thing fish
Aquarium Advice Freak
hey there...new to the site but have some past experience keeping fish. i recently got back into the hobby and started a 20 gallon long. i bought a feeder gold fish and have been running the tank for the past 3 weeks. today, i managed to get a bag of bacteria squeezed from a sponge filter of an established tank. i added it to my tank and am hoping that this will get the tank cycled, finally.
i am running two filters, an ac 20 and an ac 30. plenty of filtration. the substrate is a mix of gravel and eco complete. i am currently using a stock hood light and am waiting for my new LED light fixture to arrive in the mail...once i get it i am hoping to have some live plants.
while waiting for my bacteria colony to to take hold, i want to consider ideas for stocking. initially, i had hoped to keep just a breeding pair of nannacara anomola. however, i am having difficulty finding any.
sooo, i am curious to hear about suggestions for a species of dwarf cichlid appropriate for a 20 gallon long. am happy to keep this a species tank and want to have a species that will be easy to breed. the store i was at today had apistos and kribs, as well as rams.
anyway, i am looking for stocking ideas...both for fish and plants.
this is the light fixture i am waiting for:
Amazon.com : Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED Plus Light for Aquarium, 24 to 36-Inch : Pet Supplies
here is a short video clip of the tank as it looks now:
http://vid568.photobucket.com/albums/ss130/gelauck/20%20gallon%20long/MOV07300_zpse7944f3f.mp4
i am running two filters, an ac 20 and an ac 30. plenty of filtration. the substrate is a mix of gravel and eco complete. i am currently using a stock hood light and am waiting for my new LED light fixture to arrive in the mail...once i get it i am hoping to have some live plants.
while waiting for my bacteria colony to to take hold, i want to consider ideas for stocking. initially, i had hoped to keep just a breeding pair of nannacara anomola. however, i am having difficulty finding any.
sooo, i am curious to hear about suggestions for a species of dwarf cichlid appropriate for a 20 gallon long. am happy to keep this a species tank and want to have a species that will be easy to breed. the store i was at today had apistos and kribs, as well as rams.
anyway, i am looking for stocking ideas...both for fish and plants.
this is the light fixture i am waiting for:
Amazon.com : Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED Plus Light for Aquarium, 24 to 36-Inch : Pet Supplies
here is a short video clip of the tank as it looks now:
http://vid568.photobucket.com/albums/ss130/gelauck/20%20gallon%20long/MOV07300_zpse7944f3f.mp4