[AquaticLife] Stocking a 20 Gallon Tank
Your 20G is going to be much too small for your current fish bioload. Read over and follow the minimum recommendations on these following Mongabay profiles. http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Danio_aequipinnatus.html
http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Gyrinocheilus_aymonieri.html
The CAE, which should be called an IAE (Indian Algae Eater) since they are not from China, grows to 11″ and are aggressive with conspecifics.. their own kind, so unless you have plans for a VERY LARGE tank, you should keep only one in a tank…. but not in a 20G.
If you can’t upgrade to at least 100G, where you could keep the GD’s and one of the CAE’s, then you should go for at least a 55G and then keep the Giant Danio’s and possibly a smaller algae eater species if you feel the need for one. I just bought a clown pleco which only grow to around 4-5″ for my 65G tank. A single algae eater is all that is needed for most tanks.
In the future, go to http://fish.mongabay.com and look for a profile on your proposed fish prior to buying them so you can be sure you can provide a suitable habitat for them.
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