20 gallon inhabitant ideas

[Sick_man]

Hi, I'm looking for some ideas for what I should put into my tank. Currently I have one clown fish and plan to get another. I plan on getting a firefish and watchman goby as well. I put this into a live stock calculator and it looks like I may have room for one more fish. Please let me know some ideas on what I should put. I don't plan on buying something that too expensive though. (nothing above $50). Also, let me know if you disagree with this calculator and if I should leave it as planned.

 

[robbyg]

A Royal Grammar would seem like a nice fish for your tank.

 

[Sick_man]

A Royal Grammar would seem like a nice fish for your tank.

Do you think I can also add anything invertebrates besides a clean up crew like a serpent sea star or a shrimp? Or is that pushing it?

 

[robbyg]

A shrimp would be fine.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

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Hi, I'm looking for some ideas for what I should put into my tank. Currently I have one clown fish and plan to get another. I plan on getting a firefish and watchman goby as well. I put this into a live stock calculator and it looks like I may have room for one more fish. Please let me know some ideas on what I should put. I don't plan on buying something that too expensive though. (nothing above $50). Also, let me know if you disagree with this calculator and if I should leave it as planned.

Following. Have a 20g as well and im trying to stock it with another fish

 

[Pistondog]

Hi, I'm looking for some ideas for what I should put into my tank. Currently I have one clown fish and plan to get another. I plan on getting a firefish and watchman goby as well. I put this into a live stock calculator and it looks like I may have room for one more fish. Please let me know some ideas on what I should put. I don't plan on buying something that too expensive though. (nothing above $50). Also, let me know if you disagree with this calculator and if I should leave it as planned.

I like tailspot blenny, the great algae eater, or a shrimp/prawn goby if you have a sand bed.

 

[mbixler1537]

I just cycled a 32 and added a fire fish. He’s a cool fish with great colors. I also have a yellow clown goby that is surprisingly fun to watch as well.

 

[harrylikesfish]

I’d recommend a Blenny.

 

[Pistondog]

Do you think I can also add anything invertebrates besides a clean up crew like a serpent sea star or a shrimp? Or is that pushing it?

Tuxedo urchin is good worker

 

[zzyz]

Turbo snails and blue leg hermit crabs are good workers too. Cardinal fish are elegant swimmers and fun to watch.

 

[zzyz]

Btw, if you have a sand bed deeper than 1.5 inches, garden eel is a great addition. This little critter is a lot of fun.

 

[harrylikesfish]

Btw, if you have a sand bed deeper than 1.5 inches, garden eel is a great addition. This little critter is a lot of fun.

Just no. Garden eels need a sand bed of around a foot, need to be kept in groups, need to be kept in species only tanks, are quite hard to feed, and need 100 gallons or more. Perhaps you’re thinking of something else?

 

[PicassoClown04]

My favorite child Cherub angel, cost me $16 at my lfs. I’m keeping him in a 20 peninsula

 

[zzyz]

Just no. Garden eels need a sand bed of around a foot, need to be kept in groups, need to be kept in species only tanks, are quite hard to feed, and need 100 gallons or more. Perhaps you’re thinking of something else?

I've been rearing a garden eel for half a year now in a sand bed around 1.5-2.5 inch deep. They do not have high requirements for the depth of sand. But you are right in that they are docile and quite hard to feed. Given proper acclimation, however, they can do pretty well. It had stayed in my 10 gallon tank for acclimation for about three months and then I moved it to the main tank, which is 70 gallon. Check out this video I made with a few seconds on garden eels starting at around 2:05. I might be able to help with the acclimation part if you are interested.

 

[Robert Binz]

I've been rearing a garden eel for half a year now in a sand bed around 1.5-2.5 inch deep. They do not have high requirements for the depth of sand. But you are right in that they are docile and quite hard to feed. Given proper acclimation, however, they can do pretty well. It had stayed in my 10 gallon tank for acclimation for about three months and then I moved it to the main tank, which is 70 gallon. Check out this video I made with a few seconds on garden eels starting at around 2:05. I might be able to help with the acclimation part if you are interested.

Great video! Your setup is amazing

 

[dzfish17]

You're planning on having 5 fish in a 20g... Sounds like too many to me. Two clowns, and the goby would be about right. Adding the Firefish would definitely be the max for that size of tank imo. Stocking on the lighter side means less stress on the fish and less work for the aquarist.

 

[harrylikesfish]

I've been rearing a garden eel for half a year now in a sand bed around 1.5-2.5 inch deep. They do not have high requirements for the depth of sand. But you are right in that they are docile and quite hard to feed. Given proper acclimation, however, they can do pretty well. It had stayed in my 10 gallon tank for acclimation for about three months and then I moved it to the main tank, which is 70 gallon. Check out this video I made with a few seconds on garden eels starting at around 2:05. I might be able to help with the acclimation part if you are interested.

Keeping a burrowing creature that can grow up to 3 feet long in a 2 inch sand bed is just cruel imo. Not to mention keeping it in a mixed reef with fast and agressive fish and stinging corals and nems.

 

[harrylikesfish]

I’m not saying it’s impossible for an experienced reefer to keep them in a mixed reef with a shallow sand bed, but I would not go around recommending attempting that to any random noob with a nano.

 

[zzyz]

Keeping a burrowing creature that can grow up to 3 feet long in a 2 inch sand bed is just cruel imo. Not to mention keeping it in a mixed reef with fast and agressive fish and stinging corals and nems.

Its body is lying horizontally beneath the sand, although you are perfectly correct that a deep sand bed is optimal. Having said that, it will jump out of the tank if not comfy. It stayed in the same burrow for months and I would assume it feels ok.

Btw, fish and inverts have been pretty friendly to the garden eel perhaps due to its bizarre look.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

I just cycled a 32 and added a fire fish. He’s a cool fish with great colors. I also have a yellow clown goby that is surprisingly fun to watch as well.

I really want a firefish or a mandarin goby for my 20g. (Mandarin would already be trained onto prepared foods and i would add copepods and be cultivating them). I want to know if a pair of clownfish would be mean to the firefish. We all know clowns can be bullies at times XD #reefsquad