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 Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:44 pm
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My 20g is understocked. I have 2 wrestling halfbeaks, 1 BN pleco, 2 Brochis Splendens, 1 baby Marbled Crayfish, and a gaggle of ghost shrimp. The 2 brochis are going to my grandfather because he has a bigger tank with more brochis and they'll be happier there. I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep the marbled cray or sell her when she gets big enough. It depends on if I want to deal with babies every few months again.
The halfbeaks are small and stay at the top of the tank. So I'll just have those guys, my BN and the shrimp. I may or may not be upgrading to a 20g long. The tank is overfiltered. Right now it's just a filter rated for 30g, but when I get a job I'll be upgrading that to one rated for at least 40g. I do weekly 75% water changes. It's not planted right now but it will be in the future.
Given that information, what do you think I should stock with? I was thinking some dwarf cichlids like maybe one of the Apisto sp., glofish for dithers, and a group of pygmy corys, but I'm open to suggestion.
My ideal stock would include something that's generally easy to find without being common and overdone and not too expensive.
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:02 pm
arent half beaks skittish? i read that its best to keep them alone because they can dart into the tank sides and bust their mouth.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:14 pm
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Mine are pretty brave, they wrestled with my guppy when I had him in there, I think being in groups helps. I keep floating plants and that helps buffer the sides. When I first got them they bumped a few times but they seem to know when to stop now. That's just my experience. It also could be dependent on the tank size. When they jet off they only scale about half my tank. I think they add a lot of personality to the community, they're interesting to watch. If it ever became a problem, I could move them to my brother's tank, but I've had them for 6 months now and their beaks are fine. I had one casualty before I moved my adult cray out of there. She snapped him in half and ate him up.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:08 pm
I've never kept an apisto, but if it has the same temprament as a Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, keeping it with corys may be have some problems. Rams are very territorial, and create quite sizable terretories at the bottom of the tank. They may take to bullying the corys, but generally leave fish in the upper water levels alone. This is asuming that apisto's and rams have the same temprament though. Other nice ditter fish may be the Kryptopterus sp., or some of the Nannostomus sp. If you can find them.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:10 pm
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From what I've read, it depends on the apisto sp., the cory sp., and whether or not the apistos are mating. I don't think they'll be bothered by the pygmy's and I could always put a divider in for a few weeks if they decided to spawn.
I'm thinking I might just trade my 20g in for a 20g long, put a divider in it, put my female betta in one side, my puffers in the other side and sell all my other tanks. I'm probably going to be moving relatively soon and I might not have room for all kind of tanks, plus moving them all will be a b***h. One tank is also much easier to maintain. Idk yet though, I really wanted apistos but who knows.
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:44 pm
I think you can combine a apistos with bettas. I've kept a ram with a pair of honey gouramis in a 10 gallon without any trouble. They prefer different water levels so they don't come across eachother that much.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:15 pm
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Then maybe I still might be able to get an apisto. Thanks for that info. I'd only do it if I manage to get the longer tank though, a 20 high isn't good for too much that's why mine is understocked right now.
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:23 pm
cihlids are amazing fish, i have found they are one of the easiest fish to have, in my opinion that is
and they come in lots of vibrant colors
if your good with fish i recommend buying them small and raising them up thats what i did and he is full size.
you can get small ones for cheap and when they get full grown, if you want you can sell them or trade them in cuz they are expensive full grown.
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:35 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:36 am
omg i am sorry i miss read the post XD
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:20 pm
I don't think I called them that, I probably called them by their species, apistogramma.
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