Is this a good tank setup?

Question

I have a 10 gallon tank with 4 mollies (2 lyretails, 1 dalmation, and 1 common) a dwarf gourami, and 3 cories (2 spotted, and 1 green). Will these fish be okay together? Do I have too many fish? Do lyretails need extra care? Do they get big? Do green cories need extra car? Do they get as big as spotted.

Answer 1

Yes that is fine don't forget to add some sea salt for your mollies.No that is not too many fish and no lyre tails don't get that big,biggest is around 3 inches that's in a much larger tank though.No extra care is needed  just be sure to feed for them all and you should be fine.

Answer 2

your tank is way over stocked but if you decide to invest in a larger tank the tank would work well and look great

Answer 3

Mollies can get to be 6 inches long and should have some salt in the water. Yes you do not see too many 6 inch mollies but then not too many people keep their mollies in the right environment in the right conditions. They should have at least a 30 gallon tank with vegetable based foods. The corydoras catfish do not like salt in the water so they are not great tank mates. The dwarf gourami "can" live in a smaller tank but would be happier and healthier in at least a ten gallon tank. This is providing that you do plenty of partial water changes. Discus breeders often do 100% daily water changes to keep their fish growing well and keep them healthy. By keeping fish in too small a tank it is like keeping people in too small a house without a toilet and no way of getting the pollution out of the house. If you think of it this way where the way to "flush the toilet" is to do a water change then you will get the idea.

Answer 4

dwarf gouramis do not need a 30 gallon tank! They need a 5 gallon as a minimum! I keep mine in a 6 gallon with african dwarf frogs! Yes it is a little overstocked, but yes you can keep those fish in there if you keep up with watch changes and watch the water quality.

Answer 5

Sounds good to me...

keep it up

Answer 6

Didn't you already ask this?

No matter how many times you ask, the answer will be - you are way over stocked and have species that don't belong in a 10g tank.  Your mollies should be in a 30.  Your corries will be unhappy because they like to be in larger groups, which you can't do in a 10g.  Your grourami should be in a 30+.

Again, answer to that won't change no matter how many times you ask the question.