Single fish in a 20 gallon.....

[BloodThirsty28]

What would you have?


I have an empty cycled 20 gallon that I probably shouldn't add fish to but I want to. lol So anyway if you could put one fish in there what would it be?

 

[DaisyTattoo]

Why shouldn't you add fish? If I were going for just one single fish...I would go with a betta. They like all the space they can get and they don't need company.

 

[BloodThirsty28]

I shouldn't because it would be my third tank. MTS! lol

 

[bkw1982]

i agree a betta in a 20 in great, thats wht i hav set up now. he is the only fish in there and he does loops cause he hav so much room. he seem s much happier and colorful. its really cool to watch him play in the current.

 

[BloodThirsty28]

hmm I'm not real big on Bettas (no offense) I would like something that is a little more unusual or rare. If there is anything in that catagory that would be happy in a 20 of course.

 

[DaisyTattoo]

Maybe a dwarf or honey gourami?

 

[TKOS]

Well a Paradise fish might be nice. Similar to bettas and gouramis but not as common. There is one species, (the black ones I think) that get much bigger than a betta.

 

[BloodThirsty28]

hmm I'll keep thinking about it.


Then again if I couldn't find just a single fish I could maybe do al dwarf puffer tank or maybe Blue Rams. Anybody know how many of each of those would work in a 20?

 

[paku]

How bout a try with a Figue 8 puffer? They are sold in fresh so it would be ok to start him in your cycled tank then slowly aclimate to brackish.

Or.

A gold fish? Never liked em much but who knows.

Or.

a Jack Palence Horseback Riding Chiclet.

 

[rwspear76]

or a freshwater butterfly fish