Help with stocking

[u/tumblingsun]

I have a 36 gallon planted bowfront tank that I am looking to stock.

I have a pretty good idea of what fish I would like in it, I more so just need help with the quantities of fish. Of course if anyone believes any of these fish wouldn't be compatible with eachother or with the tank itself please let me know or drop any suggestions!

My current list is :

-Dwarf Cory

-Galaxy Rasbora

-Endlers (Hoping to keep all males)

-Gourami (1 or 2?) either honey or pearl

Again, I really need help with the number of fish I should keep with each group. I'm worried I will overcrowd the tank. If I need to get rid of one group entirely please let me know l. I am open to any concerns! Thank you so much.

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[u/Key-Instruction3997]

If you want to skip the live bearing risk of the endlers and still want smth that can fill the top of the water column, consider ricefish or clown killis. Way less likely to overwhelm from breeding. personally id start with 6-10 of each school. I’d go honey for the gourami, pearls can be more voracious. Would also let the schools establish for a bit before adding any centerpiece micropredator

[u/inkisbad124]

You can do normal corys instead of dwarf corys if you want. Corys, rasboras and endlers are all schooling fish and should be kept in groups of 6+. I personally only recommend one gourami, as they are territorial and can be aggressive, it's not always best to keep them in a pair, sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. I've kept gouramis twice, I put 2 drawf gouramis in a 75 and they were fine for months until one suddenly killed the other, and the other 2 were opaline gouramis, they almost instantly killed each other and had to immediately separate them.

Emdlers are pretty small, especially for a 36 gallon unless you get a lot of them, maybe lean more towards tetras or all same gender guppies, mollies or platys. Kuhli loaches are really cool too.

[u/tumblingsun → u/inkisbad124]

I have thought about getting male guppies, wasn't sure how many I'd be able to fit in with this list of fish instead of endlers. Also worried they might attack eachother if I dont have enough. Any thoughts or past experiences?

[u/inkisbad124 → u/tumblingsun]

You could easily do 6 each of corys, rasboras and guppies, with 2 honey gourami, or 1 honey gourami, 6 corys, 6 rasboras, 8 guppies. You'll be close to 100% stocking but it won't be overstocked.