[TECKSPEED]

Hi all,

Noob question hear....lol

I currently have a 20 gallon tall tank and have 8 black neon tetra, a betta, and two ghost shrimp. Can i put anything else in my tank without over stocking it?

Thanks,

TECK

 

[Jeffww]

Some bottom dwellers like cories and otos will not be pushing it.

 

[LB79]

Yeah, you've got some room in there yet.

 

[TECKSPEED]

what do you guys suggest in getting, Im interested in a snail just to help keep everything a tad cleaner but would also like a fish or too

 

[Django]

I have Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS). They live in the substrate and oxygenate it so more oxygen gets to the roots. They do reproduce according to availability of food.

I'm ready to start a rant about over and understocking, fitting one more fish to the max. Somewhere along the line I read that understocking is better than stocking to the max. Now I like the idea of understocking and I'm used to having just a few fish. And they get more resources per fish.

 

[puopg]

Yes you can. I think keep species to minimum as the tank will look much better with a single focus rather than a clash of colors.

 

[MABJ]

Agreed with the above two posts.

You could bump up your school of neons and maybe even increase your colony of ghost shrimp (however I'd just keep neocardinia if your betta doesn't eat shrimp).

But why not keep it to a minimum?

Also snails aren't really a utility item. They are pets too. They don't exactly keep things cleaner, as they poop a Sh**-ton. (hahah get it?) They don't eat poop and what algae they do eat, gets turned into poop again.

I easily would recommend Ramshorns or MTS for their attractiveness.

 

[TECKSPEED]

Thanks guys like i said im sort of new to all of this and am just getting into the live plant side so that you for all of your input it is greatly appreciated