New plans for 20 long

boomerjr91

boomerjr91

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1.Java Fern
2.Amazon Sword
3.various crypts
4.corkscrew vals
5.anubias nana
6.Egeria najas
7.Java Moss wall
8.Java Moss
9.100 watt visitherm stelath heater
10.Rock cave
11.20 lbs. Eco-complete substrate
12.Ahsupply 55 watt bright kit
13.Hagen CO2 System
14.Zoomed Turtle Canister
15.Aqualight Lunar Plue LED Light

Will use Flourish tabs,flourish,flourish trace,iron,potassium,excel for ferts.

This will take awhile to complete. Will upgrade with pics as I go along. Will stock with blue paradise gourami, 6 lemons, 3 blackskirt tetras, ,10 ghost shrimp,bronze cory who schools with rainbow shark.
 

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sounds ok except the fish choice, your better off getting the gourami, one large school of tetras of the same species, and a few bronze cory, i dont think the rainbow shark will apreciate the cories in its territory let alone school with it....

http://www.fishlore.com/profiles_rainbow_shark.htm


1-2 gourami
10 lemon tetras
4-6 corydoras

Any comments from anyone? It may be pushing the limit a bit but with good filtration and frequent water changes, why not go over the limit a bit.
 
it already schools with my cory. they've been like this for about 3 months.
 
Depends on the kind of swords, 3 might get to be too many. I'd go with a group of only 1 or 2 kinds of crypts. musho's fish plan looks better for the same reason, less cluttered. I too think your cory is living dangerously. I've never kept paradise fish but hear they can be mean. I think thats why they call them gouramis now-- to soften their reputations.
 
yeah. that too. 4 feet is a much better size for them & deeper would make them less likely to jump. 5+ inches of torpedo shaped fish need room for speed.
 
cichlidkeeper91 said:
You should maybe betting a co2 system. It is worth the money.
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he/she is, those hagen CO2 ones (i think there just a DIY one with a diffuser)

Also your filtration specilizes on amphibians and reptile tank, not fish tanks, although it would probably work you should go with one that specilizes with fish. Petsmart has a sale on the RENA filstar series filters. Maybe get an XP2 or XP3 if you like canisters, you could also get a HOT magnum if you want to save some money but still want to go with canister filter.
 
Yea the CO2 system is a DIY one. I found a low-light plant package on freshwateraquariumplants.com. Does this sound like an ok package? My paradise gourami hasn't been agressive towards any other fish. I had two flame dwarf gouramis and he ignored them(the two dwarves eventually tore each other apart in the end while I was at school.) All in all thanks for the suggestions.
 
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