20-gal stocking

[SplatoonSamus]

I have a 20-gallon-long aquarium, and I was thinking of adding a pair or one male of Apistogramma cacatuoides or trifiasciata. What are some potential tank mates?

 

[anewbie]

Maybe 5 oto once the aquarium is mature; the tank is pretty shallow so dithers will only work with more passive species of apistogramma. My winkelfleck, ladisalo and Blutkehl will accept the smaller species of nannostomus and rasbora but my wolli won't tolerate much and the wc cockatoo i had wouldn't tolerate anything in a 16 inch tall aquarium.

With the two species you mentioned i would skip dithers - you could have some of the smaller snails like ram horn

 

[SplatoonSamus]

By oto do you mean oticinclus?

 

[anewbie]

By oto do you mean oticinclus?

Yes.

 

[SplatoonSamus]

The main reason I was thinking about those

Maybe 5 oto once the aquarium is mature; the tank is pretty shallow so dithers will only work with more passive species of apistogramma. My winkelfleck, ladisalo and Blutkehl will accept the smaller species of nannostomus and rasbora but my wolli won't tolerate much and the wc cockatoo i had wouldn't tolerate anything in a 16 inch tall aquarium.

With the two species you mentioned i would skip dithers - you could have some of the smaller snails like ram horn

The main reason I was thinking about those two species is their spiky fins. Do you know any species that have pointy fins, but are peaceful?

 

[SplatoonSamus]

Or could I get 1 male and add dither fish.

 

[anewbie]

I like this species but i don't think the fins are that spikey:

 

[SplatoonSamus]

What's it called.

 

[anewbie]

a. sp Blutkehl