New Fishes

[ikermalli]

naznin aunty is giving sumaiya her old 20 or 15 or something like that

[ikermalli]

Originally Posted by JustOneMore20

That would make a really nice shelldweller tank. They would need the tank dedicated to them though and prefer hard water and a high pH.

If you are looking for a community setup, I'd suggest:

1 school of 8-10 tetras/rasboras/pencilfish
6 Cories
2-3 Otos
1 Dwarf gourami or 2 Bolivian Rams

OKay I just looked at all those fish, and I love them I was thinking

8 Rasboras
6 Cories
3 Otos
1 Dwarf Gourami but I heard they usually have a lot of parasites so then I was thinking the bolivian ram

[kbjunior8]

why only 1 bolivian ram i think you should get 6 rasboras 6 cories and 2 bolivian ram. If you have that many fish would it be hard to feed them

[ikermalli]

No it won't I am going to use tropical fish staple flake food. Yeah 2 bolivian rams is what I meant

[ikermalli]

Alright I got the tank fully set-up

I have decided that in a week or two I will stock the tank with:
1 Fire Gourami
6 Clown Plecos (too much?)
3 Otos
8 Red Phantom Tetras

Here is the tank






Bio-Wheel 150 Filter

[Obsidian]

WOAH Do NOT put 6 clown plecos in there. One clown would be okay, but 6 is overkill big time.

Earlier you were looking at Cory cats. You CAN put in 6 of those and that would be recommended. JOM mentioned some nice cories. I have peppered cories and they are fun little guys. They are in a 20 ga tall like yours. I also really like my cherry barbs. Fun coloration and a nice fish to watch.

[ikermalli]

If I was to get any cories would 6 Pandas be okay?

I am now thinking:

1 Blue Powder Gourami
4 Black Skirt Tetras
6 Panda Cories

Will that be okay?

[JustOneMore20]

Pandas cories would be fine. You will want to add them atleast a couple weeks after the tank is cycled....so it may be a little while, but it will be worth it.

That stocking sounds great and you could even add a couple more tetras (they'd be happier).

[Sunaynire]

Tetras are happier and more fun to watch when they are in groups of at least five. Black skirts are an awesome choice though!

[ikermalli]

Alright, how does this sound

8 Black Skirt Tetras
1 powder blue gourami or 2 Bolivian Rams
6 Peppered Cories (in a month or two)

[oliesminis]

i like the idea but i think the rams would make a better choice as gouramis arent my favorate fish at the moment, had a lot of problems with them had to give one away it was so tempramental, had 1 die to a disease and 1 that killed everything else in the tank

[ikermalli]

whoa, I think I will get the rams then and I will wait three more weeks for my tank to cycle, I have an ammonia thing in my tank that tells me when my tank is safe, alert, alarm and toxic of ammonia, it went to alert then went down really fast was that my ammonia spike? I will stock my tank with this then:

5-6 Black Skirt Tetras
4-6 Peppered Cories (too much?)
2 Bolivian Rams (are they livebearers because I don't want any fry)

[Obsidian]

It will be best if you cycle with as few fish as possible. It is better for the fish and many of them do not do well through the cycle. Best is to fishless cycle but I know you have some skirts in there already

[ikermalli]

alright, I would have done a fishless cycle but I couldn't find any pure ammonia at my grocery store so I didn't and the guy at the fish store said the skirts are really tough

[Obsidian]

Yeah pure ammonia is hard to find! I couldn't find any around here. I used a shrimp c0cktail shrimp for mine. It works well!

[ikermalli]

.... I probably could've found that but now I have the tetras and no extra tanks...

[ikermalli]

Okay in three weeks this will be my final stocking:
6 Black Skirt Tetras
5 Cories
1 Bolivian Ram

Eventually I will add one more cory

For my decor I will have:

1 Piece of Driftwood
2 Plastic Plants
1 Java Fern
1 Small Patch of Java Moss (I hear it grows quite rapidly)