I have a 20 gallon aquarium. What can i put in it? what fishes and animals are safe together in there?

Question

I have a 20 gallon aquarium. What fishes , plants and animals can i put in it? Which fish/animals get along and which don't? Will i have enough space for all of this?

Answer 1

a very big suggestion. DONT PUT GOLDFISH. unless u want to be cleaning the tank every 4 days. i had 2 goldfish in a 1 gallon tank and it turned out to be discusting. so i dotn suggest that at all. fighter fish are clean but they have to be alone. so the most i would tell you to do is go to the pet shop and see what they tell you, tell them all the conditions you want. please answer my question.

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Answer 2

go for 6 danios,6 rasbarios and 1 stone loach or 1 catfish/corydorias  that dont grow too big few plants stones etc anymore than that amount of fish and u overcrowd the tank  

Answer 3

We have a 20 gallon tank and we have small school of neon tetras, 6 mollies, 4 guppies and one betta. You can really play around with the numbers and get a lot of nice colors in your tank. Good luck!

Answer 4

i would get 4 tetras 5 barbs and 3 corys nice plant thing and thats all!

Answer 5

actually I disagree with the person who said do not get a goldfish let me tell you why.....

for one one goldfish you need 20 gallons because they get to be 6 inches or more......therefore 2 in a one gallon bowl is not exceptable.

Yes goldfish are messy and that is why they need filters like almost all other fish but I don't think the person above had a filter in her bowl

Goldfish are ADORABLE! You could fit one of and type of fancy goldfish I'll show you some pics!

the oranda   http://images.google.com/images?client=s...

the black moore    http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=...

the fantail  http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=...

the ryukin  http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=...

You should put some plants but the morse swimming space for a golldfish the better!

you could do fake plants put I reccomend a couple live ones too!

these will be good with goldfish-

java fern

water wisteria

hornwort

moneywort

and many others

Answer 6

I would get 6 danios, 6 tetras, 2 corys, and maybe a pleco or something like that. I would get an Italian vallisneria for my plant. They are a very nice plant that isn't demanding. Like you dont have to put in any fertilizers or anything.

Answer 7

with 20 gallons, you have a lot of options! you can get a nice school of some kind of brightly colored tetras (just pay attention to what size they grow to) like, you can get 10 green neon tetras, and maybe a pearl or opaline gourami and a bristlenose pleco (as long as you provide him with driftwood, otherwise, get a couple otocinclus.)

that's a few interesting and colorful fish that won't outgrow your tank like goldfish would. :)

Answer 8

Depends on what kind of fish you like, and the the filtration. You could get a bunch of nice brightly colored female bettas and guppies. Or you could get a school of small tetras. What i'd personally do, depending on your budget is get a bunch of guppies, plants and a few nice accesories and breed the guppies. You can get some really nice ones from aquabid.

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