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Aquarium Advice Regular
There is quite a bit of conflicting information out there on compatible fish, fish for the newbie, etc.
Right now, I have a 20 gal tank that's about 1 1/2 months old. I've had a swordtail and a platy for several weeks. Doing fine, eating like pigs, good color, swim around actively. Last weekend, I added an oto cat (very small) and a dwarf gourami. The oto hides but when I see him, he looks ok. The dwarf gourami has beautiful color, also eats like a pig and is very active.
But when I was researching what to add in my next round, I looked at the requiurements for these fish and they seem to be somewhat incompatible, yet they're all doing fine.
What the heck is KH? Because the fish I have have quite different ones. It says 4-10 for the gourami and 12-30 for the sword and 10-25 for the platy. Yet whatever mine is (which I don't know b/c I don't know what KH means), the fish are all thriving.
Do I really need to get a couple more otos? Some sites say they need buddies, but then they say they don't have a good record of living and I don't want to waste my money. Also, if they're all going to hide all the time, I don't want to waste tank space on fish I never see.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Right now, I have a 20 gal tank that's about 1 1/2 months old. I've had a swordtail and a platy for several weeks. Doing fine, eating like pigs, good color, swim around actively. Last weekend, I added an oto cat (very small) and a dwarf gourami. The oto hides but when I see him, he looks ok. The dwarf gourami has beautiful color, also eats like a pig and is very active.
But when I was researching what to add in my next round, I looked at the requiurements for these fish and they seem to be somewhat incompatible, yet they're all doing fine.
What the heck is KH? Because the fish I have have quite different ones. It says 4-10 for the gourami and 12-30 for the sword and 10-25 for the platy. Yet whatever mine is (which I don't know b/c I don't know what KH means), the fish are all thriving.
Do I really need to get a couple more otos? Some sites say they need buddies, but then they say they don't have a good record of living and I don't want to waste my money. Also, if they're all going to hide all the time, I don't want to waste tank space on fish I never see.
Thanks in advance for any help.