what fish should i get (20 gallon tall)

[fish boi]

Cories need sand too, though very fine gravel can "work" but not in the best interest of the cories.

ok anything that does not need a sand substrate

 

[SeanTrollope]

guys i feel this thread is going off topic.

what is it that you want in your tank. what do you like. why dont you want a substrate.

 

[Byron]

ok anything that does not need a sand substrate

Not really. Most substrate fish like sand, or need it, whichever. I thought there was mention previously of changing to play sand...may be thinking of another thread.

 

[fish boi]

Not really. Most substrate fish like sand, or need it, whichever. I thought there was mention previously of changing to play sand...may be thinking of another thread.

what about shrimp

 

[Essjay]

Red cherry shrimps could work, they are the easiest shrimps. I have some in my 180 litre tank with Trigonostigma espei, Daisy's rice fish and peacock gudgeons. There are always juvenile shrimps in the tank and they steal food from under the nose of my largest male gudgeon. The rasboras ignore them.
But I have lots of wood with plants attached, and hornwort and water sprite on the surface so lots of hiding places for shrimps.

 

[fish boi]

Red cherry shrimps could work, they are the easiest shrimps. I have some in my 180 litre tank with Trigonostigma espei, Daisy's rice fish and peacock gudgeons. There are always juvenile shrimps in the tank and they steal food from under the nose of my largest male gudgeon. The rasboras ignore them.
But I have lots of wood with plants attached, and hornwort and water sprite on the surface so lots of hiding places for shrimps.

what about amano or ghost shrimp

 

[fish boi]

so my current stocking is 8 neon 8 harlequin rasboras and 2 flame honey gouramis

 

[fish boi]

Red cherry shrimps could work, they are the easiest shrimps. I have some in my 180 litre tank with Trigonostigma espei, Daisy's rice fish and peacock gudgeons. There are always juvenile shrimps in the tank and they steal food from under the nose of my largest male gudgeon. The rasboras ignore them.
But I have lots of wood with plants attached, and hornwort and water sprite on the surface so lots of hiding places for shrimps.

what if i order my fish? it would be cheaper

 

[Karen_2656]

what if i order my fish? it would be cheaper

Yes it would be cheaper, but i once bought a betta to go in a tank on its own and it died in the bag, before it even arrived! Another time I bought 10 corydoras and they all died the day after! If you did you'd just have to be lucky for them to survive!


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[NickAu]

Zebra danios are very fast swimming fish and those people who have them in 4 ft tanks say they can cross the tank in less than a second. At 24 inches long, your tank is too short for them, I'm afraid.

I agree.
They can also cross the 6 foot in a second I have some in a six foot tank and sometimes wonder if its too short for them.

Great little fish otherwise, that is if you discount the fact that mine try to pull the hair on my arm out when I put it in the tank. Every time I put my arm in the tank its pick pick at the hairs.

 

[fish boi]

Red cherry shrimps could work, they are the easiest shrimps. I have some in my 180 litre tank with Trigonostigma espei, Daisy's rice fish and peacock gudgeons. There are always juvenile shrimps in the tank and they steal food from under the nose of my largest male gudgeon. The rasboras ignore them.
But I have lots of wood with plants attached, and hornwort and water sprite on the surface so lots of hiding places for shrimps.

what about white cloud mountain minnows or Glow Light Tetra instead of harlequin rabora

 

[Byron]

what about white cloud mountain minnows or Glow Light Tetra instead of harlequin rabora

Glowlight tetra tend to remain in the same water level as neons do, whereas the rasbora prefer it mid-tank. So neons and rasbora would spread the fish out more than neons and glowlights. Where a species prefers to stay in an aquarium is an important consideration or you can end up with all the fish in one space and the rest looking empty. Generally, tetras do not prefer the upper levels but prefer the lower half of a tank because they like it down away from the overhead light, among plants and wood and leaves (in their habitats).

The white clouds are cooler water fish, room temperature suits them better than heat.

 

[Karen_2656]

Congo tetras are a nice fish, you would need a school of 6-8 of them though, 8-10 preferably!

That's what they are like!


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[Byron]

This is only a 20g tank though, much too small for Congos unfortunately. They are indeed a lovely fish, I have a shoal in my 90g.

 

[Karen_2656]

This is only a 20g tank though, much too small for Congos unfortunately. They are indeed a lovely fish, I have a shoal in my 90g.

Oh my bad, in my 80g they live happily! So beautiful arnt they. I don't understand how they just swim around for hours and don't get tired -never saw a fish more active then them- Thanks for correcting me Byron


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