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Unvmyplecos
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 |  Subject: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:54 am | |
| i have a twenty high and want to stock it but i dont want any more minnows or crayfish and i want some nice lookin fish. what about tetras? anyone got ideas? it will be a mid-highly plastic planted so it will have plenty of hiding spots. | |
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saint_felony
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:05 am | |
| Hopefully a slightly smaller sig too, that's gigantic.  For a 20H and pretty, you could get a few blood/regular parrots. Optionally A few angels could work too. Do you want one fish or a school? | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:32 am | |
| school prefarily but a solitary fish would be ok but it would have to be one beutiful fishy | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:24 am | |
| I am partial to Harlequin Rasboras...They school well and look very nice in a planted tank (or non-planted for that matter). For tetras I would have to say rummynose are very nice also. In a 20 you could get a school of each. | |
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Mike D
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:28 pm | |
| B. rams will work but if you dont want to go with cichlids Congo tetras are cool. | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:53 pm | |
| okay ill look into it guys. thanks so much | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:39 pm | |
| Let us know what you end up with for fish. | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:01 pm | |
| wilco! i just wanna know how many tetras i can safely stock into it =( | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:53 pm | |
| What kind of tetras? and will there be any other fish (bottom feeders...etc...) | |
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Silver Dollar Dude
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:00 pm | |
| Rams, Parrot cichlids, angelfish, convicts, black skirt tetras, and corys would be ok. | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:02 pm | |
| i would like glow lights or embers. but any kind would do. except for ember because they look like the spicy cheetos to me | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:19 pm | |
| - Unvmyplecos wrote:
- i would like glow lights or embers. but any kind would do. except for ember because they look like the spicy cheetos to me
Huh? You want embers but not embers? | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:22 pm | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:31 pm | |
| Glowlights I would say 10 to 12 or Embers probably 14 to 16 depending on what else was going in the tank with them. | |
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mahemaheman85
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:12 pm | |
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Unvmyplecos
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:13 am | |
| ok ill revise this a little more. i want: 1 snail, and as many neons can humanely fit in there | |
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Mike D
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:45 am | |
| I have a bunch of pond snails if you want some  | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:10 pm | |
| What kind of snail? You talking about a brig or something smaller? | |
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Mostlycichlids
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:00 pm | |
| I would go with cardinals instead of neons....and you could get about 20 to 30 of them in a 20g high! | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:05 pm | |
| A 20gal high has the same footprint as a 15gal. I wouldn't recommend more than 15 and I would also say to go with the cardinals over the neons. If you are thinking of getting a brig for a snail they can get very big and will add quite a bit to the bioload of your tank. A single brig and 12 cardinal tetras should max out a 20 high. If you are going with a smaller type of snail you could probably just add it in with the 15 cardinals without a problem. | |
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Mostlycichlids
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:19 pm | |
| Well I mentioned 20-30 because you will likely end up with only about 15-20 after a week or two.....In my experience a few will die due to acclimation and being weak....but that is my experience. | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:13 pm | |
| I like to aim low at first in a new setup. If I find the nitrates are lower than anticipated or there is a die off due to weak genetics I can always add more. It is harder to take fish out. Unless in this case if you have an Oscar who likes live food then it is easy to cut back on the stock...  | |
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Mostlycichlids
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| | Subject: Re: 20 High stock. any suggestions? Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:19 am | |
| True, that is the greatness to different opinions...In my case I can get rid of just about anything small...lol...lol! | |
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