jellybean82881
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I'm almost ready to put some fish in my tank. I'm interested in fish that are somewhat colorful. Any suggestions? It's a 20 gal.
I'm almost ready to put some fish in my tank. I'm interested in fish that are somewhat colorful. Any suggestions? It's a 20 gal.
20g tall or 20g long? And would these be the first additions to a recently cycled tank?
Have you cycled the tank?
Ok, then, a cycled 20 long. Do you have any preferences for colors, schooling or not, size, or anything like that? Would you want them to be very hardy, or look really good? Do you want easy-to-take-care-of fish, or good looking, but needy fish. Please answer all of these, we can't appropriately help without all of the specifics. And that includes filter, and heater (need to know the gph [gallons per hour] of the filter and watts of the heater).
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Do u think i would be safe to put the otos in when there's not much algae?
I think the prevalence of DG disease is a little blown out of proportion. It only seems to affect the stock coming from Asia and even then it's a minority percentage. Regardless I would inquiry to the origin of your LFS's stock and of course give the actual fish a thorough examination through sight before you actually buy it.
There are a good number of options for a 20 long. What you might want to do is visit some local fish stores, write down the names of fish you like and then research them and ask here. That'll help narrow the choices a bit instead of throwing out various options then you find you can't find them locally.
Also how did you cycle the tank? I saw your intro thread and you mentioned you just set it up. Running it empty doesn't cycle it, so you'll have to decide whether to do a fishless cycle or fish-in. Guide to Starting a Freshwater Aquarium - Aquarium Advice