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20 gallon

Thanks. Yes i had planned to use fish flakes everyday and blood worms every three days or so. What other fish might go well with the tiger barbs and red-tailed shark?? will having another bottom dweller such as a cory be a problem?

So i have just introduced fish into my new aquarium and I have a question regarding feeding my red-tailed shark. He is with 5 tiger barbs and being that he is a bottom dweller im curious how i should go about feeding him. The flakes i dropped in earlier were quickly gobbled up by the barbs. I...

So it would seem that we are a big fan of the semi-aggressive fish so we went out today and picked up 5 tiger barbs and a red tail shark. The barbs seem very nippy with one another which seems to me like the pecking order taking place. We have fish flakes to feed them everyday and frozen blood...

I have a 20 gallon tank with a gravel substrate and am looking for fish suggestions? Would like to possibly get one school of small community fish, 2 medium fish of any kind, a few bottom feeders eventually, and maybe even some sort of shrimp or something. ideally i would like a dwarf puffer...

I cannot say that I have. I am familiar with the nitrogen cycle but i have not yet purchased a test kit yet. I'm confused because the local pet stores say that after a week or so of cycling I should be fine to add fish. I have conditioned the water and added a bacteria supplement to the tank...

ok kat thanks for your help!

wow i guess i have a lot to learn. I just figured that once it came time to change the pad/filter/cartridge in my current filtration system that i would just replace that entire filtration system (quietflow power fltration) with the new one i bought (marineland penguin 150)

I believe its a standard wet filter. basically since i got the current one up and running i was just gonna keep that in with the fish i plan on getting and when the filter needs changing, swap out the filter entirely. would that be ok? and how long should a 20 gallon tank cycle for?

Hey all, bought a 20 gallon aquarium (all in one kit) so everything needed to get started was included. Only problem is like most all in one kits, the equipment is usually low end. So i decided to upgrade what i thought would be the most important, the filter. I bought a marineland penguin 150...

Ok i'll keep them in mind. Are there any shark specices that don't grow very large and are not aggresive towards community fish such as rainbow sharks that could possibly fit in my tank?

Hey everyone, I currently have a 20 gallon freshwater tank cycling for 3 days now and am interested in hearing peoples opinions as to what type of fish and how many will fit comfortably. Ive been to petsmart, petco, and a list of other small pet shops and it seems everyone has different advice...