log
• 1 Gold Nugget Pleco
• 1 female Pineapple Swordtails
• 1 male Pineapple Swordtails
• 2 female Dalmatian Mollies
• 1 female Unknown Platy
• 2 male brilliant red Platies
• 2 fully grown Gold Mystery Snails
• Bunch of baby snails
• 12 Ghost Shrimp
• Super sized mother Amazon Sword plant Super sized mother Radiacan Marble Queen Sword plant Dwarf Hairgrass plants Balansae plants "PLENTY" of young plants

• 1 male betta
• 1 algae eater
• 1 high-fin blackskirt tetra
• 1 male platy
• 1 male dalmatian molly
• 1 large mystery snail
• 3 ghost shrimp

• 2 angelfish
• 5 gourami
• 3 tiger barbs
• 1 pleco
• 1 rainbow shark

• 2 angelfish
• 1 blue gourami
• 3 pictus catfish
• 3 bala sharks

30 gal
• 4 zebra danio's
• 3 corydoras catfish
• 4 clown loaches
• 1 angelfish
• 3 dwarf gourami

30 gal
• 4 neon tetra's
• 4 zebra danio's
• 2 wagtail platies
• 2 guppies(f)
• 4 harlequin raboras
• 1 angelfish

20gal
• 3 green swordtails(1M 2F)
• 3 guppies(M)
• 5 peppered cories
• 7 rasbora hets
• 1 dwarf gourami

10gal
• 3 guppies(M)
• 3 longfin danios
• 3 cherry barbs

5gal
• 1 male crowntail betta
• 3 phantom tetra

2gal
• 1 male veil tail betta

1gal
• 1 male veil tail betta

• 1 Black Ghost Knifefish (will be moved to larger 55g when it grows alittle)
• 1 Upsidedown Catfish

• 2 male variatus platies
• 2 pineapple swordtails
• 2 female guppies
• 3 male guppies
• 2 otocinclus cats

• 3 yoyo's

• 5 inch Male Hero
• 5 inch male Convict
• 2 1/2 inch Female Melanochromis auratus
• 4 inch HumBug Catfish
• 7 1/2 inch Pterygoplichthys multuradiatus
• 12 comets or guppies

• 4 black skirted tetras
• 6 white clouds
• 2 albino cory cats
• 5 cardnial tetras
• 2 angel fish

• 2 Gold Gourami
• 7 Tiger Barb
• 5 harlequin Rasbora

• 1 male pink convict
• 1 female striped convict
• 1 rainbow shark
• 1 female green terror

• 1 male betta
• 2 female bettas

• 2 convict cichlids (1 male 1 female)
• 1 baby pleco

• 6 neon tetras
• 4 male guppies
• 2 female guppies
• 2 Golden Barbs (I think?)
• 1 Algae eater

• 1 pleco
• 20 feeder guppies (not for eating)
• 4 female bettas

• 4 Green Swordtails (1M, 3F)
• 1 Corydoras Catfish
• 1 Oriental algae eater
• 3 Bunches of cabomba
• 3 Bunches of Hornwart (I only use live plants)
• 2 Sm. Amazon sword plants.

• 2 knife fish
• 2 three spot blue gourami
• 2 spiny eels
• 2 golden gourami
• 2 kissing gourami

• 5 zebra danios
• 5 black neon tetras
• 4 cherry barbs
• 1 sucking loach
• 2 albino corydoras catfish
• 5 pascae tetras

• 2 bala sharks
• 1 albino tiger barb
• 1 green tiger barb
• 1 striped tiger barb
• 2 chinese algae eaters
• 1 golden gourami
• 1 neon blue dwarf gourami

• 3 fancy tail guppies(2M,1F)
• 1 kissing fish
• 1 common pleco
• 1 albino pleco
• 10 baby guppies
• Just moved them from 10 gal to 55gal

• 2 red caps
• 2 black moor
• 1 corycat
• 1 common pleco
• 2 otocat

• 5 Neon tetras
• 2 corys
• 1 Dwarf Gourami
• 4 mixed plattys

• 1 Dwarf Flame gourami
• 2 Guppies
• 1 Platy
• 1 Female Betta
• 2 Whiteskirt Tetra
• 2 female Swordtails

Owner: Bill
Date: 10/26/06
Tank size: 30 gallon
Running for: Six months
Fish in the tank:

• 1 synodontis euruptus
• 2 german blue rams
• 1 angel fish
• 1 needle nose gar
• 1 orange pike
• 1 Bosami rainbow
• 1 rubber lipped pleco
• 1 unknown small peaceful cichlid

• 2 Marbled Ange lFish
• 2 Platinum Angelfish
• 4 Platy
• 1 Albino Rainbow shark
• 1 Pelco
• 1 Dwarf Gourami
• All fish are smaller in size/juvenile(Approx 1.5 inches)

10 gallon:
• 1 1 inch female orange speckled yellow molly
• 1 1.5 inch female green ballon molly
• 1 1 inch dalmatian molly
• 1 1 inch male blacktail guppy
• 11 inch yellow female fancy guppy
• 1 1.5 inch tannish female guppy with butterfly pattern tail
• 3 1 inch African Dwarf frogs
• 2 1.5 inch comet goldfish
• 1 4 inch plec-common-unknown gender
• 1 2 inch female blue gourami
• 1 1 inch female emerald corydoras catfish

1 quart:
• 5 guppy fry

• 35 gal tank:
• 1 bala shark
• 3 red finned sharks
• 3 tiger barbs
• 1 yellow chiclid
• 1 pleco
• 20 gal tank:
• 4 mollies (assorted colors)
• 1 pleco

• 1 flowerhorn
• 1 red devil
• 1 jack dempsey
• 1 texas
• 1 butterkorferi

• 4 Kuhli Loach
• 1 bulldog pleco
• 1 clown pleco
• 1 fan shrimp
• 3 head/tailneons
• 2 sunset platty
• 1 Clown Loach

• 2 angelfish
• 1 pignose puffer
• 4 giant danios
• 1 tinfoil barb
• 3 tiger barb
• 1 dragonfish
• 1 silver dollar

• 1 angelfish
• 1 guppie
• 2 red glow fish
• 1 Iridescent shark
• 1 eel-tail catfish

• 1 ghost knife fish
• 4 tiger barb
• 2 clown loach3 inch
• 2 red tail sharks
• 1 sucking catfish

• 1 1 inch female yllow tequila sunrise guppy
• 1 1 inch female albino orange-yellow speckled molly
• 1 1 inch dalmation molly (still developing into male.)
• 1 1 inch male half black guppy
• 1 2 inch male blue gourami
• 1 1 inch green orydoras catfish
• 3 1 inch African Dwarf Frogs(1 female,2 male)
• 1 3.5 inch common pleco

The Pleco and gourami are too large for the tank

• 1 ghost knife fish
• 2 clown loach 2inch
• 3 glass catfish
• 2 dwarf gourami
• lots of hiding spots= 2 large sandstone rocks,I drilled a large hole in 1 med driftwood 1 pipe with java moss all over it thick twig forest duck weed on surface of water

The clown loach and knife, will outgrow the tank.

60 gallon:
• 10 x cardinal tetra’s
• 4 x Leopard corydoras
• 4 x kulhi loach
• 4 x Checker/cherry barb
• 6 x Zebra danio
• 2 x Pearl gourami
• 6 x Rosy tetra
• 6 x harlequin fish

60 gallon:
• 6 neon tetra’s
• 6 zebra danio’s
• 2 dwarf gouramis
• 2 clown loaches
• 4 kuhli loaches
• 6 Harlequin rasboras
• 4 leopard corydoras

• 1 silver arowana
• 1 silver shark
• 1 tiger oscar
• 1 convict
• 1 jewel chiclid
• 1 tiretrack eel
• 1 ghost knife
• 1 standard pleco
• 1 l-number pleco
• 2 milawi chiclids
• 1 pakistani loach
• 1 spiney eel
• 2 zebra snails
• 1 apple snail
• 1 king crab(with three legs)

• common goldfish
• snail
• pleco

20 gallon:
• 1 female betta
• 2 guppies
• 1 dwarf gourami
• 2 white skirt tetras
• 1 platy
• 2 female swordtails

2.5 gallon:
• 7 guppy fry (planning to move 3 of them to the 20 gallon when grown up)

• 2 Angel fish
• 2 Bala shark
• 1 Brown knife fish
• 1 Clown Pleco
• 2 Geophagus
• 1 Green servum
• 2 Iridescent shark
• 1 Pleco
• 1 Pimella cat
• 1 Raphael cat
• 1 Red tail shark
• 3 Silver dollar

• 3 clown loach
• 2 angelfish
• 6 platties

The clown loach will get too big for your tank.

• 2 small angels
• 4 guppies

Tank is too small for any size angels.

• 5 Zebra Danio
• 1 Leopard Danio
• 1 Crocodile fish
• 1 Angel
• 1 red Lili
• 2 blue Lili
• 2 Blue Gourami
• 6 Small Serpe Tetra
• 6 Widow Tetra
• 4 Spotted Molli
• 1 Red Molli
• 4 White mollie
• 2 Golden mollie
• 7 Guppy

10 gallon:
• 2 jewel cichlids (breeding)
• 1 pleco

10 gallon:
• 2 gold gouramis
• 1 opaline gourami

• Female Molly
• 2 Balloon Mollies
• 1 Silver
• 1 Orange Dalmation Balloon Molly

• 6 neon tetra
• 4 zebra danio
• 1 dwarf gourami
• 4 Cory Cats
• 2 Oto

• 7 neon tetra
• 3 lemon tetras
• 2 black pantom tetras
• 5 silver hatchet fish
• 3 green cories
• 2 platies(male & female)
• 1 red swordtail(female)
• l rubber lipped pleco
• 1 marble shrimp
• 2 gold mystery snails
• alot of plants.

• 8 Zebra Danios
• 4 Rosy Barbs

• 2 giant danios
• 1 angelfish
• 2 dwarf gouramis
• 2 spotted gouramis
• 1 blue gourami
• 3 plattys
• 1 mystery snai
• 1 suckerfish
• 1 green spotted pufferfish

10 gal:
• 1 black fin tetra
• 3mixed platies
• 1 red wagtail platy
• 1 sunburst platy

10 gal:
• 2 goldfish

5 gal:
• 1 angelfish
• 1 long finned danio

• 2 peppered cories
• 2 khuli loaches
• 2 weather loaches
• 2 fidler crabs
• 2 blue threespot gouramis
• 1 gold gourami
• 7 long-finned blue danio
• s 4 congo tetras
• 4 diamond tetras

• 5 white cloud tetras
• 5 black neon tetras
• 5 harlequin rasboras
• 5 platies
• 4 neon tetras
• 1 male dwarf gourami

• 1 angelfish
• 2 dwarf gouram
• 1 spotted gourami
• 1 blue gourami
• 3 platty
• 1 suckerfish

80 gal:
• 1 Zebra cichlid(orange)
• 2 electric yellows
• 1 convict
• 4 other diff. convicts

15 gal:
• 5 Black widows or skirts
• 1 angel fish

• 1 Pictus Cat
• 2 Fancy Goldfish
• 5 Black Widow Skirts
• 1 Angel Fish
• 1 pleco
• 2 silver dollars

• 2 bronze cory
• 1 albiono cory
• 1 female sunset platy
• 1 male sunset platy
• 1 female rainbow platy
• 1 male rainbow platy
• 2 x-ray tetra
• 5 neon tetra
• 1 hong kong plec
• 1 red tailed black shark
• 6 tiger barb

55 gal:
• 4 discus
• 1 clown pleco

20 gal:
• 2 convicts
• 15 convict fry eggs

10 gal:
• 1 lyretail black mollie(m)
• 2 dalmation mollies(m&f)

• 1 Dwarf Flame Gourami
• 2 Swordtails
• 5 Guppies
• 1 Platy
• 1 Betta
• 3 Blackskirt Tetras

• 2 Rummy Nose Tetras
• 2 Common Goldfish
• 2 Female Guppies

• 3 dwarf platies (2 female,1 male)
• 2 male mickey mouse platy
• 4 longfin zebra danios
• will be adding
• 1 gold danio
• 1 female platy
• 4 ghost shrimps

• 2 clown loaches
• 4 platties
• 2 corydoras catfish
• 2 dwarf gouramis
• 2 angelfish

The Clowns will outgrow the tank.

• 2 platinum gouramis
• 2 blue powder gouramis
• 4 silver mollies
• 4 balloon belly mollies
• 2 otocinclus
• 1 snail

• 2 small tiger oscars
• 2 small convict ciclids

The Oscars will eventually outgrow the tank.

• 6 green tetras
• 3 odessa barbs (1 male, 2 female)
• 4 Kuhli Loaches
• 2 Cory Catfish.
• Can I add 6 more cardinal tetras with regular water changes?

• 2 bala sharks
• 2 serpae tetras
• 2 angelfish
• 2 blue gouramis
• 2 guppys
• 2 red eye tetras
• 3 glowlight tetras
• 3 neon tetras
• 2 chinese algea eaters
• 2 cory cats
• 1 gold barb
• 1 pleco

• 2 Pearl Gourami
• 3 guppies
• 3 neon tetras
• 1 pleco

• 1 senegal bichar (teeny, will be moved to a 125 as he begins to grow. Currently the inhabitants of that tank are too big for him)
• 1 kenyi cichlid
• 1 big lip cichlid
• 1 convict
• 1 estherae cichlid
• 1 auratus
• 1 royal pleco

• 10 Gal
• 2 female guppies
• 1 male guppy
• 2 female mollies
• 3 Gal assorted guppy/molly fry
• Everyone will be moving to a new 29 gallon soon! (only keeping 1 female of guppy and molly from fry batches)

• 5 Black widows or black ghosts
• 1 angelfish
• 1 pleco
• 1 pictus cat
• 2 silver dollars
• 5 tiger barbs

5 gal:
• 3 male guppies
• 2 ghost shrimps

10 gal planted:
• 1 male betta
• 2 cories
• 5 glowlite tetra

20 gal high:
• 1 dwarf gourami
• 3 platies(all male)
• 5 cories
• 7 black phantom tetras

• 2 Upside-down catfish

• 1 black mollie
• 1 platy
• 1 guppie
• 2 albino cory
• 5 cardinal tetra

• 3 gold mickey mouse platies
• 3 sunburst platies
• 3 oto cats
• 3 emerald cory cats
• 3 peppered cory cats
• 3 creamsicle lyretail mollies
• 3 dalmation mollies
• 3 silver lyretail mollies
• 3 koi swordtails
• 3 black swordtails
• 4 blackskirt tetras
• 4 goldskirt tetras
• 4 cardinal tetras
• 3 dwarf gouramis
• 1 rubber lipped pleco
• 1 angelfish

• 2 albino socolofi
• 2 labidochromis carealeus
• 3 firemouth
• 1 kribbensis
• 5 albino corycats
• 1 golden pleco max sixe 4.5inch

• 1 Old mean 10" oscar

• 4 male guppies
• 5 neon tetra
• 3 bleeding heart tetra

• 2 Gold Gouramis
• 1 Pleco(4inches)

• 12 neon tetras
• 6 flame tetras
• 2 upsidedown catfish
• 2 blue dwarf gouramis (male+female)

• 10 neon tetra
• 4 cory cats
• 6 zebra danio
• 4 male guppies
• 1 dwarf gourami
• 6 bloodfin tetras
• 2 algae eaters
• 3 male plus 3 female cherry barbs

• 4 bnose tetra
• 4 seprea tetra

180 tank:
• 10 golfish
• lots of plants

55 tank:
• 2 freshwater puffers
• some plants

15 tank:
• 2 painted turtle babie found this yr. lots of plants
• asst feeder minnows

15 tank:
• 1 allegator snapper turtle found this yr lots of plants asst feeder minnows

• 4 bala sharks
• 2 pink gourami
• 1 common pleco(Too big for the tank, but better than the 20 gallon tank he was in when I adopted him this summer...moving soon, will upgrade to a larger tank after getting settled)

20g:
• 3 Peppered Cory Cats
• 1 False Juli Leopard Cory Cat
• 6 Black Skirt Tetras
• 6 Red/Blue Columbian Tetras

20g Long:
• 6 Glowlight Tetras
• 6 Harlequin Rasboras
• 6 Panda Cory Cats
• 2 German Blue Rams

29g:
• 2 Green Severums
• 6 Tiger Barbs

55g:
• 4 Angelfish
• 3 Neon Orange Laser Cory Cats
• 6 Diamond Tetras

5 gallon:
• 1 dwarf puffer
• 5 neon tetras
• 4 white clouds
• any fry damaged fish sick fish
• the puffer,neons,and white clouds will be moved to the ten gallon when there are fry,damaged or sick fish.

10 gallon:
• 1 calico ryukin
• 1 black moor
• 1 rubber lipped pleco

12 gallon nano reef:
• 1 starfish
• 2 yellowtail blue damselfish
• 1 yellow clownfish

20 gallon:
• 4 emerald cory cats
• 3 red wagtail platies-1 m,2 f
• 3 assorted guppies-1 m,2 f
• 2 assorted mollies-1 m,1 f
• 5 blackskirt longfin tetras
• 5 serpae tetras 15 neons
• 5 cardinals
• 1 rubber lipped pleco

55 gallon:
• 6 gold gouramis-2 male,4 female
• 4 blue gouramis-1 male,3 female
• 3 opaline gouramis-1 male,2 female
• 6 bala sharks
• 2 gold angelfish
• 2 marbled angelfish
• 6 tiger barbs
• 10 longfin goldskirts
• 5 tinfoil barbs
• 4 pearl gouramis-1 male,3 female
• 1 common pleco
• 3 pictus cats
• 4 black swordtails-1 male,3 female
• 3 dwarf gouramis-1 male,2 female
• 2 pink kissing gouramis