Ok together?

[dxf400]

We have a new tank and placed 4 guppies and 4 neons in it yesterday (after letting the water run with the filter for 3 days). This morning one of the guppies had died but the rest of the fish are doing well. Do goldfish do well with guppies and neons?

[Drumachine09]

How big is your tank, what filtration, and did you cycle it?

[cocoa_pleco]

goldfish and neons cannot be together. goldfish are coldwater and neons and guppies are tropical, plus neons may nip the guppys fins

[dxf400]

great thanks for the help. It's a 10 gallon tank and the girl at the store said rule of thumb is for every inch of fish you need a gallon of water. I used a Whisper filter system.

[bscman]

How about a heater? Whats your temp?

[gm72]

dxf, forget about the one inch of fish per gallon. Different fish have very different space requirements. For example, to keep oscars, they need at least 50 gallons each.

[zackish]

just to let you if you didn't cycle your tank plan on the rest of the fish maybe dieing.

[cocoa_pleco]

your about at a 10g's stock limit already, but 4 corys shouldn't hurt.

The 1" rule is pure BS. I cant put a 10" oscar in a 10g, it would die and not be able to move. Theres alot more to fish that length. a 4" round goldfish would need a 20g to itself due to its weight. The only way that rule applies is for small fish like tetras

[Drumachine09]

goldfish and neons cannot be together. goldfish are coldwater and neons and guppies are tropical, plus neons may nip the guppys fins


Whoa, nice save. I TOTALLY forgot about the coldwater bit.

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, no prob!