Suggestions for cold water tank please

[alnat]

I've got a 20 gallon cold water tank. Temp is usually pretty static, around 22C/72F.

At the moment I've got 5 WCM Minnow, 3 Zebra Danio (plus one baby just big enough not to get munched) and 3 Butterfly Plec/Hillstream Loach or whatever name you like to use.

Will my tank take anything else and if so, any suggetions?

 

[dwarf-puffers]

octopus

 

[OohFeeshy]

Not much else, I'd say 3 more danios to make a decent school.

 

[alnat]

The Danios are the ones I like least!

Was wondering if there was any other sort of fish would be happy in the tank.

 

[nc_nutcase]

a heater maybe....



Baaaaaaaad joke... just teasin..............

 

[OohFeeshy]

Well, TBH, theres not much else you can put in it. Goldfish are out, you could only have one anyway but with your current stocking you can't have one.

 

[alnat]

My brother keeps trying to give me a heater......

Maybe I'll have to give in and take it. Just wanted to be different and have a cold tank, now I'm realising why not many have them, they're too boring!

 

[vantgE]

you could get about ten more of what you have make some larger schools, Maybe add a firebelly newt if you have places out of the watter for it

 

[alnat]

Will probably go with some variations on the Danios. See if I can find some long fin or leopard ones.

 

[alnat]

Cheers for the advice everyone.

 

[MegTheFish]

Even if you don't like the danios, I would add atleast 3 more to thier school, they'd love if you did that!

 

[yvez9]

those fish are cool, WTH are you saying when you say they're boring ???

seriously, I'd love to keep a coldwater tank with smaller fish like minnows, maybe a perch or something, or even sunfish, though a 20 gallon is too small

get more minnows, maybe some rosey reds or something like that! some cories like cooler water, depends on the temp it's at right now

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Lol, coldwater tanks aren't boring, you just have to pick the right inhabitants...

 

[Inchworm]

Not all corys can live in a tank with cooler temperatures. At 72 degrees, C. paleatus and C. aeneus, (the peppered and bronze corys) will do just fine. You would need to get at least 3 of them because they are schooling fish.

 

[alnat]

Thanks, advice taken, been and got some new fish today. Decided to stick with what I know and gone for more of the same.

Two more minnows to make a nice little shoal. A lovely female Danio, looks like a pearl/leopard cross and is also a long fin. Not at all boring. And another Butterfly Plec, instant lurve match with one of my others. They've been together all afternoon, fins all a flutter.

Forget TV tonight, I'll be sitting watching my tank.