20 gallon community tank

I have a betta in a 10 gallon with 2 corys and 6 neons -- They are all fine - Every once in awhile the betta chases the corys but they all do well. Although I'd like more in that tank, I think its enough (and heavily planted) for a 10 gallon. What you mentioned might fill my 20 gallon! Careful -- if you overstocka nd too quickly you'll lose yor betta.
 
Then it did not seem to take a long moment for the guppies to end up victimized by bettas. As far as the tetras you mentioned, what were the others as indicated by "etc"? From all the tetras you mentioned, only the neons have few records of nipping bettas though rarely does it really occur unless if cramped for space whereas the others I have yet to hear from a single person that they do really nip.
 
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How should I "stock slowly?" Please elaborate and include details on what fish and when.

I will also buy a Whisper 40 Power Filter so I don't think bioload will hurt any fishes and I also have a large chunk of driftwood so the otos and BN can eat at it. The tank will be as heavily planted as my money allows.
 
DAVIDFBT said:
How should I "stock slowly?" Please elaborate and include details on what fish and when.

I will also buy a Whisper 40 Power Filter so I don't think bioload will hurt any fishes and I also have a large chunk of driftwood so the otos and BN can eat at it. The tank will be as heavily planted as my money allows.
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Buy 3-4 fish per week.
 
I saw a 30" x 12" hood on Ebay for $9.99 plus shipping and handling. The lights are incandesent but I would rather have lights I can find anywere that last about 4 months (With regular incandesent) than have a $30 hood with expensive lights that burn out after 2-3 years.
 
those incandescent lights are going to look like crap, get a couple of daylight CF bulbs and it'll look great.
 
The sockets are for incandesent bulbs but I will put in 2 flourescent bulbs that will give me a white light and last me longer.
 
those are the daylight cf bulbs i was talking about. i use cf to indicate compact flourescent(the screw in ones) and pc to indicate power compacts.
 
Uh-Oh. I just figured out a potential problem. What if my neons or cherry shrimp or otos breed? I don't want to have to take care of hundreds of fish! Would the fish in there eat their own eggs or some fishes' other eggs?
 
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