20 Gallon

[Questions?]

i now have an empty 20 gallon tank. i have no idea what fish to put in it, but i want to try something different. So anyone have any ideas. They have to be able to eat flake food. No corydoras. No bettas. No dwarf cichlids. No gouramis. So anyone have any ideas? preferably a schooling fish( maybe green neon tetras? Is there any kind or loach i coud put in here? maybe some barbs? Or some kind of catfish?

 

[thereverendturtle]

There are lots of tetras, small barbs, small rainbowfish, dwarf loaches and kuhli loaches, plenty of small catfish that aren't cories. Really depends on what you want to do... A biotope could be done, a species tank, or a community. What interest you most?

 

[elmo666]

Whilst looking for some new additions to my own aquariums recently, it came down to 2 candidates. White tipped tetras, and black phatom tetra. I went for the black phantoms. They have a cracking shape and lovely deep colouration. On researching the white tips, they too are a seriously attractive fish.or maybe a tank set-up around kilifish would look good, but you must be willing to give them soft acidic water.

 

[dannybgoode]

Black phantoms rock. A shoal of them would be lovely to look at...

Cheers

Danny B

 

[Questions?]

There are lots of tetras, small barbs, small rainbowfish, dwarf loaches and kuhli loaches, plenty of small catfish that aren't cories. Really depends on what you want to do... A biotope could be done, a species tank, or a community. What interest you most?

a community or species tank

 

[elmo666]

I like to try and balance a tank, top middle and bottom. That way, I think, you always have something to enjoy looking at. Species tanks are nice if you want to encourage breeding. The difficulty, and it is a nice one, is that the choice is vast.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

I don't have any but really like the look of neon green rasboras.

 

[thereverendturtle]

8- green neons
8-10 dwarf chain loaches
6- rocket killies

 

[Questions?]

are those easy to keep, and they have to cost about 4 US dollars, or less

 

[thereverendturtle]

Rocket killies aren't the easiest. The loaches can be expensive.... So maybe something like this instead,

8-10 green neons
6-8 kuhli loaches
3 golden wonder killies, 1m/2f

All of these are under $4 each at petsmart or petco. You may have to go to a smaller lfs for the green neons though.

 

[Questions?]

alright, sorry for changing, but my dad wants e to include my male GBR, and it likes lower ph, and acidic water(i will add driftwood for it) so will that stocking plan still work?

 

[Crossfire]

alright, sorry for changing, but my dad wants e to include my male GBR, and it likes lower ph, and acidic water(i will add driftwood for it) so will that stocking plan still work?

Unless it's an african cichlid or marine/brackish fish, pH does not matter. As long as it is not in the extremes, it's fine. The fish have been living in the local pH for weeks, and they have long been accostumed to it.

If you add a GBR, you will have to go with this stocking, since they can only live in high temperatures

1x GBR (preferably 1 male and 1 female)
10x Cardinal or Rummy-Nose Tetra
8x Sterbai Cories



You will need a sand bottom for the corys, or else they will injure themselves

 

[phantomlink]

Harlequin Rasbora are cheap, stay small, shoal, and when its feeding time dart around the tank. They also look great and the males will make themselves really orange to impress the ladies

 

[Questions?]

alright thanks

 

[Questions?]

i just got a plant called anubias l. (lateralis or something) anyone know anythin g about them? the lfs said they can survive in low or moderate light(my tank is right infront of a window with about 10hours or sunlight a day) and he also said i don;t need an ferts, or co2, can anyone shed some more light on this please? It is attached to a rock already(naturally, with no string)