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MoFish Hobbyist Posts: 148 Kudos: 40 Registered: 15-Mar-2006	I currently have a 20g tall (241612in) 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~
Posted 10-Jan-2009 19:05
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Edited 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 -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 10-Jan-2009 20:38
MoFish Hobbyist Posts: 148 Kudos: 40 Registered: 15-Mar-2006	Edited 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? ~Morgan~
Posted 10-Jan-2009 20:46
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	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 -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 10-Jan-2009 21:47
MoFish Hobbyist Posts: 148 Kudos: 40 Registered: 15-Mar-2006	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 ~Morgan~
Posted 10-Jan-2009 23:29


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