20 Gallon Long Or High

[loveforfhishies]

i just bought a new tank set up tonight. i have my big 55 gallon hex tank for my community fish and im really getting into the aquarium hobby so i picked up a new 20 gallon tank and filter so far, ( still need heater and hood ) but i got the long tank not the tall one.

what kinda fish would be best for this tank, i kinda want it to look more ocean like so right now i have Estee's ultra reef marine sand in it.

im gona get some fake coral and ocean looking stuff in there.

now i need some fish that will get along but look ocean like. i was thinkin about a kenny and some african cichlids.

how should i set my tank up?

oh and i was thinkin about getting a few of thouse freshwater mini crabs to walk around on the sand at the bottom to make it look like the reef

 

[nukeonekitty]

The only aftrican cichlid you could keep in that small of a tank are kribs. You can pretty much put any not tall fish in the tank (so no angels).

 

[loveforfhishies]

yeh but i mean would an krib cichlid and a kenny get along. cuz i know cichlids and kennys are agressive fish.

 

[xoedusk]

Sounds like a nice tank idea.

One concern - does the ultra marine sand have stuff in it that may harm freshwater inhabitants?

Shrimp might look ocean-like.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Sounds like a nice tank idea.

One concern - does the ultra marine sand have stuff in it that may harm freshwater inhabitants?

Shrimp might look ocean-like.

Yeah be careful using marine sand...... you might find the ph of your water shooting up

 

[loveforfhishies]

yeh i was wondering the same and asked my fish store and they said it was fine. but ill know if i start to see any problems.

 

[nukeonekitty]

Kribs aren't aggressive. They are a wonderful community fish.

 

[loveforfhishies]

really?

so i can put my african cichlid kribs in with my danios and neons and guppy's