I'd like to set up a little community tank. I plan to get it cycling sometime this week and while that whole process happens I'm researching and thinking about who all I'd like to have in there. The tank will have a lid, driftwood and live plants with sand substrate.
My initial thoughts atm...
Hello, I'm thinking of getting my first aquarium and want to do it right, I only have room for a 20 gallon unfortunately. I was thinking for the stocking I could get a group of Peacock Gudgeons, a group of American Flagfish, and maybe a bigger center piece fish by itself. What do people think...
Help! I just set up a tank less than a week ago with 5 female mollies. I’m new to this but it’s important to me that my fish are happy and healthy. One of my mollies seems off. She doesn’t swim around and stays in the top corner near the heater. My other 4 mollies seem fine and swim around. At...
Hi guys! I'm new to this site. I have a 20gal (high) tank with pool filter sand and mopani wood. My current plan:
- 2x m/f Dwarf Gourami (orange coloring)
- 8x pygmy corycats
- cherry or amano shrimp colony
What school would complement the Dwarf Gourami and light substrate the best? (options...
My nicest looking large female shrimp. I do have others with similar or better coloring, but they tend to be smaller. She was born in my tank going on two years ago. Most of my large shrimp died when I had a tank crash. She is currently my largest red cherry shrimp as well. I only just recently...
Howdy everyone!
So I am cycling a 20g tank so that i could move my 5 shortfin mollies (1:4 male and female ratio)
Would it be a dumb idea to get a couple more smaller fish like endlers in the new tank? Or crabs?
The water parameters for the current 10G molly tank is
pH 8.2
KH 130
GH 230 ish
No...
Hey guys. Wanted to ask a few questions about my new planted tank. It's a ten gallon tank with a water sprite, amazon sword, baby tears, and three java ferns. I got the first two a couple days ago and the java and tears today. I got them both off Aquarium Coop. My first question was what are...
long story short - I was wondering if you guys could help. I have a new tank with fish they were doing fine I then test for ammonia yesterday. The ammonia was high, come to find out it was rocks that we separated and separately test and each had ammonia. I did a water change last night the ph...
So, I am setting up a 20 gallon tank for a figure 8 puffer, and I know they need increasingly brackish water as they get older.
The puffer will be an adoptee from Petco, someone surrendered about a half dozen to the store. Right now they are all together in about a 10 gallon tank (showing...
So I have a 20G high tank and I think I want some gouramins or ram. I want fun active fish and looking for stocking advice. I do have hard water with a ph Around 7.6. I also have a single dalmatian Molly I plan on moving into the tank as well.
Side note: I have a 10G long with 4 Cory catfish (I...
Hey everyone! I now have an empty, cycled 20-gallon long (30" x 12" x 12") and I'm trying to decide what to do with it (the fish nerd in me is elated). As my title implies, I'm really interested in keeping pufferfish. Due to the size of the tank, feeding ease, compatibility, and my lack of...
Hi all,
I will be upgrading my current 10 gallon which houses only a male Betta to a new 105 litre/ 23 gallon tank. I'd like to get some great, active schooling fish and I'm not sure which would work best.
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
I just posted about my 55 gallon, so may as well ask about my 20 long. I'm not as concerned about this tank as it's currently being used as a backup/quarantine tank, but it would be nice to have it looking good. Any advice? Preferably beginner friendly advice
Plants: Java moss, java fern...
So I upgraded to a 20 gallon tall as my 15 column wasn’t ideal for my fish. I have 2 honey gourami, 4 guppies, 2 otocinclus, and 4 golden white clouds, as well as 2 snails. I know the wc’s aren’t ideal I wasn’t aware when I purchased. My snails have laid eggs and I’ve only seen one baby snail so...
I've been doing my research for a 75 liter tank for a betta and some shrimp. I have experience in keeping pond fish however completely new to a planted tank. My main concern is making sure everyone in the tank has enough space and hiding places . I ideally would like to have a betta, shrimp, a...
Hi! I’m new here and to the hobby and have had many questions but been too shy to post in my local fb group. Ive been running a 5gal for the past 3 months and I want to upgrade to 20gal. Currently I have 5 espei rasboras, 4 Pygmy cories, and maybe 4 rcs (usually hiding).
my mom complains that my...
Hey guys, I've just bought a 100L/ 20 gallon tank and I'm waiting to pick it up at the moment. Very excited! It comes with 2 internal filters (both Aquael 700) and a heater which is great.
I was looking into keeping some honey gouramis, platies, neon tetras and maybe some leopard cory's? Nice...
Tank is 20 gallon
1 dwarf gourami
2 mystery snails
6 neon tetras
1 female guppy
1 female platy (added two days ago)
The last water change was the day before I got the platy, and water conditions matched the store conditions.
The platy has seemed a little on edge since added, but not darting...
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Do any of you know when the next Dollar a Gallon sale is? My sibling and I are getting some leopard geckos, and I am waiting to get the 20 gallon long tank. I would rather pay $20 than $40:)
Hi, I have been doing research on fish for many years and have kept freshwater tanks for ever. This is my first time setting up a tropical tank and I’m struggling to find small ‘feature fish’ for my 20 gallon high.
Just a note: I’m definitely going to keep some guppies, neon tetras and...
If anyone can read about our situation and give advice we would be so grateful! We are new to the aquarium world, but our problem has stumped even the girl at the fish room who seems to know everything.
We have a 20 gallon tank and 2 weeks ago we put in it a Red Spotted Severum (3 or 4 inches...
I currently have a 20 gallon tank pertaining:
2 Angelfish
1 Dwarf Gourami
1 Dalmatian Molly
Is my tank overstocked? Would I be able to add any other fish, and would I be able to add an algae eater?
Thanks,
MyFishKaren
Hi all,
I have a 20 gal long tank and a sun sun 602b filter. An essential piece to the filter broke so i had to order a new filter. I have to wait probably a week. I just want to be sure that my fish will be ok for that long. I put a sponge filter in for now and threw all the sponges and...
Hello! im fairly new too the hobby, i own a betta. i have one 20 gallon tank and i really like blood parrot cichlids, could i house one BP in a 20 gallon long? because i know they can grow up to 8 inches and thats how big fancy goldfish can grown, and they're minimum is 20 gallons, If not thats...
This morning I woke up and checked on my fish, I have a chinese algae eater in a 20 gal well circulated tank, with 2 tin foil barb, a paradise gourami and a tiger barb, he has always been shy and moves quick when other fish come near, but when I just checked on him I thought he was dead but when...
Recently got into fish keeping after many years since i was a child, i have set up a 20 gallon semi-aggressive community tank. So far i have 2 japanese algae shrimp, 1 Ghost shrimp, the 3 tiger barbs which are the fish that i am worried about due to lack of color and what seems like rapid...
My 1 year old male guppy has a weird lump in his tail. It is pretty big. He doesn't act like it's affecting him at all. He has had the same tank set up for 2 years it's a 20 gallon. They eat a variety of froazen brine shrimp, brine shrimp dry, algae flakes, and fish flakes.
Any ideas to what...
Hi, I am very new to this hobby, and I'm going to get a 20 gallon long soon, and I need stocking ideas. 2 fish that I would like to keep are a dwarf gourami, and neon tetras. What are some other fish that will get along with them and not overload my filter (I plan on over filtrating).
Thanks!
I've had my fish for just a little over a week now. Unfortunately, it wasn't until after I got them and the tank that I learned a 1.5 gallon tank was much too small. I'm looking to upgrade to a 20 gallon as soon as I have the money and can clear out the space. I've been looking around on the...
I have one 18" fluorescent bulb on the tank right now. I would like my tank to have moderate lighting. I am thinking of either buying a dual fluorescent fixture or a LED fixture. Which would be the better choice? The tank is a 20 tall, so the lights would be about 17" from the substrate.
For...
Tank Size - 20 Gal High
Filter - Tetra Whisper 40
Heater - I forgot the name but it is a pretty good one for the tank
Thermometer - 77 degrees
Air Stone - 1
Sand Substrate
Using API Master Tet Kit for water testing
Hey guys, I'm currently doing a fishy cycle (2 and a half weeks in) with 10...
Hi!
I just joined this fun forum. I am not a complete new person to fish as I have worked with fish a lot in my life. However I wouldn't call myself a professional. Anyways, I am excited to get back into the hobby at my new place.
I am working on trying to get a 20 gallon tank (the one I...
hey guys at long last i have some to the end of deciding the stocking for my new 20 gallon i was thinking (dangerous i know)
6 julli corydoras
6 hatchetfish
9 neon tetra
3 apistogramma trifasciata (1 male 2 females)
my thinking was that the hatchetfish rarely leave top levels neons and dwarf...
My first tropical fish 20 gallon tank and has been running for a week. I am an amateur that has done a lot of research but can't find solutions to the following problems:
Just added 4 zebra danios and 2 panda cory's
Now for the questions:
1. I have gravel. Researched that it can damage the...
hey guys doing a 20 gallon soon and looking for a mid to bottom dwelling fish thats a bit more unusual so no neon tetra or cherry barbs can adjust ph and temperature to suit ty for any advice no aggresive fish please e.g angelfish tiger barbs
hello,
so i have a 20 gallon fish tank with corydoras, black skirt tetras a dwarf gourami and platies, and it is fairly new only had it for about 3 months but do water changes 25-50% every weekend with conditioner and a week ago i noticed no matter how many times i changed a bit of the water...
I am getting a 20 gallon tank tomorrow. I am planning on the fish I would stock it with and how I would cycle it?
My current plan for fish is:
2 Dwarf Gourami's
3 Guppies
4 Albino Cory Catfish
5 Silver Hatchet fish
I ran this through aqadvisor.com and it sad 99% stocking capacity.
I was...
Tank:
"Simple and Clean"
Size:
20 Gallons ~ Long
30 Inches Long x 13 Inches High x 13 Inches Deep
Filter:
ALEAS Power Filter 30 Gallons
Heater:
Top Fin Submersible 100W Heater
Pump:
Aqueon Circulation Pump 500
Light:
Single Clamp Lamp
Bulb ~ 5000k 23W
Fauna:
Farlowella x1
Red Wag Platy x 1...
Looking for some feedback on a potential 20 gal. long project. Here's what I'm thinking:
panda cory x6
cardinal tetra x6
dwarf gourami x2
other specs: live plants, sand substrate, driftwood, tetra whisper EX20 filter.
Open to subtractions, additions, or alternatives.
Thanks!