what do you have in your 20 gallon?

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I just found a great deal on a beautiful 20 gallon tank with a stand...

I am going to be fishless cycling it starting in about 3 days.... so now i am beginning to look at what i can put in there....

I was just curious what everybody has in their 20 gallon tank.... or any suggestions of what would look good? I am very new to the hobby and dont really have any experience with anything other than livebearers.....

I was thinking however that one huge school of neon tetras would look cool with maybe a betta fish or something like that? (How many tetras would be ok by the way????)

Any other suggestions???

Thank you in advance....

Zak
 
I like rainbow fish and tri color sharks, althogh, if you take good care, the tri colored shark can get up to 18-24 inches. Maby get some fancy guppies, there always nice. After my tank was setup with all my fish, i thought that a large school of neon tetras would look really good, but it was too late. I'd go with the neon's.
 
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I'm still in the process of stocking and planting my 20gal, but here's what there is so far:

Hardscape: mixed pea gravel, a handful of polished riverstone 1"-3" ovals,
one tall, one short artificial rock cave in "natural" green, two pieces
of driftwood to hold my....

Plants: anubis nana (on said driftwood), crypt. wendtii, amazon sword,
hairgrass, bacopa, anacharis, white acorus, cabomba, rotalla indica.

Fish: 1 dwarf gourami
5 zebra danio
5 corydoras sterbaii
6 otocinclus
1 ghost shrimp

I'm planning to add some amano shrimp, and am currently researching what final fish(es) I want to add to get a little more color.
 
A school of neons and a betta would be cool in a 20 gallon. Oh and a Bala, Silver or Tri Color shark will get to be a little more than a foot long, maybe 13".
 
I am going to have 16 cardinals, 3 guppies and 3 ottos when i'm done with it. That shouldn't be overstocked right?
 
That would be about as many fish at max, I would put in a 20 gallon.
 
I am deifnately liking the idea of dark gravel, a dark background, and then a nice big school of neon tetras with a big bright betta fish...

My only other question now is how many neons could i put in the tank with the betta to not overload it?

thank you again for all of your responses.....
 
Try about 10 - 12 and a Betta.
 
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