s0mthinG
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I've been keeping tropical fish for a few months now (almost a year if you count my late rescue betta Snowcone). I currently only have a heavily planted 10 gallon freshwater tank with 6 Ruby Tetras, 3 Otos, a Mystery Snail and some Neocardinia shrimp. This tank is going well and I am just reestablishing my bio filtration after curing some mouth fungus with EM erythromycin.
Now on to the real question, I have a 20 gallon long that I plan to set up after I move in December and am excited to stock it well and for the first time do everything the "right" way with established filter media, fully cycled without fish, ect, ect. I want to stock with my centerpiece being Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbowfish. I've just been thinking about how to effectively fill out the rest of the tank and how many of what to put in.
Here's what I have so far.
12x Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil Luminatus)
3x Freshwater Pom Pom crabs
?x Oto / Cory /Khuli Loaches
2x (a pair of some slightly larger blue colored fish that are peaceful enough not to go after the smaller Rainbowfish and less likely to eat fry that may pop in from the rainbows)
?x Some sort of snails (I've only kept pond snails and Mystery Snails but I'm open to and leaning towards other species)
I want the blue fish to offset the school of bright red fish with blue accents I just don't know what would be a good idea. I originally thought gouramis would be good but I've heard about them being a bit difficult to keep and prone to diseases. A friend and fellow fish keeper suggested rams but I would prefer the shape of something like a gourami. Potentially somekind of cichlids maybe?
The plan for filtration is either the Fluval 207 canister filter, or an aqua clear 50 HOB. I'd also have it heavily planted in a low tech setup like my 10 gallon.
Any insight would be fantastic.
Edit: I've also been fascinated I black ghost knife fish but know they grow too large to keep in a 20, I wouldn't be opposed to trading out the pair of medium sized blue fish for something similar to the black ghost knife. Thanks
Now on to the real question, I have a 20 gallon long that I plan to set up after I move in December and am excited to stock it well and for the first time do everything the "right" way with established filter media, fully cycled without fish, ect, ect. I want to stock with my centerpiece being Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbowfish. I've just been thinking about how to effectively fill out the rest of the tank and how many of what to put in.
Here's what I have so far.
12x Red Neon Blue Eye Rainbowfish (Pseudomugil Luminatus)
3x Freshwater Pom Pom crabs
?x Oto / Cory /Khuli Loaches
2x (a pair of some slightly larger blue colored fish that are peaceful enough not to go after the smaller Rainbowfish and less likely to eat fry that may pop in from the rainbows)
?x Some sort of snails (I've only kept pond snails and Mystery Snails but I'm open to and leaning towards other species)
I want the blue fish to offset the school of bright red fish with blue accents I just don't know what would be a good idea. I originally thought gouramis would be good but I've heard about them being a bit difficult to keep and prone to diseases. A friend and fellow fish keeper suggested rams but I would prefer the shape of something like a gourami. Potentially somekind of cichlids maybe?
The plan for filtration is either the Fluval 207 canister filter, or an aqua clear 50 HOB. I'd also have it heavily planted in a low tech setup like my 10 gallon.
Any insight would be fantastic.
Edit: I've also been fascinated I black ghost knife fish but know they grow too large to keep in a 20, I wouldn't be opposed to trading out the pair of medium sized blue fish for something similar to the black ghost knife. Thanks
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