My 20 Gallon Tank And A Couple Of Its Tenants...

[paprwrk]

Well, it's been a while but, unfortunately, the tank has taken a turn for the worse. The twig cat got stuck in the short grass and died and the tank is down to its last few red phantoms (and one glowlight). I'll be transferring those guys to another tank and will refurbish this one. I just got some new driftwood and I don't think I'll keep such dense 'vegetation' - I'm still not confident enough to go real with my plants.

 

[hellohefalump]

I'm sorry to hear things aren't good. Do you have a filter and is it mature (how long's it been running for?).

I actually quite liked the look of the tank - including the low light. I think it looked 'moody'.

 

[gregswimm]

Sorry about the dark pic. I'm still figuring out how to get good shots of the tank without using my flash...

My community consists of:

5 Red Phantom tetras
3 Glowlight tetras
3 Bronze corydoras
3 Otocinclus
1 Hisonotus (sold to me as an Oto)
1 Twig catfish
4-5 Ghost shrimp

My plants are all sliks and plastics, I think it'll be a while before I attempt any live plants.

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Here's one of my Otos...

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...and my Farlowella (twig cat)

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dude, thats one wicked tank! Have you thought about putting a black fluorescent light on it?