empty 20G help me stock it!

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JeninOK

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My 20 gallon long is now almost empty, except for 3 peppered cories which will either be moved to another tank or have 3 more friends added to fix the school.

I already have Rams, So I dont want more of them. My water is naturally soft and this tank has a lot of plants in it but they could be moved too if necessary.
I was thinking maybe some sort of shell dweller, but I would need to add some crushed coral, or some other dwarf african cichlids.
Or maybe apistos
or dwarf puffers
Or even a big school of something bright and tiny lol.

or something else entirely?

I have no idea what I want to put in it other than either making it a species tank or a single specimen type centerpeice tank...Really I dont know so give me some ideas!
 
maybe a dwarf rainbowfish set up, like threadfins or celebes? I've read they have interesting behavior...maybe you could keep them with a pair of apistos. Would be colorful and pretty, and the corys could probably stay.

or a pair of Nanochromis parilus, it's a dwarf african. i've always wanted to try them, but haven't seen them in anything but photographs.
 
JeninOK;1883925; said:
will dwarf puffers not eat neon size fish?
I could also go brackish with this tank which might be cool?

There are so many pretty apistos...pricey little things though!!!
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Dwarfs max out at about an inch. They might chew 'em up a bit, but no deaths. At least not in my 10G. Try at your own risk. I keep 1 DP with 9 neons with no deaths.
 
im saying dwarf pike would be cool
whatever you would like would be good though
 
It is bright lime green...:irked::irked:

Well I am now having my first full blown attack of green water in this tank..I have had every other sort of algae so I guess I was due for it.

This tank was PACKED full of plants because I was using it as a growout tank So i am suprised this happened, all parameters are good and the tank is well established So im a little bit stumped.

Should I leave the Cories in there or move them and maybe add a package of triops eggs which only seems to grow daphnia for me?

It would be a cheaper fix then a UV or a diatom filter

I was excited to get new fish this week too:nilly::nilly::nilly:
 
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