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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	A 20g asian biotope To go with my new asian themed room!! (Well.. thats also an idea that im tossing around lol) Fish: 2 female bettas (I have them in a 5g atm Id like them to be in the 20g though) 6 kuhlie loaches 1 bumble bee gobie (asian? I'll check that..) 4 sparkiling gourmais 2 blue/similar gourmais EDIT: Could I squeeze some londfinned pearl danios in? What else? Cherry barbs? Shrimp? It sounds pretty stocked to me Plants: Crypts.. I dont know much about plants.. I want hardy ones though.. Gravel: What gravel should I have? Thanks Last edited by dude_dude at 27-Oct-2005 04:21
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DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Hey dude ! Amano shrimp may be up to the task, the other shrimps no. Of course no guaranty on the shrimp with gouramis and loaches in the tank. As for plants, you have lotsa of choices. Crypts, mosses, java ferns, limnophila's, hygrophilas and more ! As for gravel, can use river rock pea gravel to represent a stream or go for a different look and have a grassy rice paddy with bamboo sticks etc.... Lotsa options and further research will present more ideas. Enjoy and good luck The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:23
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Thanks hmm.. Amano shrimp.. I'll keep an eye out for them Crypts, mosses, java ferns, limnophila's & hygrophilas As for gravel, can use river rock pea gravel to represent a stream or go for a different look What colour pea gravel would u reccomend? Do you by any chance know of a tank that has a grassy rice paddy with bamboo sticks lol I think that sounds cool Thanks What fish do you think'll be good?
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chris1017 Fish Addict Posts: 610 Kudos: 421 Votes: 70 Registered: 09-Sep-2003	Amano shrimp should be easy to find, most lfs sell them as feeders pretty cheap. as for plants i love java fern because it grows anywhere and is hard to kill. i also like anubius because it has nice leaves and is also hard to kill, even my african cichlids could not hurt the stuff. chris
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Thanks I think I might try some anubias..
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Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I have a 20g Asian setup...Flourite substrate, driftwood, crypts, vals, hygro. Fish include a betta coccina, sparkling gouramis, a honey gourami, cherry barbs, harlequin rasboras, and kuhliis. It's a very stocked tank but also very well planted. Here's a pic from a few months ago: Theresa_M attached this image: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Thanks Theresa You have a cool tank The tank I have in mind is a tall (2ft) not a long (3ft).. Just beacuse I think its allmost official that my room is gonna be asian themed.. I have a baboo themed pillow with complimenting sheets etc
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DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	Chris - amano shrimp are not the cheap ones sold as feeders (although they are not expensive, are sold as 'algae eating shrimp') You are thinking of Ghost shrimp The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:23
chris1017 Fish Addict Posts: 610 Kudos: 421 Votes: 70 Registered: 09-Sep-2003	ahh, yes, ghost shrimp, smacks self in fore head. chris
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Ah yes I see those quite often here.. thanks
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just beginning Moderator Literature Nerd Posts: 1879 Kudos: 1380 Votes: 198 Registered: 17-Dec-2000	Amano shrimp - or any other kind of shrimp for that matter - aren't too common in Australia, unfortunately. I don't even see many ghost shrimp around. Bumble bee gobies are brackish dude_dude, so I'd leave them off the list. A 20 gallon is a bit squishy for blue gouramis as well, especially as they are quite aggressive. But the rest of your fish sound great! The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Thanks JB ~Fish~ 2 female bettas 6 kuhlie loaches 4 sparkiling gourmais 6 (longfinned pearl) danios ~Misc.~ 5 or so ghost shrimp Does that sound OK?
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Veneer Enthusiast Posts: 174 Kudos: 146 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Oct-2004	Indigenous Australian "ghost shrimp" (Paratya australiensis) are, in fact, Atyids and thus more closely related to Amanos (C. japonica) than North American "ghost shrimp" (Palaemonetes spp.)
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Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Your stock list sounds good as long as you realize the ghost shrimp may get eaten. I've had bettas that left them alone, and those that felt they were a fantastic snack The gouramis might go after them too...mine love to hunt down, stalk, and eat MTS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	This reply is pretty late But thanks [img src='/images/forums/halo.gif' border=0] ps. I have an asian pillow Last edited by dude_dude at 16-Nov-2005 02:00
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