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Old August 29th, 2007  
Fish Newbie
 
20 gallon long tank ? 30 inches long by what ?

hello everyone i want to buy a 20 gallon long i know its 30 inches long but how tall and wide is the tank does anyone know also i have 3 aqua clear power filters on my 10 gallon tank running 150 gph each now do i need to buy another one so i can have 4 running on the 20 long ? now you people might ask me why do i run 3 power filters on my 10 gallon tank well i dont use gravel so it cleans all the poop up and the bottom are spotless that means all i have to do is water changes and clean the fake plants every now and then and clean the sponge filters once a month i only upgrading to the 20 long tank , i will have the angel fish one green kisser and one sun catfish , thank you for your time
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Old August 29th, 2007  
King of Curt
 
Re: 20 gallon long tank ? 30 inches long by what ?

Please don't.

Green kisser gourami are 9-15 inch fish. Angelfish DO NOT need to be kept in a shallow tank, or need that kinda turbulence. Angelfish need tall tanks, not long tanks for their fins to develope and continue to be properly shaped. The 1" of fish to 1 gallon of water IS NOT true. The green kisser gourami wouldn't have room to comfortably turn around in the tank, that is bad.

I can honestly say it would be doing a terrible disservice to the green kisser or the angelfish to be kept in a 20 long, even if not for the other fish, size wise it would not work well.

And why not just use your siphon along the bottom of the tank rather than have insane turbulence like that? You could do better by the fish by just running a siphon hose along the bottom...
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Old August 29th, 2007  
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Re: 20 gallon long tank ? 30 inches long by what ?

Like Chief said before, angelfishes shouldn't be kept in a shallow or long aquarium. They need at least 29 gallons. I also advise against Kissers bcuz they're so aggressive and requires a lot of space.
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