appearently the tengara cats in my sig are gonna get too big so i wanna look for a small, active, non-hiding catfish besides cories. I'm sure there isn't but it's worth a try.
thanks for the help everyone!
thanks for the help everyone!
catfeesh
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Hrm, you do realize that that turquoise rainbow is a schooling fish and can grow to 4-5 inches, no? They really need to be in schools of 6 or more.
Roan
Roan
haha why am I not surprised? well granted I return the tengara cats I suppose i could add another turquoise. I can also get (that is, return the cats and the turquoise first) a pair of australian rainbows; I read that they are smaller and do well in pairs.
A 4-5" fish like a rainbow is too big for a 20 gallon tank. They need room to swim.ddayton21 said:
No, they need to be in schools, not pairs. Rainbows are schooling fish, not grouping fish. The only type of schooling fish I would put in a 20g would be 2" or under. Otherwise, they don't have enough room to swim.
Roan
I don't know if it matters, but it's a 20g long and isn't heavily decorated or planted, so there's a little more area for the fish to swim in. The one I have is about 3 in. right now and doesn't seem cramped.
Ultimately it's up to you.
You have one right now. He needs five more friends -- 2 in the very least. Three 5" fish plus the fish you already have is an awful lot for that little tank.
But, I reiterate, it's up to you.
Roan
You have one right now. He needs five more friends -- 2 in the very least. Three 5" fish plus the fish you already have is an awful lot for that little tank.
But, I reiterate, it's up to you.
Roan
I would just return the rainbows, and the catfish, and get something smaller like a tetra of somesort. Maybe some comlumbian tetras would do well. they are very pretty.
I agree;three 5-inch fish is overdoing it. There are some smaller species such as the dwarf neon rainbows that might be alright in a group of three. Haha... asked about catfish, ended up talking about rainbows but oh well it's all good info so thants a bunch roan. 
Well, I hate being pushy like that, but you can see by my sig that I'm big on rainbow fishddayton21 said:I agree;three 5-inch fish is overdoing it. There are some smaller species such as the dwarf neon rainbows that might be alright in a group of three. Haha... asked about catfish, ended up talking about rainbows but oh well it's all good info so thants a bunch roan.
Roan
haha don't worry about it. I'm just glad to find these things out so the fish don't suffer. And yes you are quite the enthusiast...how on earth did you get ahold of P. gertrudae? Oh and if you don't mind me tapping your rainbowfish vein; how much do you know about dwarf neon rainbows? fishbase.org says they grow to about 5cm but is that right?