Minimum Tank Sizes

[wrs]

It seems that some people here always have questions of what size tank they need for a certain fish. Or what they can put into a certain sized tank. Thsese are the absolute minimum sizes. And Some of these have come from readings I have done.

So I thought that a post like this would be good with a list of fish, and the size tanks they need. Everyone feel free to add to it, and correct me if Im wrong. ill copy it and past it here in alphabetical order.

Arrownas- 125 gallons
Bettas ( All commen )- 1 gallon
Betta, Falx- 10 gallon- Pair
Betta, Mouth Brooders, from 10-50+ because of size of them- Pair
Blue Peacock Cichlid- 50 gallons
Corydoras, Pygmys- 3 gallons, 2 fish
Corydoras, Others- 10 gallons, 3 fish
Corydoras, others- 30 gallons, 6 or more fish
Danios, Zebra- 20 gallons
Dwarf Gouramis, Blue Powder, Neon Blue, Falme and Honey- 10 gallons
Dwarf Puffers- 5 gallons, just one of two
Electric Yellow Cichlid- 50 gallons
Goldfish, Comets- 125 gallons, 12 fish
Goldfish, Commens- 125 Gallons, 12 fish
Goldfish, Feeders- 125 gallons, 12 fish
Goldfish, Fancy- 30 gallons, 2 fish
Goldfish, Pearlscape- 70 gallons
Guppies ( All Kinds )-3 gallons, 1m 2f
Gouramis, Blue, Gold, Licorice, Opaline, and Thick Lipped- 20 gallons
Gouramis, Choclate, Pearl, Combtail- 30 gallons
Gouramis, Kissing- 40 gallons
Mollies, Baloon- 20 gallons
Mollies, others- 30 gallons, because of 6 inch size
Oscars- 50 gallons, just the one oscar
Platties (Alll Kinds )- 5 gallons, 1m 2f
Sparkling Gouramis- 10 gallons
Swordtails ( All Kinds)- 20 gallons
Rams, Bolivian- 20 gallons
Rams, Blue, Gold and German- 10 gallons- just the two rams

 

[CFC]

The smallest tank that should be used for any fish IMO should be 18x10x10" (roughly 7.5g) and the absolute minimum sized tank a fish should be kept in is one that is 4x the length of the fish long and at least 1.5x the length of the fish wide and tall, for example a 6" fish would need a bare minimum of a 24x9x9" tank (about 8.5 gallons). This is the minimum ammount of room needed for the fish to be able to make a full circuit of the tank when swimming.

Of course this is just a rough guide line and in no way do i recomend or suggest people keep fish in tiny tanks, bigger is always better. Also some fish will require larger or smaller tanks acording to their natural behavior, fish that are fast swimmers will require longer than recomended tanks and fish that tend not to move much at all can be kept in smaller than recomended tanks.

 

[Dwarfs]

Rams, Bolivian- 30 gallons

Rams, Gold- 10 gallons, just the two rams
Rams, Blue- 10 gallons, just the two rams
Rams, German Blue- 10 gallons, just the two rams

Bolivians need a 20L, and the other rams should just be under one category Other than that this is pretty good

 

[wrs]

how manmy US gallons is 20 L?

 

[schizo_fish]

20 litres is only about 5.4 US gallons
maybe dwarfs meant 20 gallons

 

[wrs]

oh, well I changed it to that.

come on people. plz add to it.