Need Ideas to stock a 20 gallon long

[JerseyBundy]

Hello everyone.. I have a 20g long and need ideas on what to stock the tank with. Something other then the regular ideas of having live bearers or tetras.

[Tihshho]

Are you looking for a display fish or a breeding project?

[Ken]

I have 15 Goldring Danios, 3 of some kind of Hillstearm Loache and Cherry Shrimp in mine. All are quite active and use the whole tank. Oh, and 25ish Buce plants a couple clumps of Philippine Java Fern, Java Fern Windelov, a big clump of Pearl Weed and a gazillion Amazon Frogbits. 

The Danios are quite active and use all of a 20L. I might consider a handful of Dwarf Neon Rainbow fish for the next 20L.                          

[Guppysnail]

Leopard danios are fun not as high octane as zebra but very close. You could even do a long fin variety for showier fish. I have my celestial pearl danio in a 20 long and they are pure joy and hilarity 😁

[SWilson]

I just restarted my 20L (which previously housed male endlers and a betta) after moving those inhabitants to other tanks.  I just bought some long-fin panda cories from AquaHuna and already have blue dream shrimp and mystery snails.  I  theoretically have a very small blue-eyed lemon bn pleco in there, but I have not seen it in a week.  This for me would be enjoyable both as a display tank and hopefully a potential breeding project of both the shrimp and the corydora.    

Please share what you decide to do! 

[Atitagain]

A good group of chili rasbora (15), salt and pepper corys (8-10), and a high fin bristlenose. Verrry nicce

hum just kinda rattled that off I might give it a go. Me to my wife “ can I get…” “NO”

[Patrick_G]

-Six Pea Puffers? 

-A breeding group of Gardneri Kilifish

-Ten Green Neons, ten Chili Rasboras and a cleaning crew

[Rellad]

if you are looking for some more basic easy to find fish to stock, you can go with maybe black substrate and background with a medium plant volume, and for fish do a single powder blue gourami and 6 to 8 cherry barbs, and then maybe a nice color of rabbit or ramshorn snails for a cleanup crew, all those fish can be found at almost any chain store, but of course check your Lfs first!

[anewbie]

3 (1m 2f) borelli apistogramma and 15 coral red pencil fish; 10 oto.

Edited September 4, 2021 by anewbie

[Patrick_G]

On 9/3/2021 at 10:27 PM, anewbie said:

3 (1m 2f) borelli apistogramma and 15 coral red pencil fish; 10 oto.

Do you keep coral red pencil fish? I’ve been told the males are likely to kill each other. 

[anewbie]

On 9/4/2021 at 12:57 AM, Patrick_G said:

Do you keep coral red pencil fish? I’ve been told the males are likely to kill each other. 

I currently do not but will do so after i move and have more space. This article might help:

https://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/RedArcPencilfish.php

[sudofish]

I'm considering adding a 20 long or a 29 gallon myself. I've been considering gobies, kuhli loaches and apistogrammas. I want mystery snails as well.

[mommygourami]

Pygmy corys.  Honey gouramis are a good size for this tank.  A single "showcase"?  I'd  only recommend multiples if you are ok with them creating bubble nests and breeding though. 

I've thought about having Rams in a 20 long someday as well....

What about a betta as a showcase fish?

I really like the layout of the 20l.  It grows plants really well too....

[JerseyBundy]

On 9/3/2021 at 6:02 PM, Tihshho said:

Are you looking for a display fish or a breeding project?

Display.. 

[JettsPapa]

Lots of plants and 8-10 sparkling gouramis.