20 Gallon Tank Will This Work In a 20Long?

[Megaanemp]

Hello,

I have a 20 gallon long that I am stocking, will this work? The rams are non negotiable I already own them. The tank has an aquaclear 30 and a large sponge filter. I will probably upgrade to an aquaclear 50. The tank is 76F and has a pH of 6.8-7.0. Anyways does this seem reasonable?

Planned stock:
2x Bolivian rams
7x Adolfoi Corys
7x some sort of smallish tetra like cardinals, green neons or glowlights I haven’t decided yet.

 

[FishBoy101]

I'm a bit worried about the temperature. They corys and the rams have different temperature range. If you were able to get the temperature to work, I would say the stocking would work. Good luck!

 

[veggieshark]

I think temp could be a concern with blue rams, but this would work with Bolivian rams.

 

[Megaanemp]

I'm a bit worried about the temperature. They corys and the rams have different temperature range. If you were able to get the temperature to work, I would say the stocking would work. Good luck!

They are actually temp compatible. German rams do require much warmer water than the Corys can tolerate. Bolivian rams however do very well in cooler water (74f-78F) and actually prefer it.

I think temp could be a concern with blue rams, but this would work with Bolivian rams.

Yes they are Bolivian rams! Does the stock look reasonable to you?

 

[veggieshark]

Yes they are Bolivian rams! Does the stock look reasonable to you?

Yes it generally does, depending on what tetra you will finally settle with. You may have a similar debate about cardinals vs neons like Bolivians vs blue rams. The stocking size is OK, bordering full capacity, so you can't neglect water changes. But I don't see a major problem. When your rams decide to breed, things may change, but that is the case for any cichlid in a community.

 

[Megaanemp]

Yes it generally does, depending on what tetra you will finally settle with. You may have a similar debate about cardinals vs neons like Bolivians vs blue rams. The stocking size is OK, bordering full capacity, so you can't neglect water changes. But I don't see a major problem. When your rams decide to breed, things may change, but that is the case for any cichlid in a community.

Great thanks for the help! They are a breeding pair of rams I pulled them from my 75Gallon because they were bullying my other pair of rams however these two have never shown aggression towards any other fish. They let the Corys in the other tank come within a few inches of the eggs/fry before gently guiding them away so I’m hoping it works out similarly in this tank and I don’t mind water changes
So I think I’ll do 2 rams 7 Corys for now and once the plants really grow in I’ll quarantine some green or black neons and add in a small school of those.

 

[Megaanemp]

Update! So I went to the store and bought 7 adolfoi Corys and 11 ember tetras. I’ll see how the bioload is and I have another tank the embers could go to if need be I also added loads more plants and stole more media from my other tanks so I’ll monitor water parameters very very close and we’ll see how it goes. Good thing the new fish are young and very tiny lol