I just picked up a beautiful wood trim, wood stand 20g hex at a garage sale for $20! I have some time before I buy fish for it (cycle and all). It will have a Fluval 204 filter Ebo Jager 125w heater. It is a typical hex, small footprint and tall. I really wanted discus, but have been told it is too small. I have a community tank (20g long) already and want this to house something "special", I'm not quite ready for the saltwater plunge. Any ideas on fish that are different (maybe cichlids?) that can go in a small tank like this? My other issue is that the ph out of my tap is 6.8 but goes way up to 7.2 after sitting, this will make water changes tough for any fish very sensitive to ph (I think).
What to put in 20g Hex?
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Garage sales are the best!
Well there are many dwarf cichlids that would be appropriate to such a tank... Tho many are 'bottom dwellers' who may not overly like the small footprint of the tank. But there are posibilities like Rams (german and bolivian) various apistos, kribs etc.
If it was my tank, I'd do some kind of african cichlid tank, a rock wall up the backside (same stacking technique as one would use on live rock in a SW tank). Then stock with some smaller africans.
Andy
If it was my tank, I'd do some kind of african cichlid tank, a rock wall up the backside (same stacking technique as one would use on live rock in a SW tank). Then stock with some smaller africans.
Andy
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