German Blue Ram As A Centerpiece

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PicklesTheBirdy

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So I have a 20 gallon high aquarium and I am thinking of doing a single German blue ram as a centerpiece with a small school of black phantom tetras and something for the bottom of course :) What do you think I should stock it with? I want some naturally colorful fish with activity at all levels...
 
blue rams will hang out on the bottom and don't get very big, about 2inches.
Get a pair of them and have a cave with the entrance facing the front. Then the fish can breed and you can see the eggs and fry being cared for by the adults. That makes a nice centre piece, mum, dad & babies.
 
you can still have a community tank with a pair of rams. Have a school of black phantoms, a pr of rams, a group of pygmy corys and a couple of small algae eating catfish.
 
Ok is this stocking good?
~1 Female German Blue Ram
~7 Black Phantom Tetras
~1 Bristlenose Pleco OR 3-4 Peppered Corydoras Or 3-4 Dwarf Corydoras
~3 Pencilfish
 
everything but the bristlenose sounds good. B/nose aren't big fish but they make a lot of mess.
dwarf corys would be a better choice than peppered but peppered would be alright as long as you keep and eye on water quality.
 
Ok how about this?
~1 German Blue Ram
~7-8 Black Phantom Tetras (I have 3 currently but they are the only fish in the tank)
~3-4 khuli loaches
~5 pencilfish or 3 male guppies (could I reduce the pencilfish numbers? I don't want to overstock my tank...)

Get rummy noses, and a betta! and the ram of course. cuple of corys.

I already got the phantoms though...and rummy noses aren't very hardy :blush: And I dunno about the betta's long fins, won't the phantoms tear him apart?
 

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