Enough room in my 55 gallon?

Question

In my 55 gallon tank i have: 2 angelfish, 2 blue gouramis, 7 black neon tetras, 4 glowlight tetras, and 1 pleco. I want to add 3-4 cory cats, do I have enough space? If so what kinds of cories do you recommend?

Answer 1

Yes depending on the type of pleco! Some grow over 18"

There are many cories, you could go for the 'common' type - Bronze or Albino Corydoras that are cheap in most Fish stores or something more exotic depending on your budget - Sterbai, Panda Cories etc many many different types. I'd go for at least 4 if not 6 though.

Answer 2

First of all the gouramis can grow to about 4 inches each and the angels can grow to about 6 inches in width and up to 12 inches in height, and Cory's can get to 2.5 inches each.

So including your tetra's and the pleco,saying that about 9 inches for the angels that would add up to a total of between 41-46 inches(because the pleco can get very big). So i would say that you could add 3 cory's but after that your tank would be full.

Answer 3

It should be fine. I have a variety of cory cats in one of my tank. An albino one, an emerald one, a panda cory, and a salt and pepper cory. You could get 4 of the same of 2 of each or whatever.