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2 10g tanks and these fish how would you organize them

6 african dwarf frogs
2 corol blue dwarf gouramis
2 neon dwarf gouramis
1 fantail gold fish
4 albino corys
2 glass tetras

well the fantail goldfish shouldn't be in that list. they belong in ponds, b/c they get big, and are very messy.

it is hard to stock ur tanks b/c that goldfish is a "cool" water fish, where the others are "warm"water.

the ADF should go into 1 tank with the goldfish, and in the other tanks, everything else. how ever when u get a larger tank, the cory school should be increased in numbers.

well i dont really want the goldfish you are right they are messy my sister gave me the goldfish and tetras and i dont want the tetras either due to they are kinda nippy.
i cant stand it when she puts fish in my tanks that she doest wont anymore and leaves it up to me to get rid of them ]:|

I want to take one of the corol blue gouramis and the tetras and the goldfish to a lfs and maybe get credit or something, but will have to drive about an hours out of town because all thats here is a wal-mart and they dont take fish in or return them unless they were theres and they died within 5 days,

if u get rid of the tetras, then u wont need to give back 2 gourami.

i just want to get rid of one of the blue dwarf gourami

which this leaves me with

6 african dwarf frogs
4 corys
2 neon dwarf gourami
1 corol blue dwarf gourami

African dwarf frogs arent really suitable for aquaria containing fish, in nature fine but in enclosed spaces they often wane and die, most are often mortally wounded by even surprisingly small fish . Despite african dwarf frogs being sold as suitable for community they really arent- id be tempted to go for a species tank for them. ps they also arent coldwater either and a goldfish is more than capable of damaging them.

Xenopus species generally dont mix with fish because the dwarfs are too fragile and easily stressed and the larger clawed species and the the very similar surinam toads are too predatory. They also prefer darkened aquaria with little or no current but plenty of oxygenation.

Basically the keeping of them is contrary to the needs of your fish, and usually they are much better in the hands of herpetoculturalists than aquarists. I'd pass them on to someone with more herpetological experience and concentrate on the fish, it would also solve the space problems in your tanks.

Last edited by longhairedgit at 02-Sep-2005 18:42

i'd split it right down the middle, keeping each species of gourami together... that makes 2 corys per tank, 2 gouramis in 1 and 1 in the other, and 3 frogs in each.

that's still pretty crowded, i'd take a couple frogs back.

if you take some frogs back, you could have the corys and a species of gourami in one tank and the frogs and the other species of gourami in the other.

Take the Frogs back & keep the 2 Neon Dwarf Gourami in a tank & the 1 Blue Dwarf Gourami & the 4 Corydoras in the other tank.

Don't mix fish with frogs.


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