3 yellow labs...

[JoBodude]

Ok my pH is about 7.6 ( i heard that is a good pH for Labs)

and i might be getting a new 20gl.

it will have some plants, but deffinetly rocks (lots)

i was wondering if i could get

1 male
2 female

yellow labs

Those are the only fish i am planning on getting in the tank

good?
bad?
ok?
should i choose convict cichleds instead?

thanks sooo much!

~JoBodude~

 

[sylvia]

I've been researching these fish recently and it looks like that would be fine. I was thinking about the exact same set-up but with a pH of 8.0 and a bristlenose plec as well Wait for someone else to agree though.

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

the pH is fine as long as it stays above 7.5, try getting more females though, maybe up to 4 of them.

the only thing i would like to know is the dimensions of the tank you are putting them in?
i have a group of 9 juvenile yellow labs in a tank thats 34"x12"x12", along with other fish and they get on well, although i'm going to be moving them into their own tank when they grow bigger.

 

[JoBodude]

I do not know the dimentions of the tank danit! lol
It is just a regular (rectangular) sized 20gl. tank

so 3-4 females
1 male?

rocks,corals,flower pots maybe

pH: 7.6

very good filtration

(can i keep cories in with them?)

 

[sylvia]

I don't think cories are a good idea. They'd probably get bullied.

 

[JoBodude]

any bottom feeders?

 

[sylvia]

Maybe some kind of synodontis catfish or a bristlenose plec.

 

[Ben]

corys might get bullied for the first week but then get left alone, the ls that i go to has a big school of bronzes in with a full grown male Yellow Lab. but maybe a bristlenose would work out better

other wise get 3 females to 1 male,which always works out best.

they like sand(as i believe and lots of rocks to hide and play in,they especialy like limestone,which also raises the Ph level.

HTH
DD

 

[freddyk]

A 20 gallon is barely room for the labs, there isn't much room for bottom feeders too, perhaps a couple of syno. petricola. I certainly would not do cories if you like them. Remember, adult labs will grow as large as 6", and you must account for volume lost due to rockscaping. A 20 gallon will work if you decorate sparsly, true, but it's hardly the ideal environment, and I certainly wouldn't put them in there. Just cause you could doesn't always mean you should.