What Fish Can I Add To My Tank?

[Gold Barb 647]

Hi,

I recently bought a 20 gallon fish tank. It's dimensions are:

- 61.44 cm x 31.91 cm x 41.28 cm
- 24.1875" x 12.5625" x 16.25"

It's volume is:

- 75.7 L
- 20 U.S. gal

I also have a filter and a heater (set to 27 C)

Right now, its filled with:
- 6 Gold Barbs, each of which are about an inch long.
- 1 King Betta, which is about two inches long.
- 1 Siamese algae eater, which is a little over an inch long

What other fish can I add to my tank?

I was thinking of the following options:

1) A single three spot gourami (moonlight, pearl, platinum, gold or blue); or

2) Six pearl danios; or

3) Six barbs (either Tiger barbs or Odessa barbs).

What do you think of these options? Which, if any, would work?

Also, if you have other suggestions, please let me know.

Please help me out with some advice.

Thanks.

GB647

 

[fluttermoth]

In all honestly, you can't put any more fish in your tank.

It may look fairly empty now, but those fish will grow; the gold barbs will get to 2 1/2 or 3 inches and the SAE can get to 5 or 6 inches.

You'll also have to watch for aggression problems. A lot of barbs are too nippy to be kept with Siamese fighters; you may be ok as gold barbs aren't the worst (thank goodness you didn't get the tiger barbs first, that would have been a no no!)

Siamese algae eaters are generally peaceful when they're small, but tend to get more and more aggressive as they grow larger so you'll have to watch for that.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

 

[Gold Barb 647]

In all honestly, you can't put any more fish in your tank.

It may look fairly empty now, but those fish will grow; the gold barbs will get to 2 1/2 or 3 inches and the SAE can get to 5 or 6 inches.

You'll also have to watch for aggression problems. A lot of barbs are too nippy to be kept with Siamese fighters; you may be ok as gold barbs aren't the worst (thank goodness you didn't get the tiger barbs first, that would have been a no no!)

Siamese algae eaters are generally peaceful when they're small, but tend to get more and more aggressive as they grow larger so you'll have to watch for that.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

Thanks for your reply and no worries, there is plenty in the tank now and I'm happy with it.