Hello everyone,
As the title suggests, I have a 20 gallon with some tiger barbs and I wanted to get a bottom feeder for it. The only thing is that 20 gallons is way too small for plecos which are the only bottom feeder I can think of that can deal with any barb aggressiveness, but they get too big and the lfs around here don't sell the smaller pleco varieties. I was also thinking of a red-tailled shark, but again, they get too big and too aggressive. Loaches, may get stressed out and the cover on my tank isn't that tight (particularly important since a lot of loach species are good jumpers/ escape artists). Otos will also likely get harassed and stressed. That left me with cories, which I've never kept before. Lol. I figured their tough scales may hold out an a few nips, if any, by the barbs, I just don't know how stressed they would be though.
What do you all think?
As the title suggests, I have a 20 gallon with some tiger barbs and I wanted to get a bottom feeder for it. The only thing is that 20 gallons is way too small for plecos which are the only bottom feeder I can think of that can deal with any barb aggressiveness, but they get too big and the lfs around here don't sell the smaller pleco varieties. I was also thinking of a red-tailled shark, but again, they get too big and too aggressive. Loaches, may get stressed out and the cover on my tank isn't that tight (particularly important since a lot of loach species are good jumpers/ escape artists). Otos will also likely get harassed and stressed. That left me with cories, which I've never kept before. Lol. I figured their tough scales may hold out an a few nips, if any, by the barbs, I just don't know how stressed they would be though.
What do you all think?