wicked Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ok here the story I have 2 Angels, 2 red fins rams, 1 black skirty, 1 platy and a gold dust pleco. Could I put in a couple of small schooling fish or would that be to many for a twenty gallon tank. The tank just does not seem to have much movement in it and was hoping to get a little more contrast with a schooling type fish. Any suggestions would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana Bollers Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 You could probably add a few small fish if you like I am guessing you probably have approx. 12" of fish in your tank, guessing the red rams are only a couple inches each, angels at three inches each and the skirt and molly around one or so inch each. You could probably add a few more small fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 When you're looking at 'overstocking' a tank, you want to make sure there is adequate filtration to handle all of the fish waste. I once had a 21gal tank w. 4 discus, 5 red rams, and over 50 cardinal tetras! It was a show tank at a Trade-show, and there was no shortage of movement in that tank, I tell you! But, it also had the filtration most people would put on a 50+ gal system (of course, those fish soon moved to a 50+gal system ). So, if you have double or tripple the filtration recommended for your 20 gal (a couple HOBs, or an HOB-canister combo) you should be fine adding a school of 6 or so schooling fish. Keep in mind that angels will eat cardinals and neons if they can even remotely get close to fitting them in their mouths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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