20 gallon community

The tank is a little bottom feeder heavy. The loaches and one of the pl*cos were already in the tank. When I moved I could only take two aquariums with me (a 55 gallon and this 20 gallon) so I moved my Amazon community (the other pl*co, the cory cats, and the 7 tetras) in to the 20, and just left the yo-yos and other pl*c. It's seemed to work out well, as the loaches have their own cave, I never see the pl*cos until it's night time, and the corys swim all over the bottom of the tank during the day.

The tetras are just hungry cucumbers that hang around and wait to get fed.

My only worry is the pl*cos. I'm not exactly sure what kind they are, so I'm hoping they don't get to big. I've had them for a while, and they don't seem to grow. So maybe they are secretly smokers and stunted their growth or something. I know they're not common pl*cos, and their not bristlenose (I don't think). So, we'll see what happens there.

What was this thread about? Oh yeah, my rams. So then, I think I've heard two "no problem" and one "max out the bio-load."

Anyone else?
 
I hope that you didn't count mine as a max out the biofiltration...I ask questions like that, expecting to get a "yes" answer, but I am sometimes pleasantly surprised by expert aquarists refuting my claims and explaining why...so, if one of them chimes in, and says that rams would be a good addition--take THEIR advice...believe me, I will, too!

(Remember that I am a theoretical aquarist with the exception of one particular tank combo, so I only have reading to guide me in this case.)
 
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