20 Gallon

[Crossfire]

Crypts need to have exposed roots, so yes, they need to be attached to wood or rock

 

[Questions?]

oh... i might not get them any more know cause i only have $9 and i have to pay for half the fish.
So i was thinking i could make my stock:
3 black kuhli loaches
1 (male)gbr
maybe some kind of catfish that will eat algea?

would this be ok, if so what catfish could i have. and how many?

sorry about all the questions, i have only been doing this for about 10 years, but i was never into it until know. it was always my dad doing this stuff

 

[thereverendturtle]

Crypts need to be planted in the substrate, anubias, java fern and the mosses are the only ones you are likely to see in a pet store, that would need to be attached to something.

Typically, I wouldn't recommend an algae eater for the first two months, after that a bushynose pleco would a good addition.

 

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ok, does it need any supplements like algea wafers?

 

[phantomlink]

My 125 finished its cycle and a week later I got my fish, including a bushy/bristlenose and three hillstream loaches which do best in established tanks. The pleco does eat algae wafers when I put them in for my fish, the loaches I've never seen on a wafer but they are alive and well so they're getting it somewhere

 

[thereverendturtle]

I agree with phantom. I just prefer there to be some biofilm for my algae eaters.

 

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ok, i am picking up fish on monday, but will wait a while to get a pleco, but if my lfs doesn;t have some, and can't order it(happened with my zebra pleco, so i never got one) is there anyothers i could use instead?

 

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ugh, my dad just got home today, i was originally talking to him on a phone, and he said he doesn't like kuhli loaches because he heard something about them growing really big? and he said he doesnt want the gbr in there any more. so i was thinking i would still sneak in the 3 kuhli loache, but now i can add other fish, because of the lower temps i can now have. so anyone have any ideas? they need to be low priced, easy to care for, appealing to the eye. and i was now thinking about otocinclus catfish again, so anyone know if they will work? sorry about the inconvince i have deeply appreciated all the time and advice you have given me, and i hope to make anothe tank one day using the stocing advice mentioned already

 

[thereverendturtle]

Maybe your dad has the kuhlis confused with, clown or dojo loaches. Both of those can reach around a foot in length.
As for other fish now, I'd do something like this...

6-kuhli loaches
6-otos
12-harlequin rasboras or cardinal tetras
6-marble hatchetfish
1-pair of apistogrammas, your choice.

 

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all of them together?

 

[Blitz]

I think it's better off to just get either 6 kuhlis with the combination or 6 otos. I wouldn't get both.

 

[thereverendturtle]

Yes, all of them. Except for the apistos they are all very small, slender fish.

 

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so with the apistos wich ones could i get?

 

[thereverendturtle]

so with the apistos wich ones could i get?

Whatever your favorite is.

 

[Questions?]

ok thanks