Well is has been awhile since I last posted so I thought I would share .
About 5 months ago I reset up my 20 gal long , with eco complete , Finux planted plus , 2 fluval C-3 filters .
Cycled the tank with one platy and one sword tail all went smooth .
Got some plants couple of swords ( small) and a anubias , a Blue german ram, gold blistle nose pleco , and 4 cardinal tetra .
After some time I noticed that the cardnials just did not school , they kinda just hung out in the corner
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So I had a idea , that maybe the big old sword and platy were making them skittish or maybe I just did not have enough fish for a school . So I bagged up the platy and sword and off to petsmart I went . I tried to just give them away and can you believe that they refused .
So I drove to Petco and they were happy to get the fish , they commented how healthy they were . Unreal because I have done this before with no problem .
I did find some real nice cardinals and bough 6 , so now I have 10 total and now they are happy , swimming around all of the tank !
You can bet petsmart will not be seeing me again and I emailed them about it ... lets see if they reply .
I am considering a second blue german ram but 2 things concern me , would they fight , and what about space ?
Also maybe couple of fancy guppies ? ( good tank mates ? )
About 5 months ago I reset up my 20 gal long , with eco complete , Finux planted plus , 2 fluval C-3 filters .
Cycled the tank with one platy and one sword tail all went smooth .
Got some plants couple of swords ( small) and a anubias , a Blue german ram, gold blistle nose pleco , and 4 cardinal tetra .
After some time I noticed that the cardnials just did not school , they kinda just hung out in the corner
.So I had a idea , that maybe the big old sword and platy were making them skittish or maybe I just did not have enough fish for a school . So I bagged up the platy and sword and off to petsmart I went . I tried to just give them away and can you believe that they refused .
So I drove to Petco and they were happy to get the fish , they commented how healthy they were . Unreal because I have done this before with no problem .
I did find some real nice cardinals and bough 6 , so now I have 10 total and now they are happy , swimming around all of the tank !
You can bet petsmart will not be seeing me again and I emailed them about it ... lets see if they reply .
I am considering a second blue german ram but 2 things concern me , would they fight , and what about space ?
Also maybe couple of fancy guppies ? ( good tank mates ? )
