Easy to care for, fast stockings for "smaller" tanks (5-29 gallons)-discussion thread

[msjinkzd]

The article can be found at the link below, please feel free to share your experiences in this thread.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97203

[mannamae]

Thank you for this post. It was the guideline I used to figure out what to stock in my 10g tank.
I was wondering though, my boyfriend made me buy three each of the filter media and told me that I would need to change all but the sponge (i have an aquaclear 30) monthly for the first three months. After doing a lot of research before i bought my fish i found that he is doing a lot of things incorrectly (for ex. two red tiger oscars in a 50g tank w/ three catfish) and was wondering if he is correct.

[irishspy]

One suggested change for the 10g section is to include a small school of panda cories: 4-6 should be fine, depending on stocking and filtration.

[Winterose]

Hey i had a question about this tank stocking i based it off of one of the stocking listings for the 20 long does it work or no?

Here was what based it off of:

Stocking 2
1 angelfish- a cichlids from South America. Grows to be around 6 inches long, and generally peacful with other fish except when breeding. Will eat neons and other tiny fish.
8 larger tetras- cannot stress that enough. Neons will be eaten.
4 corydoras
1 snail

And here was my idea:

2 angel fish
4 pigmy Corys or 4 Otos
6 Platys
1 snail

Does this listing work or no, i figured it might work the same way, what do you think?

[rocker92]

2 angels in a 20 long would be a bit too much IMO

[jm1212]

29 minimum for angels long-term. you can go smaller for grow-out, but a 20 long is too short.

[bigwave]

Stocking 4 (10 gallon)
1 dwarf gourami
3 platies- all male or all female unless fry are wanted
4 pygmy corydoras- stay very small, getting to around ¾ of an inch to an inch long. great for small tanks, but needs yo be kept in groups of 4 or more.
1 snailThis is almost exactly my stocking in the first tank I ever had.

I had no cories, and because I didn't know better I put 2 chinese algae eatters in the tank. They cleaned it in half an hour and started trying to kill the other fish, so they had to go back.

Eventually my cleanup crew was 2 amano shrimp, 1 clown pleco, which seemed perfect.

Also cool about this setup is I had 1 male, and 2 female platties, and one day I noticed the gouami had a HUGE belly. Well he had been eating platty fry all day long, but I did manage to save 1 last fry, and raise him to adulthood! Took me about half an hour to track down that pair of eyes that I kept seeing swimming around. Eventually I figured out he was hiding under a rock, between the gravel.

I think I was hooked from then on.

[excuzzzeme]

2 angels in a 20 long would be a bit too much IMO

I find that to be interesting as I stocked 2 angels in a 20 long for quite sometime with no issues including breeding. I also had housed them in a 20H at one point. I am curious as to your reasoning.


29 minimum for angels long-term. you can go smaller for grow-out, but a 20 long is too short.


see above

Please if you would esplain I would appreciate it.

[Chrisinator]

How much room do you have if you kept 1 angel fish in a 29 g?

[ChilDawg]

I would like to see 10+ H. formosa as an option for a 10...

[jpappy789]

I find that to be interesting as I stocked 2 angels in a 20 long for quite sometime with no issues including breeding. I also had housed them in a 20H at one point. I am curious as to your reasoning.




see above

Please if you would esplain I would appreciate it.
I think the height scares some people (20 longs are only 12" tall)...

I probably wouldn't go smaller than 30 gallons other than for breeding. I've seen angels breed regularly in 10 gallons...

[Doc7]

Hello - (first post!) - I have a 20 Tall with 3 zebra danios in it right now (fishy cycle underway). It is my first tank. I still have no nitrite levels (3+ weeks in, keeping ammonia ppm low with frequent gravel vac and water changes) so I have a while.

You have no 20-talls listed with zebra danios so I'm looking for a bit of advice. Would a dwarf gourami, 7 danios, and 6 pygmy cories be ok? I heard I might have trouble finding the pygmies in a store... I have an AquaClear 30 HOB running.

Here is a pic of my tank...I need to feel the substrate to see how sharp it is regarding the cories...are there changes I need to make to the plastic plants / decor for happy fish?
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2796/img0852q.jpg


Thank you...