Paradise Fish Tank Mates

[LeopardPerch]

I have spare 20 gallon tank with some sand in it and I want to put a paradise fish in it without a heater
what would be a few good tank mates?
I don't want live plants but I don't want plecos
I love bottom level fish

Thank you!

 

[ZephyrStarPlaties]

I have spare 20 gallon tank with some sand in it and I want to put a paradise fish in it without a heater
what would be a few good tank mates?
I don't want live plants but I don't want plecos
I love bottom level fish

Thank you!

They're carnivorous and will eat most fish smaller than them, and most tankmates for 20 gallons are on the small side. You can realistically only keep one in it's own tank.

And why no heater? They're tropical fish and would do much better with one.

 

[LongS]

They aren't cold water fish as such, they are sub tropical i believe although never kept them. I have experience with White cloud mountain minnows and they do very well at similar temperatures. However if the above poster says they get quite large and eat small fish then i'm not so sure, i honestly didn't think they would get big enough to eat other fish.

How about some robust barbs? Cherry and golden barbs do well at sub tropical temps, or some danios?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I have spare 20 gallon tank with some sand in it and I want to put a paradise fish in it without a heater
what would be a few good tank mates?
I don't want live plants but I don't want plecos
I love bottom level fish

Thank you!

They're carnivorous and will eat most fish smaller than them, and most tankmates for 20 gallons are on the small side. You can realistically only keep one in it's own tank.

And why no heater? They're tropical fish and would do much better with one.

Pseudosphromenus dayi (Brown Spike-tailed Paradise Fish) is a more tropical species that needs 21C minimum, but the common Paradise Fish (Macropodus opercularis) is sub-tropical and it will do the fish a lot of good to be in a heaterless tank.

What dimensions does this 20g have?

 

[LeopardPerch]

I might just make it a catfish tank as I really do want some medium catfish.
but thank you any way


P.S. i was going for a regular pardise at the time because my lfs just got like 50 of them last tuesday but I was going to wait.