what should i get ?

[daniodude]

I wanna get a 20 gallon, but I can't decide

 

[NinjaSmurf]

I voted high, because while with a long you can fit more substrate and plants and whatnot, with a tall you have clearer definitions of the top, middle and bottom zones, instead of all of them seeming to run together. plus, depending on the lighting you have, fish who like it darker can chill at the bottom while the light loving fish can hang out closer to the top, and you that gives you a little more selection to work with. And tall tanks aren't as usual as longs. Besides, it leaves you more room in the house for more tanks...

 

[endparenthesis]

The hood would be smaller on the tall one, so that would be cheaper too.

Depends what you want to put in there. For all we know it could be 3 inches tall and 5 feet long and still work for you.

 

[CathyG]

If you can post ideas of the fish you fancy keeping it will make a difference!

 

[daniodude]

I'm thinking maybe bule rams or other cichlids

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Always long, never high in these cases. More surace area = more fish. High tanks are for high fish IMO, like angels and discus, wich are often more specialist.

 

[Guppylover]

Yes... longer is better... the more suface area you have the more fish you can get
Two Rams and some Cradinal sounds nice to me!

 

[daniodude]

cardinal

iight long sounds good 2 me

 

[MrMashashin]

definatly go long becuase it makes more swimming space for the fish

 

[daniodude]

what kind of fish are cardinals???
never heard of them(call me stupid if you please)

 

[Guppylover]

Cardinal Tetra

...They look very much like the neon tetra exept that the red on their belly covers the full of their belly instead of half. And they like softer water...

 

[daniodude]

o, thanx, I'll check them out online or sumthing

 

[drunkenmonkey]

long > tall. i've seen some tall 20gal tanks at a lps, and it didn't look like it would hold too many fish. long would provide more swimming area for fish because there is more surface area.

 

[clutterydrawer]

long. you dont wanna limit the amount of fish you can have by cutting down surface area

 

[Arfie]

One of each ,

Seriously though I think I'd go for a long, simply because there's more space for fish to swim in.

Arfie