Stocking List For A 20gal.

[maya]

Hey Everyone-- I have a 20 gallon new tank, finally cycled (yay!), and now just need fish to put in it.. Tell me what you think of this:

--5x neon tetras

--5x panda corys

--3x golden honey gourami


I think that might be 21 inches of fish-- oops..

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[celaeno]

looks ok to me. are you getting 2 female and 1 male honey gourami? i think that's the recommended sex ratio for most gouramis.

 

[funkycat]

looks good=)

 

[murphyk32]

yea all good just go wit 2 females and one male tho

 

[Darkerwhite2]

Looks good to me. I dont have alot of experience with any of these fish but from what i have learned and read this looks good.

Good luck with the tank !!

 

[Zincubus]

I would only have 1 or two corry catfish myself and a few more neons - or better still CARDINAL tetras

http/www.fitchfamily.com/Cardinals.jpg

 

[murphyk32]

id either keep it the same or atleast keep 3 corrys and then add a couple neons, bigger group the better, but basically there is no problem with your list, looks great!

Murph

 

[chrisn20]

Hi, I was in a similar situation to you and chose similar fish for my 96L tank, neons, cories, pair of rams or similar. I have been advised not to add either neons or cories to a recently cycled tank as both these types prefer a well matured set-up.
Not sure about the gouramies.

I suggest the danio or rasboro species as been very hardy and ideal first additions, very pretty and active and also small enough for a school in a 20 gallon. There are also some other small tetras that would be more hardy than neons/cardinals.

I went with galaxy rasbora x 6, and red phantom tetra x 5 for my first additions and they have all been very active so far, the red phantoms are schooling well and I am temped to forget the neons altogether and just add to their school.

Good luck whatever you decide.

 

[Darkerwhite2]

I went with galaxy rasbora x 6, and red phantom tetra x 5 for my first additions and they have all been very active so far, the red phantoms are schooling well and I am temped to forget the neons altogether and just add to their school.

Was this your first addition to your tank? they are in the 96L im guessing and was it a cycled tank. To me just seems like a pretty large initial bio load. I dont want to seem like im putting you and your practices down but im just curious to the situation.

Also if this is the first bio load for your tank how often are you changing water and do you have the proper water testing equipment ?

but yes i would agree with you about forgeting the neons and just adding to this school. They are beautiful fish!

 

[chrisn20]

Hi, the tank was fully cycled using the fishless cycling method. I did 80% water change the day before adding the fish as advised by others on the forum.

I test the water everyday. ammonia and nitrite both at zero and nitrate steady at about 20 ppg.
These readings have been constant now for the past 2 weeks. I followed the pinned cycling advise at the top of the beginner page and carried on adding ammonia every day until I added the fish.

The fish are all very tiny, the red phantoms being the largest at around 3/4 inch and the rasbora being about 1/2 inch.

Do you really think this was too much? I thought that after the fishless cycle the tank would be able to cope with a full bio-load which I haven't added yet.

Since adding the fish none of my test results have changed. I use the liquid tests which I have used from the beginning.

 

[paul_219]

Thats a good stocking also.

 

[Thomas 2507]

Add a few more Neons to the list - it won't do any harm to the stocking and they will be a lot happier.

 

[Darkerwhite2]

Hi, the tank was fully cycled using the fishless cycling method. I did 80% water change the day before adding the fish as advised by others on the forum.

I test the water everyday. ammonia and nitrite both at zero and nitrate steady at about 20 ppg.
These readings have been constant now for the past 2 weeks. I followed the pinned cycling advise at the top of the beginner page and carried on adding ammonia every day until I added the fish.

The fish are all very tiny, the red phantoms being the largest at around 3/4 inch and the rasbora being about 1/2 inch.

Do you really think this was too much? I thought that after the fishless cycle the tank would be able to cope with a full bio-load which I haven't added yet.

Since adding the fish none of my test results have changed. I use the liquid tests which I have used from the beginning.

If your reading are consistant and your doing your weekly maintnence then your probally ok now. Im not sure how much your fully cycled tank could have supported i guess it depends on the level of ammonia added while doing the cycling if im correct then wouldnt that determine the amount of BB in your filter and therefore the amount of bio load it would be able to process?

Well eitherway looks like you know what your doind and the best of luck to you!