BettaQueen124 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hello from North Dakota! I'm new to the hobby, but there aren't any clubs near me so I've been looking online for a fish community. Looks like I found it! I'm currently setting up my first community 20g long, but I can't decide what to put in it. What is your favorite (preferably colorful) community fish that would work for that tank size? Thanks for looking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Welcome to the forum @BettaQueen124! Picking fish is one of the fun parts of the hobby and making sure what you pick ultimately go together well and can live in the same parameters you can offer! Some of my personal favorites are Harlequin Rasboras, Otocinclus Catfish, Endlers, Guppies, Ember Tetras, Hillstream Loaches and Nerite snails! (Mystery snails too!) Edited January 10, 2022 by xXInkedPhoenixX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hello @BettaQueen124, welcome to the forum! We are glad to have you! I have had 3 different 20 gallon longs in my time. One was a school of rummynose tetras, another was a school of harlequin rasboras and another was a school of corydoras(sterbai and peppered) with red cherry shrimp. I loved them all. But endlers, guppies, neon tetras, smaller danios, ember tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, white cloud mountain minnows, cherry barbs and more could be kept in a 20g long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindabee53 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Welcome to the forum! My go-to fish would be fancy guppys. They are easy to care for, colorful, and breed easily which is really neat. For the bottom of the aquarium i would get some albino/bronze corydoras. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 welcome aboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Welcome! You have lots of great fish to choose from. You’ll want some bottom dwellers and some mid/top level fish. I’d start with a good clean up crew. Panda Corydoras would be great. I’d also add some Otocinclus for algae control. You could the start looking at small Tetras, Rasboras or livebearers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hi welcome to the gang I'm pretty new here and found it to be full of helpful and knowledgeable people. I have found harlequin rasboras to be easy going in both temperament and requirements. I love my cherry barbs for the activity and personality they are very friendly and chase my hand when I'm working in the tank. Corydoras of any type are fun and active at the bottom and are quite the breeders if conditions suit. I would suggest picking a favourite/must have fish either as centre piece fish or a must have school and then pick what fits with them. It can save disappointment down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) a group of corys and neon tetras with black background would look amazing Edited January 10, 2022 by bettta999 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Welcome to one of the kindest places on the Internet! This truly is a great community. On 1/9/2022 at 7:45 PM, BettaQueen124 said: there aren't any clubs near me In terms of your club access, please feel free to participate in the Minnesota Aquarium Society. The meetings are open to the public, and held over Zoom (and likely to remain hybrid for the foreseeable future) so anyone can attend. Indeed, we might be your nearest club. I'll often post about upcoming meetings here, and include a link to register. The in-person, social events might be tougher for you to attend, but if you see a fish on the auctions you can't find elsewhere, perhaps it would be worth the drive? Regardless, welcome here to this forum, and know you are also welcome at MAS too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Welcome to the forum, 20G long are such great tank with a lot of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasaltemelosguy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Welcome @BettaQueen124! This is a wonderful place where great think tanks form and the emphasis is on support not competition. Also, the MAS meetings that @OnlyGenusCaps mentioned are unique and special. Wonderfully detailed and just amazing opportunities to see the guys in our tanks in the environments they hail from. Really surprising at times as well. Two meetings back had 10" convicts swimming with impossibly yellow swords and some cichlids we'll never see in tanks. The last meeting was focused on plecos and their environment. Some stunning plecos unlike any I've ever seen and some fascinating observations on the way they've adapted to shallow, fast waters with hydrodynamic body shapes that use the currents to help them adhere to rocks and such. I think the audience doubled or tripled in size over the last two meetings! Really great stuff, I hope you can make it. Thank you @OnlyGenusCaps for helping us access this! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaQueen124 Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 @OnlyGenusCaps @dasaltemelosguy thank you for the suggestions! I will definitely see if I can make the next meeting! Even just the camaraderie surrounding the hobby is rare and special where I live, so I look forward to trying to get involved with MAS 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzDaddy21 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 BettaQueen124 Welcome. My two cents - fancy guppies & cherry shrimp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 6:44 AM, BettaQueen124 said: I look forward to trying to get involved with MAS 😊 That's wonderful to hear! And please do, when they inevitably ask where people are logging in from, let them know MAS is your "local" fish club. I'm really trying to make sure we stay at least hybrid, because there are so many places around us where there simply is not the population density to have a club like MAS. The Twin Cities is the largest metro between Chicago and Seattle. For most of Minnesota, the large parts of the Dakotas, and even big parts of northern Iowa and northern/western Wisconsin this area is the nearest "big city", and I want to make sure we can serve the folks in those areas as best as possible moving forward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I started my community tank with as many transparent shrimp and fish as I could find. If anyone knows of a transparent snail, let me know. But transparent fish and shrimp make it easy to see problems. It is also super fun to see a ghost shrimp heart beating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Welcome to the forum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Welcome. For a 20long either panda corydora or celestial pearl danio or best of all BOTH 😁. They both use every inch of my tanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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