Im thinking about starting up a 20 Gallon. Roughly how many fish would fit in the tank. How much coral. Any suggestions for what type of fish to put into a tank this size. Is there alot of maintenance with a saltwater aquarium?
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It depends on what you are planning to have inside of the saltwater fish tank. If you are planning to add live rocks and corals with sand, your number of fishes will be lowered to a minimal. I don’t believe in the inch by gallon rule. That is nonsense, but if you haven’t experienced saltwater tanks before, I would suggest either clownfishes or damsels. For clownfishes and damsels I would suggest the smaller species. A lot of Damsels are very aggressive even towards other fish. I would start off with the Green Chromis or Percula clownfishes. They are peaceful fishes and they don’t need anemones to survive.
There is a lot of maintenance that you have to do in maintaining a marine aquarium. You need to have the PH, Ammonia and nitrates under control, also you need to have a specific gravity of salinity to make live rocks and your fishes live. Not necessarily for the fishes, but the live rocks you do.
You must do weekly water changes, condition the water, test the parameters of the water, you need to have good diets for your fish, you need to know about the diseases of marine fish and how to treat it. You will also need to know about the compatibility of each fish. For example, if you put a Harlequin tusk with a regular wrasse, the Harlequin tusk is actually very aggressive and it does have teeth, it will bully the other wrasse around. But Harlequin tusks are meant for bigger aquariums, not recommended for 20 gallons.
You can also add blennies to your tank, it really depends on how much decorations you have inside the tank. Make sure that you are willing to take care of the aquarium on a daily basis.
Anyways, for more information, please look up marine aquariums on wikipedia or about.com.
Hope this helps, thanks for asking……………
That is a small tank if you can manage to go with a 29 gallon your options are doubled, in a 20 you have have firefish, small breeds of gobys and dottybacks, that is close to it. if you go with the 30 you can have clowns, damsels, bigger gobys, dwarf angels. it is not a hard hobby if you do your research first.
I agree…if you can manage budget wise to up your tank size I think you’ll be happier in the long run.
20 gallons really limits you
Bigger is always better when it comes to tanks IMO