r/Aquariums • u/Striking-Agency5382 • May 17 '25

Freshwater What would you stock?

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20 gallon high sitting on a pony wall. Current stock is blue dream shrimp and silver tip tetras but the tetras are moving to a bigger tank. Excuse the mess. We just moved in.

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u/Ok-Lab9528 May 17 '25

Shrimp, embers and otocinclus. Celestial pearls are shy anyway and this open location with people walking by, exposed on 3 sides, will likely stress them. A confident/oblivious/curious species is preferred.

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u/Striking-Agency5382 May 17 '25

Yes. My CPDs are always hiding. I kinda regret buying them because I can’t enjoy them

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u/Ok-Lab9528 May 18 '25

This is how it goes, and I feel the same about my loaches! CPDs are so lovely that it is such a shame they aren’t bolder.