I was given a new tank today by one of the neighbours

a nice tetra aqua art 60lt with stand, complete with fish

I'll get some pics up once the water clears after the move.

Gonna need some help working out the exact fish species are lol

It looks a bit over stocked and I know some may turn into beasts so would like to be prepared lol

theres various tetras, what's what I dunno apart from the neons lol
think one's a molly but not looking good (seperate pics for the health section)
Pleco.. big brown spotted guy
Loaches (poss chinese algae eaters but i really don't have a clue as yet)
Guppies and who knows what lol

pics to follow

Cant wait to see photos, it does sound a little over crowded,lol!

Any help in identification and further info on the species or links will be appreciated.

The tanks just starting to clear but here goes..
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gourami? which type?

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Algae eater of some sort.. think there's two of these

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Sick fish.. think it's poss a sail fin molly

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whats this one?
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Big pleco is in hiding, I'll get a pic of him once he's settled again and out for a forage. There's loads of guppies... far more fish in that tank than the pics show lol but I think thats the basic diff types.

Nice tank!

I think...

Neon blue dwarf gourami,
Chinese algae eater, not a good community tank occupant, despite what the lfs usually advise!
Poor poorly black molly, not sure on sailfin or not as I can't see how big the dorsal is, is it male or female?
Rummy nose tetras and possibly scissor tail's,
The pale one looks tiger barb shaped, so possibly an albino variety?

None but the molly and the neons would be my choice of fish for a community tank though!

1) dwarf gourami, not sure what type though

2) looks like one of those flying fox things

3)you know molly anyway

4) rummynose tetras

5) scissortail rasboras/tetras i think

6) is that the same fish as 5?

7) looks like an albino tetra, no idea what though! same shape as my columbians though

Ooops sorry Lisa! You got there first lol great minds think alike

Hehe that's ok silverrabbit, the more confirmations the better!

Hey it all helps lol

I need to figure out what needs split and who goes where as it is a bit to busy in there

6 and 5 are differentish.. top paler yellow only have 2 spots and no red faces, they're also bigger but could just be older

last tank pic shows one of these two (no red but tail spots, yellow body)over the cave, body length is about 3" long

The one's with the red heads are rummy nose tetra's (pic's 4 & 5), and the others are scissortail rasbora's (5 & 6)

thanks everyone

i think the white fish are barb shaped too rather than neon.. very disc-like round body, there's four of them and very nippy to each other

anyone able to narrow the white one in pic. down for certain?

it' a white skirt tetra... thanks to kizno on paradise

Nice tank in need of a bit of greenery i think but nice fish too.

60L are hellish to keep stable. It's a constant fight, constant checks...

Chinese algue eaters grow quite large (for the tank - 10cm) and get very aggressive as they get older.

Scissortails also grow quite large (for the tank - 8cm).

The guppies will provide you with live food.

The pleco will grow to over a foot if it's the common one.

Rummy noses are extremely cool and will warn you of any drastic water problems.

But, I think what you have to do, as 60L is quite small, is chose no more than two shoals (though one would look best in that size) and keep a couple of centre pieces, say the dwarf gourami (who looks like a stressed regular dwarf) and a put a male betta in.
As for algue cleaners, I've found none so far, bar ottos, that do a good job and would be happy in 60L.

The pleco will deffo have to go somewhere bigger. They get way to big for a 60l. Nice tank tho