Fish for 20 gallon

[Baydo]

Wondering what fish would be good for a 20 gallon tank. It is a plantee tank and I'm also think of having shrimp CRS

 

[ZxC]

Chili Rasbora is my go to shrimp "safe" fish, you could have 20-30 in a 20g long.

Small dwarf cory cats are good options, oto cats, any snail, amano shrimp.

These fish are 50% shrimp safe in my experience:
Any tiny tetra (ember, neon etc.)
Celestial pearl danio
Emerald rasbora
small danios

Basically if the shrimp and or shrimplets can fit in a fishes mouth, they are not safe.

What is your pH/gH/kH? have you kept shrimp before?

 

[Funken_A]

Definitley want some Oto Cats.. great janitors


And I recommend a L134 Leopard Pleco. There cool lookkng and only grow to 3 inches max.. Little spendy usually $50 for the pleco


Here is one of my Oto Cats and one of my L134 Leopard pleco


Both of these are choice IMO

 

[Baydo]

Ph: 6.5
Don't know my gh and kh I'm waiting for my test kit.
I was thinking maybe 8 red cherry shrimp, 4 otos, 8 neon tetras, and 4 cories
Or would this be overstocked

 

[Funken_A]

stick to the inch per gallon rule. Adult size.. Shrimp I beleive you can have a few above that level. Low bioload

 

[ZxC]

stick to the inch per gallon rule. Adult size.. Shrimp I beleive you can have a few above that level. Low bioload

lol if i used that rule for shrimp tanks I would be 5x overstocked

 

[IHaveAquariums]

The shrimp rule is 10~ per gallon and the 1 inch only applies to smaller fish which those are, but no you definitely aren't over stocked. Shrimp have nearly no bioload so the 10~ per gallon is a pretty legitimate thing

 

[Funken_A]

lol if i used that rule for shrimp tanks I would be 5x overstocked

shrimp are low bio load from what I know... But wouldn't stock the tank with 50 of them to start.

 

[Barliman]

Wondering what fish would be good for a 20 gallon tank. It is a plantee tank and I'm also think of having shrimp CRS

Any of the small tetras (neons, glowlights, lemon, &c.). Platys, small rasboras or cherry barbs. Just make sure your shrimp have plenty of cover: some fish are fine with them, others see them as a snack tray.

 

[sunscream13]

Wondering what fish would be good for a 20 gallon tank. It is a plantee tank and I'm also think of having shrimp CRS

I would say a bristlenose pleco and some schooling fish. Maybe a Raphael catfish if you like cat fish , maybe some tetras like some bleeding hearts, or black skirts, neon tetras are nice if you get a bunch. You could always get a couple water frogs or something. Mainly smaller schooling fish though and a couple bottom feeders