Unique 20 Gallon ideas

[heyyoguapo]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone has any unique suggestions for what I could keep in a ~20 gallon tank. I have a good amount of experience (10+ years) keeping aquariums, mostly 55 gallons. I'm moving into a new place and want to start with a 20 gal tank until I can get my 55 moved in and set up.

Any thoughts besides the usual tetra/platy/molly suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[dougall]

I'd go for a SW angler tank.

For FW I'm currently enamoured with Corydorus Hastatus

 

[Tifftastic]

What about dwarf puffers? Or shell dwellers? There's some unique killi species too.

 

[rufioman]

Shellies +1. Seriously AWESOME, if not expensive (nah, they are), fish. Best, most angry fish I ever owned was a 29g with 3 boulenger's cichlids in it. My gods, the bites those things would give me.

 

[FreshyFresh]

20g high or long?

Big difference IMO.

 

[FreshyFresh]

... I'm currently enamoured with Corydorus Hastatus

Wow those are cool little ones!

 

[dougall]

Wow those are cool little ones!

I have about 30 of them (Not gonna try to count) in a 30g tank

They are probably my only FW bucketlist fish, and now I have them.

Now for SW I just need more pompom crabs and cuttlefish.

 

[Aquaticfrog32]

Yellow shadow catfish are neat. I read about them in an article of tfh. They are uncommon, which is what you were going for, right?

 

[Finster]

Peacock gudgeons.

 

[tanker]

A small school of Wimple piranha? Not a true piranha and not very dangerous.