NeilW
Member
Hey everyone
Sorry this is another tedious stocking question.
I'm afraid I'm not too clued up on what stocking you can 'get away with' in a tank as personally I prefer a lightly stocked tank with shrimp and plants.
However my dad has a 20 litre arctank that is currently housing a small loach (about 5cms and hasn't grown at all in a year a half so I suspect he's fully grown) and two white cloud mountain minnows. It's been running for a year or so but I'm giving it a rescape to make it easier for him to maintain and at the same time he's after a couple more 'colourful' fish so it doesn't look so empty, but I'm keen to get the stocking right so theres no issues.
current tank specs;
20 litres
PH 7.5 - 8 tapwater
unheated (but have the option of a heater if it helps improve options)
gravel and sand substrate with rocks and wood. also will get hold of some anubias or java fern
Ideally I would like some small colourful fish that would be compatible with the parameters of the WCMM. Despite being a sub-tropical species I've read that some people keep them at 25oC - which is the lower range of the more colourful tropical species. Would I get away with something like tank-bred neons in the hard water? What sort of number would be good? Any other suggestions that fulfil the criteria of compatible colourful nano species would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Neil
Sorry this is another tedious stocking question.
I'm afraid I'm not too clued up on what stocking you can 'get away with' in a tank as personally I prefer a lightly stocked tank with shrimp and plants.
However my dad has a 20 litre arctank that is currently housing a small loach (about 5cms and hasn't grown at all in a year a half so I suspect he's fully grown) and two white cloud mountain minnows. It's been running for a year or so but I'm giving it a rescape to make it easier for him to maintain and at the same time he's after a couple more 'colourful' fish so it doesn't look so empty, but I'm keen to get the stocking right so theres no issues.
current tank specs;
20 litres
PH 7.5 - 8 tapwater
unheated (but have the option of a heater if it helps improve options)
gravel and sand substrate with rocks and wood. also will get hold of some anubias or java fern
Ideally I would like some small colourful fish that would be compatible with the parameters of the WCMM. Despite being a sub-tropical species I've read that some people keep them at 25oC - which is the lower range of the more colourful tropical species. Would I get away with something like tank-bred neons in the hard water? What sort of number would be good? Any other suggestions that fulfil the criteria of compatible colourful nano species would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Neil