Stock a 20 gallon tank

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

I need stocking ideas. I wanted fish with a lot of color and a lot of personality. I want a bright, active and colorful tank. Any ideas. I was thinking to start with neon/cardinal tetras.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Mollies, swordtails, guppies and tetras are a great combination that can be organized in so many colors! Mollies are white to black to yellow..etc.... guppies got lots of diffrent colored tails, swordtails can come in almost any color, i got a shiny scaled emrald color 1, and the tetras of course alll so come in great colors and the cardinal tetras are great

Also u can put in alot of these fish, might wana throw in a grouami.

sakura.seppun · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject:

I have a post just before yours asking the same question, 100 dollar budget, so make sure to check there too. So far I've heard the typical molly, swordtails, tetras, and guppies.

Male guppies have large tails and come in so many colors.
Mollys come in a lot of colors as well, my personal favorite are the ones with dalmation spots.
Swordtails are pretty but they get up to 4 inches.
Tetras actually come in more colors than I origianlly thought. My favorites are the runny nose tetras, silver with red head, and the bleeding heart tetras, glo lights are fun too.
Dwarf Gouramis only get to 2 inches, as compared to the regular 4, and come in some really awsome colors, the males can actually change color depending on mood.
Blue Crayfish, if you can find them, are very pretty and are funny to watch. I've watched them climb up on the filters then leap off in an attempt to grab a fish, never succeed though, they're to slow for a fish.
Rapheal catfish are pretty nice too...

hmm. theres a lot of fish out there, good luck though. I have the same plight.

Fish Addict · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:

dwarf cichlids

Aqueous · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject:

sakura.seppun · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject:

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

I am not too fond of swordtails so I'll cancell them off my list. Don't mollies need special water conditions? So they are on hold for now. I think I might add one or two male guppies and a male dwarf gourami. I love neon tetras, sparkling gourami and blue crayfish.

How big do the blue crayfish get?

So how would my bioload be if I added one dwarf gourami, a male guppy and two or three neon tetras?

Thanks for all your help!

sakura.seppun · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 1:38 am Post subject:

Blue Crayfish only get to about 5 inches, they run for around 17 dollars where I'm from.

So far, it sounds like you want exactly what I'm planning on getting.

Fish Addict · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 2:22 am Post subject:

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/cich-dwf.htm
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Aqueous · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject:

Personally, I think you could get away with a dwarf gourami, a male guppy with 2 females and around 5 neon tetras.

If you want go the cichlid route German Rams are pretty neat fish.

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

Wouldn't the crayfish hurt my fish or no?

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Every fish (included crays) has a mind of its own, it may or may not hurt ur other fish, i like the Dwarf gourami, guppies and tetra tank idea, sounds great

:o)rosie:o) · Member Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 157 Location: Aus

I'm pretty sure your crayfish would eat, or atempt to eat your other fish, is you were to buy one.

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

The Crayfish may have a mind of its own but it does have instincts also and thats to be carniverous and eat fish who knows you could get lucky but the porbability is so low its not worth it

Fish Addict · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

i wouldn't put crayfish

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

How about if I put it with my senegal bichir?

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

How about if I put the crayfish with my senegal bichir and then I add two platies to the other tank, will that work? I need a blue or white fish to complement my white substrate and blue and peach decor and back ground.

M_wm · Senior Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

Crayfish are mean little things dont bother adding one

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

AWWWW! The thing is that they look soo cool in a tank. Especially with my shell decorations and tank setup, they would look great!

sakura.seppun · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:14 am Post subject:

as the others here have stated, it might just be the individual personality, but mine are getting along with everything, I even have 2 newts.

I guess you'll just have to use discretion.