stocking question

[fishy_sarah]

I have been at it for a year, so I don't know if I qualify as a beginner, but this is a stocking question so I thought it should go here.

A friend recently gave me a beautiful wooden ten gallon tank stand...a great excuse for another tank! I was planning on using this as a fry grow out tank, (the lfs will only take fry at 1 inch) which would be really cool because I only have two five gallons for fry (one has 7 four day old platies and the other currently has a betta) but I believe I am overstocked in my 29 gallon and I have to take care of the fish I have first.

I need to spread out my fish over the two tanks. My question is, how? I also have a few changes I'd like to make.


Here is what I want to have if possible:

5 black longfin tetras
4 gold barbs
5-6 neons
6 or so platys (two males, four females)
3-4 mollies (one male)
1 apple snail in each tank
4-5 ottos in 29 gallon and 2 in 10 gallon

I am thinking the platys in the 10 gallon w. the ottos and snail and everything else in the 29 gallon. I'd also like to keep a little room for any surviving fry to grow. I obviously can't save them all (where would I put them) but I can plant heavily or lay down a ton of java moss and maybe get some survivors.

[Lady Hobbs]

You do have a problem and I can't see a real solution other than if you could locate your betta to a large vase, bowl, whatever, and keeping the fry in the 5 gallon. I don't know how much of a survival rate you'll have with fry and barbs in the same tank.

[gm72]

Wow, you need to add more tanks. Not sure how else to get around your situation. Hopefully someone else will be able to give you some more ideas/suggestions.