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MoFish
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I currently have a 20g tall (24*16*12in) and i have 8 black neons and 4 peppered cories. in a few weeks I am going to add either a bolivian ram, german blue ram or a dwarf gourami and i would like to know if I could/should add 2 more cories to make them more happy before I add my centerpiece fish.
Thanks!


~Morgan~
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EditedEdited by FRANK
Hi Morgan,
I think you might be "pushing" the tank with that many
fish. If you work out the surface area of that tank
you come up with 24x12 (length x width) which is 288
square inches or two square feet.
The recommendations for aquariums based on surface area
would be 24 two inch fish, or 14 two and one half inch fish,
or 10 three inch fish for two square feet of surface
area.

"Tall," sometimes call "Show," tanks are designed
specifically for "showing" or highlighting A fish
or two or a species in an aquarium auction or for
judging in a contest. The tall narrow tanks allow
more tanks on a table, and more particularly, it
restricts the fish's movements so that when the judge
is looking at the fish, it can only move just so much
left and right and mainly up and down in the water
column. This means that the judge or observer does
not have to "chase" a fish from one end to the other
and is less tiring to the judge.

Because the surface area is smaller in the show tanks
you cannot house as many fish in it as you can in a
"long" tank.

Just something to think about when stocking a tank.

Frank


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MoFish
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EditedEdited by MoFish
so i should keep it at my original stocking of 1 centerpiece, 8 black neons, and 4 peppered cories? or minus the centerpiece fish?

EDIT: what about adding an air stone? would that help my fish be more comfortable with the smaller surface area?


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Hi,
Honestly, I'd stick with the present stocking for that
tank. The rams would be nice, but I would keep more than
one, a pair of Bolivians or a pair of the German Blue,
and then you'd be "pushing" again. The same with the
dwarf gourami, I'd want a pair.

Adding an air stone simply riles the surface and increases
the rate of exchange between the atmosphere and the tank
water.

Time for another tank?
Frank


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MoFish
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Time for another tank?

its always time for another tank! but I really do want a 29g but i dont have anywhere to put it--the only place i could is where my 20 is now and Id have to go through cycling and everything all over again... but I DO have a 10g that could hold my fish while my theoretical 29g cycles...hmm perhaps a plan in the making


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