How many more fish to stock a 20 gall?

[TXFish]

Hi All...

I'm only a few days into cycling a 20 gall with 3 Platies. I was able to locate BioSpira and it should be here Friday. What would be my game plan once it arrives.........should I do a pwc and then add the Bio Spira and more fish? How much of a pwc?

Here's what I have in mind as far as stocking....

4 Platies (will re-home any surviving fry that might result)
1 Betta (big maybe)
8-10 Lemon Tetras

If the Betta doesn't work as a centerpiece, what would be another idea? I'm very open to suggestions on the numbers and even types--my biggest concern is not to overstock.

Thoughts/ideas/suggestions??

Thanks!!

 

[Toirtis]

Hi All...

I'm only a few days into cycling a 20 gall with 3 Platies. I was able to locate BioSpira and it should be here Friday. What would be my game plan once it arrives.........should I do a pwc and then add the Bio Spira and more fish? How much of a pwc?

Yes, and I would go 50%.

Here's what I have in mind as far as stocking....

4 Platies (will re-home any surviving fry that might result)
1 Betta (big maybe)
8-10 Lemon Tetras

If the Betta doesn't work as a centerpiece, what would be another idea? I'm very open to suggestions on the numbers and even types--my biggest concern is not to overstock.

Thoughts/ideas/suggestions??

Thanks!!

Looks good, although I would consider 5 lemons, 3 platies (2F, 1M), a dwarf gourami (in place of the betta), and a small school (3-5) of a small corydoras cat such as panda corys....and perhaps a couple of otocinclus to keep any algae down.

 

[Skyrmir]

You might want to look at a scavenger/cleaner type fish like Cory's or maybe a single small variety of pleco. My personal preferance is for the Panda's but they like good sized groups of 6 or more, so a single pleco might be the way to go instead.

 

[TXFish]

Unfortunately, my current ratio of Platies is 2M/1F so I'm thinking I need to get (at least) 1 more female.

Are there small varieties of Plecos that I could put in this tank that won't get too big?

**Sigh**......I'm starting to wish I had a bigger tank .

 

[Toirtis]

Unfortunately, my current ratio of Platies is 2M/1F so I'm thinking I need to get (at least) 1 more female.

Or trade a male for a female to give you a 1:2 ratio.

Are there small varieties of Plecos that I could put in this tank that won't get too big?

**Sigh**......I'm starting to wish I had a bigger tank .

Common bristlenose stay 5"-6", but a pair of otocinclus will do well and get only 1½" each.

 

[greenmaji]

clown and pitbull pleco's are also small varities.

 

[TXFish]

Giving the dwarf gouramis some thought....one question on these, though--I thought I'd read somewhere that they need to be in pairs? Is that not necessarily the case?? Thanks!

 

[rich311k]

They are ok by themselves. If you by two at your LFS you will get two males and there is a good chance you will have aggression.