Anyone have some stocking ideas for a twenty gallon tank?
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I'd stick with the Dwarf Gouramis, esp if it is your folks who are paying for the tank. I also like the Kuhlie loach idea as the bottom dweller. Why not 4 or 5 checker barbs, a really awesome fish, very hardy, subtle but distinct coloring so you can tell which are males and females (males have a reddish dorsal fin).
It always pays to keep those who are giving you the funding happy...
Val
It always pays to keep those who are giving you the funding happy...
Val
How about a pair of julies or apistos? From the pics I have seen, they seem to be pretty neat looking fish.
Thanks for all the great ideas.
In the end, however, my folks ended up doing their own damn thing...
10 Cardinal Tetras (I thought they didn't want these...heh!)
5 Gold Tetras
2 cats of some type...
Geez. Why they ended up not going the Dwarf Gourami route is beyond me. I'm not displeased with their choices however, and am prepared to exile a couple of Cardinals to my 90 gallon tank if need arises.
One last question, I would really like to know what these fish are called...
Sorry for the crummy quality. The fact that he was so intent on hiding didn't help matters.
In the end, however, my folks ended up doing their own damn thing...
10 Cardinal Tetras (I thought they didn't want these...heh!)
5 Gold Tetras
2 cats of some type...
Geez. Why they ended up not going the Dwarf Gourami route is beyond me. I'm not displeased with their choices however, and am prepared to exile a couple of Cardinals to my 90 gallon tank if need arises.
One last question, I would really like to know what these fish are called...
Sorry for the crummy quality. The fact that he was so intent on hiding didn't help matters.
That is an upside down catfish,these fishes don't know where gravity is,almost all synodontis swims upside down the the first few weeks when added to the tank,try butterfly fishes for a 20 gal but make sure the surface don't have active water movement
Gosh, I hope this variety doesn't get too large. The LFS told my parents they stay roughly that size...
They sure as heck better...
They sure as heck better...
AHHH!!!!
If it's this variety, which I think it is..THEY ARE GOING BACK!
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/s_acanthomias.htm
Can anyone confirm the exact type it is?
If it's this variety, which I think it is..THEY ARE GOING BACK!
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/s_acanthomias.htm
Can anyone confirm the exact type it is?
I'm 0-2 today, should I go for 0-3?
0-3, can't win em all
I really can't tell with that pic, does it look like this?
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if so, it's a spotted corydoras. and they don't get large at all, in fact they are one of the smaller corydoras.
0-3, can't win em all
I really can't tell with that pic, does it look like this?
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if so, it's a spotted corydoras. and they don't get large at all, in fact they are one of the smaller corydoras.
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Not really. Sadly. 
It has a long moustache and several (three I think) feathery barbels.
I'm convinced it's one of these "upside down catfish" because they do swim upside down.
Freakin' LFS selling a Synodontis to a 20 gallon tank owner. Even the small ones grow to 5-7 inches. If it's the kind I think it is they will get to over a foot long. Morons.
Now to convince my Dad to take the bloody things back and get some CORY cats.
It has a long moustache and several (three I think) feathery barbels.
I'm convinced it's one of these "upside down catfish" because they do swim upside down.
Freakin' LFS selling a Synodontis to a 20 gallon tank owner. Even the small ones grow to 5-7 inches. If it's the kind I think it is they will get to over a foot long. Morons.
Now to convince my Dad to take the bloody things back and get some CORY cats.
