20 gallon stocking ideas

[FrogFrenzy]

Have a 55 freshwater semi aggressive and a 20 gallon with 5 fish. Any ideas on what to do with my 20? I was hoping to convert to salt or make it a species only tank. Any suggestions will help.

 

[josh7]

Is it a 20 long or a 20 standard.

 

[FrogFrenzy]

Is it a 20 long or a 20 standard.

It's a 20 gallon long

 

[josh7]

That's good that opens up your options a bit. You could either do some breeding pairs or maybe oddball fish or solo fish like you said you want.

I think you could easily breed some rams or shell dweller cichlids which would be neat.

If you want oddballs you could do 1 male dwarf puffer and 3 female dwarfs in a 20 long. Just look up how to sex them.

If you want a single fish I think your best bet is a Convict cichlid super interactive, aggressive and personable a very neat fish.

 

[FrogFrenzy]

That's good that opens up your options a bit. You could either do some breeding pairs or maybe oddball fish or solo fish like you said you want. I think you could easily breed some rams or shell dweller cichlids which would be neat. If you want oddballs you could do 1 male dwarf puffer and 3 female dwarfs in a 20 long. Just look up how to sex them. If you want a single fish I think your best bet is a Convict cichlid super interactive, aggressive and personable a very neat fish.

ok thanks! Would any of those fish work in a fully planted tank?

 

[josh7]

The rams would. The shell dwellers need rocks and caves. I think dwarf puffers eat plants and tear them up. A convict would uproot live plants and kill them. The convicts and dwarfs do best with fake plants and 1-2 caves.

 

[FrogFrenzy]

The rams would. The shell dwellers need rocks and caves. I think dwarf puffers eat plants and tear them up. A convict would uproot live plants and kill them. The convicts and dwarfs do best with fake plants and 1-2 caves.

ok thanks!

 

[josh7]

No problem!

 

[fijiwigi]

I wouldn't do a 20G salt tank. the 46g I did was like the bare minimum really. I am personally just getting into the freshwater thing myself. So many choices. Just gotta spend several hours on google lol

 

[bribo12]

A 20 gallon salt tank is fine, that's what I have. Just be prepared to keep up with evaporation and water changes but it really isn't to much work. A convict would do fine in a planted tank, they don't dig unless breeding and with one you wouldn't need to worry about that.

 

[azmodan]

DPs do perfectly fine in planted tanks too.