Omg yay ty Jelly for introducing me to this thread! :D I am...also a fish tank enthusiast though more of a...resurgence since I had kept guppies before. I currently have 4 tanks running...1 5 gal for my betta, 10 gal for my 5 danios, and 2 20 gals. One of them is cycling (its a 20 gal long) since I'm moving my danios in there and hoping to add 5 cories in there rn! I'll be moving my betta into the 10 gal most likely and I've been trying to tell myself to have my 5 gal as a medicine tank just in case but I've been eyeing my friend's koi betta...he's a breeder so I've been just...resisting the urge XD

Anyhow! I had a question for you folks if that's okay? Currently, I am trying to not overstock my 20 gal long. The 5 danios and the 5 cories are the only things i did initial plan for but my other 20 gal actually was very overstocked at some point...it seems to have met an equilibrium and now I have 6 guppies, 2 cories, a bristlenose, 2 algae eaters, and a clown loach. Regrettably, I was looking for a snail eater and this guy kept going on about how a clown loach would be great for my 20 gal not knowing how BIG they got. So far, my loach seems to be happy...I hope it stays that way until I can rehome them to go to a bigger tank.

For now, I'm thinking of adding the loach and one of my algae eaters to the new tank when it cycles. The two algae eaters fight constantly and I didn't realize they could get aggressive towards each other. Would 5 danios, 5 cories, an algae eater, and a clown loach be okay?

If I can add the algae eater and the clown loach, i would like to add either another guppy or two or add 3 more cories. I might add 4 and take one of my original cories out as they are two different species (also my bad...can you tell my original 20 gal was my first time doing anything but guppies?)

I was also thinking of adding something with the betta in my 10 gal. I was thinking of a sorority especially since my betta is a female and very laid back. But for safety, I was thinking of either adding in the guppies there ad doing something else with my original tank, or just having it just a betta tank.

One day when I move from my current house, I do want to try my hand at keeping clown loaches in a 175 gal! My little Houdini has been such an awesome surprise to keep...I'll be sad when I have to let them go. They aren't showing stress at all and only really hides when I walk by. I called them Houdini because I actually lost them once. Turns out they dug a small hole under their log.