@@ryanolson680 he has some goldfish videos already, go to the channel and search for goldfish so that you see all his videos with and about goldfish :)
@@JaimeMartinez-lx9lg, 800 fish in a 100 gallon tank sounds bad whether or not you do frequent water changes and it's heavily planted. That's 8 fish per gallon.
I have brigittae rasboras female endlers and neons schooling together in my betta tank. I also have some Amanos in there, but it took several months for them to realize that they don't have to hide from the betta. I really hit the jackpot with this one, he's so docile, he doesn't even attack baby shrimp.
Dominic H. The betta I had with my neons was given to me by one of my frat brothers. I forget why he had it but it turned out to be a pretty mild mannered fish. In fact, most of the bettas I’ve owned over the years have been pretty docile towards everything except pond snails lol
@@jackadair6225 This Betta of mine doesn't bother snails either, he was in the same tank with nerite and ramshorn snails before. Endlers are always nipping at them, this Betta just leaves them be.
Guess you guys lucked out😂😂 I have 3 bettas, two of whom has their own 10 gal tank. i can't place anything else in there execpt an apple snail in each tank. I have a halfmoon plakat betta, giant betta and a halfmoon king betta. The halfmoon king is quite mild mannered. I have some amano shrimps and some cherry shrimps with him, so far so good.
Jackie Varughese I thought plakats were more aggressive in general, they look more like the wild bettas, so not surprised yours are hard to keep with other aquatic life. King bettas look exactly like giant plakats
Great!! Now I have to stop after work tomorrow and grab at least two 20gal longs, order more sponge filters, substrate, plants etc.... All because Corey makes awesome videos. Thank god for the income tax return!
Before I started watching fish keeping videos on TH-cam I set up a cold water danio/Cory tank and its amazing, Cory’s have so much underrated personality
Hey could you maybe do a video on top 5 or 10 unheated fish? That would help alot. Btw your videos help so many people, it has helped me through a tank fail. That tank is now really stable and I replaced all the fake plants with live plants. So thanks and keep up the work your doing Cory!
Instead of 20 neon tetras (since they need to be heated) you could do 20 White Cloud Mountain Minnows, which do not require a heater and very much thrive in cold temps. They’re so cute and school together just like neons! ❤️
Hey Cory! I wanted you to know that you're a huge inspiration to all of us in the fish keeping community. You're videos are super interesting and fun to watch. Where is your store located? Thanks!
That first tank, the one with the neons,... beautiful. Now, I'm not trying to start something here, but I gotta ask, what does that tank look like in a year or two? Is it high maintenance? Algae?
Years ago the Vancouver Aquarium had an Amaxon exhibit and I'll never forget the huge cross section of a river with hundreds of neon tetras. Epic. 🙂👍🇨🇦
Freshwater introduced me to fish keeping and I used to binge all the freshwater videos I could... Now that I'm mainly salt water it makes me miss the simpler times when I would be spooked at a $6 fish.
I have a planted 15gallon with last time I counted them 16 neons, 6 platys and 1 dark blue betta female. It is my most stable tank of all. No or very little algue, every now and then it needs a gravel vac, but it really is a very nice tank.
I agree they are a great underrated cold water fish.... though they're not tetras. I have a small school of them with a small group of Gold Barbs. Survive unheated winter temperatures in my house (I keep it at 55*F in the winter for economic reasons) From what I've read not many aquarium fish tolerate waters that cold. Very active too, even in cold water.
Awesome recommendations, after holding out for years I recently started up a 20 long cardinal tetra tank. Would love to see a 40 breeder idea vid at some point as well, I have 3 acrylic 40 breeders with no inspiration on what to stock
Cory, I love your videos. Your naratives are informative. I particularly like it when we are watching the tank displays or the fish you are describing. The product evaluations are also informative. thanks again!
Another idea is the blue spider crab, which is a amazing purple (or dark blue, I can't tell) they are as big as you can do for a 20 gal, so only get one, they are more of a vivarium type animal though, so it would be ideal for mostly land with a pool for them to soak in, VERY active and fun to keep
Hey Cory, after watching a bunch of your videos you've really inspired me to start at tank not only for my self but for my son as well. He has a 10gal an I started a 29gal! We love watching your videos together and learning about all the cool fish in the hobby. Its really is a great thing to do as a family. Keep up the great videos and thanks for doing what you do !
I have a 29 gallon. At the moment I have a siamese algae eater, rainbow shark, pineapple swordtail, juvenile bluegill, breeding pair of kribensis cichlids and a old nerite snail. The bluegill is a temporary inhabitant. I am going to move my common goldfish and south american bumble bee catfish from my 5.5 gallon to the 29 when the ammonia is solved and when the catfish is a little bigger. I am going to put in a yellow tail spiny eel, black ghost knife (temporarily), maybe some kuhli loaches, pictus catfish, black fin shark catfish (I am going to grow him out for a saltwater tank we are planning on setting up for my school based scuba club), either a stickleback or a fathead minnow, and probably a couple others later.
I had 4-5 convict cichlids in my 20 gallon long. People will say that size is too small for so many, and from that experience I agree, but I made it work with lots of silk plants, caves, driftwood, etc. For them to claim and hide in. I'd taken them home after finding out that they were going to be abandoned in a cold classroom for several weeks during winter vacation after an experiment was completed and were in a liter soda bottle. I didn't even know what they were, but I had a tank already and added them. They ate everyone but my apple snail. Such a diet allowed them to get big fast. I loved them and they were adorable when they came up to the tank wall with their tails wagging, and I liked watching them do their territory dances/displays. I enjoyed my danios before the cichlids ate them. I'd like to have danios again sometime.
I have an unheated 45g hex with a bamboo shrimp, gold white clouds, and I recently added two Amano shrimp and three hillstream loaches. Bamboo shrimp do great if you feed them spirulina powder. It’s an interesting tank to IMO.
I love these idea videos, really inspirational. Just watched Brett’s tour with you at aquarium Co op - dude I love what your doing, your whole philosophy is awesome and you deserve success, and maybe all businesses could take on board your ideas. Keep up the great wort. Thank you
@@ChikkiSh00gs Well of your store gets them from a reputable source then their perfect :) but if not then yeah they die from that disgustingly common disease :(
@@NeonTetraAquarist Have literally tried everywhere here even "reputable" breeders and still end up with either NTD or fungus, have given up on them :(
@@ChikkiSh00gs relatable. The store I used to get them from, where they died within days from the most crooked spines and weirdest diseases imaginable, closed and it forced me to find another, and I tried again. Never looking back, these new ones are perfect...this is in NYC of all places
@@bridgettraughber3994 I recently got some a few weeks ago, I got 3, and they are with 10 zebra danios in my 20 gal planted tank. If you got room you should get a few.They don't need to be kept in massive groups of 6+ like people say, I've found out.They just need happy active fish and they do very well. Super colorful and playful in about a week.
White Cloud mountain fish are good for old retired men like me. They don't need a heater and with a lot if plants look, breed and the babies have lots of hiding spaces. They eat about anything and prefer cooler water. They need no heater and are very easy to take care of.
I think I'm meant to be a subscriber - the Pseudomugil rainbowfish idea is EXACTLY what I'm planning to do with my 20 gallon once I'm done raising my platy fry in it. Small school of them, some Rummynose Tetras, and some cories. Fallen in love with the gold cories recently, but haven't decided for sure. Excited to set it up in a few months!
a nice group of cherry barbs and a blue betta and blue shrimps is amazing for a starter set. ( fully planted ofcourse ) or everything red and make it a blackwater tank looks great aswell.
i run a filter feeding tank with guppys mollys and bamboo shrimp. works out super good the shrimp keep the water clean and the food you feed the fish the shrimp also eat. heavily plant the tank and you will hardly have to change the water. use first bites or grind up flake fine.
The planted neon tetra tank shown in the beginning is so beautiful and inspirational. Is there a list of the plants that are in there? In particular that big red plant at 1:07. Thanks!
This is a great series, I look forward to future popular tank sizes. It's fun to see what others, especially those that have been in the "game" for a while, would stock in their tanks.
Years ago I took a 200 gallon tank , and it was heavily planted , everytime I went to 1 specific fish store I bought 1 male and 3 female guppies and just let them all crossbreed with each other. At one point after I had acquired 20-25 different color strains of guppies it looked like a rainbow exploded
This was just perfect cause today I got a 20 gal Ultum Nature Systems tank! I'm gonna add some killifish and psudomugil that I already have but I'll look into the neon Tetra School! Great video!
Cory, this video hit all the marks for my family! My first tank was a danio and Cory tank, my sister LOVES shrimp, and my dad loves the neon tank. I’m sending this link to anyone asking what to do with their 20s!
I agree with you, I’ve been out of it for a while but I went out and bought a 29 and I’ve been looking at all my options and the only fish that are realistically an option are going to be neon Tetris or ember Tetris or Chili Rasboras. The rest boroughs are too hard to get and going to be really expensive for that many. I wind up with either Amber or neon Tetris andI’ll do two or three male guppies and about 6 ottocinclus eventually once it’s established. I’ll put some glass shrimp and some neocaradina and snails. First I need to figure out how to regulate my pH, it’s about 6.5 to 6.6 now with zero GH and only 2 KH. Call start with plants and fish first and get used to keeping it balanced, I think I’ll do about 15 Tetris, I would like to do 6 ottos with 6 pigmy Cory carts too. I’ll do a 30 inch planter with lava rock and pothose which will bring it up to about 32 or 33 gallons, but I’m just not sure if it will handle the bio load. That’s why am sticking to the neon and ember tetras, they’re smaller. I wish I had a store like yours closer, we just have Petco and Petsmart here and even that is an hour away. There are a couple of marine stores another 20 minutes away I’ll check it out but we have almost nothing around here.
I so wish you made this video sooner, entered the hobby late last year and was watching a lot of vids to try to get some ideas. You've inspired me for future tanks though. Thank you!
Right now I have two 20-gallon tanks running on a double stand. The upper tank has 9 Beacon Tetras with a single Ancistrus (Bristle-nose), Anubias Plants and a Moss Ball, with plain gravel, river stones and Mopani wood. The lower tank has 4 Black Skirt Tetras with a single Ancistrus (Bristle-nose), Anubias Plants and a Moss Ball, with plain gravel, river stones and Mopani wood. In the past I've kept Neon Tetras, Glowlight Tetras and Black Neons with the same basic setup.
Very helpful video. I needed to restock my 29gal and was inspired by the ideas presented here. I decided on planted (of course) with Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish up top, long fin serpae tetra in the middle and dwarf chain loach down low. They are all still small but very happy with the setup. Thank you for providing great ideas for stocking.
You just solved a nearly one year old mystery! I had never heard of Japanese Trapdoor snails before watching this, and your description matched up a lot with the snail I got from my local pond shop! His name is Curly and he lived in my 55 gallon Ranchu tank. He’s about the size of a golf ball and was sold to me as a “pond snail” and the guy working there wasnt sure what he was. Looked up the pictures and yup, thats my kid!
bred psuedos, guppys or endlers, cpds, bristlenose, obviously white clouds, apistogramma cauc, and kribensis with no heater. just room temps. Good luck everyone :)
During the summer I set up the 10 gallon pseudomugil luminatus tank you suggested and wow it is still my fav. This gave me a ton of good ideas for an upcoming 37 gallon but I see it housing my guppies. Love me some gup gups.
Just decided to do a neon tetra tank in my 20T last week. Matched those with a my leftover 8 pygmy cory cats and 3 blue mystery snails. It really is a simple but beautiful tank. It's really funny when the pygmys come out and "school" with the neons.
Had my old roommate pick up a 20 gal long, got home it was a 20 gal tall. Lol I just kinda went with it and it's alright. Would definitely have rather had a 20 long though.
I just picked up a 10 p. gertrudae for my planted 29g a couple weeks ago. They're already competing with my sterbei's for top egg layers. By far one of my favorite fish.
It's funny that you say "showstopper," because no matter how many tanks I set up and what size they are, my 20 gallon long has always had the BEST plant growth! All my planted tanks are low-tech and for whatever reason, the 20 has always been the most successful. And not only that, but I also feel that any fish I put in there always does well. Lucky tank maybe? Right now it contains some fire red apistos and they are doing great.
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Check out these ideas for 10 gallon aquariums. They can all be up sized to a 20 gallon. th-cam.com/video/58K-mPYRG4s/w-d-xo.html
Please do an in depth goldfish care guide🐠🐠🐠
Aquarium Co-Op thanks you guys at the coop I appreciate your guys very hard work ..
@@ryanolson680 he has some goldfish videos already, go to the channel and search for goldfish so that you see all his videos with and about goldfish :)
Can anyone tell me what species of fish is in the thumbnail? Yellow with black markings and exquisite fins. Tia
Standard 20 gallon or 20 gallon long?
Next up on Cory's video to do list, 100 gallon aquarium idea- 800 neon tetras.
Yes.
That would be overstocking tho
@@JaimeMartinez-lx9lg, 800 fish in a 100 gallon tank sounds bad whether or not you do frequent water changes and it's heavily planted. That's 8 fish per gallon.
But hey, that's my opinion.
It’s a joke yall
NOW THAT WILL BE AWESOME!!!
I can attest that a planted 20 long with 20 neon tetras always looks great, especially with a betta thrown into the mix lol
I have brigittae rasboras female endlers and neons schooling together in my betta tank. I also have some Amanos in there, but it took several months for them to realize that they don't have to hide from the betta. I really hit the jackpot with this one, he's so docile, he doesn't even attack baby shrimp.
Dominic H. The betta I had with my neons was given to me by one of my frat brothers. I forget why he had it but it turned out to be a pretty mild mannered fish. In fact, most of the bettas I’ve owned over the years have been pretty docile towards everything except pond snails lol
@@jackadair6225 This Betta of mine doesn't bother snails either, he was in the same tank with nerite and ramshorn snails before. Endlers are always nipping at them, this Betta just leaves them be.
Guess you guys lucked out😂😂 I have 3 bettas, two of whom has their own 10 gal tank. i can't place anything else in there execpt an apple snail in each tank. I have a halfmoon plakat betta, giant betta and a halfmoon king betta. The halfmoon king is quite mild mannered. I have some amano shrimps and some cherry shrimps with him, so far so good.
Jackie Varughese I thought plakats were more aggressive in general, they look more like the wild bettas, so not surprised yours are hard to keep with other aquatic life. King bettas look exactly like giant plakats
Great!! Now I have to stop after work tomorrow and grab at least two 20gal longs, order more sponge filters, substrate, plants etc.... All because Corey makes awesome videos. Thank god for the income tax return!
James K Lol same here!!
@@iver7769 Same here, wish we had a Corey Canada! Love this guy.
Hey, while you’re there buy me one too 😂
Bosco Hemi, but u have Joey 😂
I feel this 😂😂 rip to my bank account 🤷
Those rainbows at 4:30 are absolutely gorgeous. I’d never even heard of them before now!
Before I started watching fish keeping videos on TH-cam I set up a cold water danio/Cory tank and its amazing, Cory’s have so much underrated personality
I just got a new 20gal, perfect timing!
TH-cam be listening to your needs..
Hey could you maybe do a video on top 5 or 10 unheated fish? That would help alot. Btw your videos help so many people, it has helped me through a tank fail. That tank is now really stable and I replaced all the fake plants with live plants. So thanks and keep up the work your doing Cory!
In no particular order:
Goldfish
Koi
Mountain minnow
Natural strain guppies
Mollies
Most shrimps
Danios
@@jkaquatics4284 yep, they also
Instead of 20 neon tetras (since they need to be heated) you could do 20 White Cloud Mountain Minnows, which do not require a heater and very much thrive in cold temps. They’re so cute and school together just like neons! ❤️
Yeasha Islam Least killifish would do fine in both
Hey Cory! I wanted you to know that you're a huge inspiration to all of us in the fish keeping community. You're videos are super interesting and fun to watch. Where is your store located? Thanks!
Your passion for this hobby is so inspiring. Thanks for the endless amounts of info and ideas!
That first tank, the one with the neons,... beautiful. Now, I'm not trying to start something here, but I gotta ask, what does that tank look like in a year or two? Is it high maintenance? Algae?
When I started doing live plants, that cut down on algae a lot. Having a good clean up crew helps, too - plecos, nerite snails, otocinclus.
Wow! I just told my husband today that I wanted to have a 20 gallon with just neons!!! LOL
Years ago the Vancouver Aquarium had an Amaxon exhibit and I'll never forget the huge cross section of a river with hundreds of neon tetras. Epic. 🙂👍🇨🇦
Freshwater introduced me to fish keeping and I used to binge all the freshwater videos I could... Now that I'm mainly salt water it makes me miss the simpler times when I would be spooked at a $6 fish.
It's the plants that makes me wanna stick with fw mainly
I have a planted 15gallon with last time I counted them 16 neons, 6 platys and 1 dark blue betta female. It is my most stable tank of all. No or very little algue, every now and then it needs a gravel vac, but it really is a very nice tank.
White cloud mountain tetra good for a unheated tank, underrated tetra can sometimes be found super cheep as feeder fish
Fresh water fish
I agree they are a great underrated cold water fish.... though they're not tetras. I have a small school of them with a small group of Gold Barbs. Survive unheated winter temperatures in my house (I keep it at 55*F in the winter for economic reasons) From what I've read not many aquarium fish tolerate waters that cold. Very active too, even in cold water.
Awesome recommendations, after holding out for years I recently started up a 20 long cardinal tetra tank. Would love to see a 40 breeder idea vid at some point as well, I have 3 acrylic 40 breeders with no inspiration on what to stock
Im excited to move to my new home and start on my tank projects i have!!! This vedio gave me different inspiration 😍😍🐟🐟🐠🐠🐟🐠🐠🐟🐟🐠🐠💙💙💙
I just want to say thank you so much! I’ve learned a lot and finally I put my 10 gal tank. It’s currently cycling and I can’t wait to add some fish!
One Betta in cup got me inspired to dedicade my life to fish. Now you are making me nuts
Cuz all I want is more fish in the tanks. 40 - 80 gallon
Me too. My firat fish is betta. I still have it. Now I have 19 fish.
I have oscar, orandas, black moor, 4 bettas, ice blue cichlids, iridescent shark., tiger barbs, rosy barbs. Different tanks. Correcrion I have 20. :)
Cory, I love your videos. Your naratives are informative. I particularly like it when we are watching the tank displays or the fish you are describing. The product evaluations are also informative. thanks again!
Another idea is the blue spider crab, which is a amazing purple (or dark blue, I can't tell) they are as big as you can do for a 20 gal, so only get one, they are more of a vivarium type animal though, so it would be ideal for mostly land with a pool for them to soak in, VERY active and fun to keep
You can find them on aquatic arts
Cory i love when you talk about stuff that you love yourself
I have been waiting for this video 😂 I think a 20 long is the perfect starter aquarium
Hey Cory, after watching a bunch of your videos you've really inspired me to start at tank not only for my self but for my son as well. He has a 10gal an I started a 29gal! We love watching your videos together and learning about all the cool fish in the hobby. Its really is a great thing to do as a family. Keep up the great videos and thanks for doing what you do !
Enjoy it! Trips to the fish store each weekend will be remembered for your whole lives.
I have a 29 gallon. At the moment I have a siamese algae eater, rainbow shark, pineapple swordtail, juvenile bluegill, breeding pair of kribensis cichlids and a old nerite snail. The bluegill is a temporary inhabitant. I am going to move my common goldfish and south american bumble bee catfish from my 5.5 gallon to the 29 when the ammonia is solved and when the catfish is a little bigger. I am going to put in a yellow tail spiny eel, black ghost knife (temporarily), maybe some kuhli loaches, pictus catfish, black fin shark catfish (I am going to grow him out for a saltwater tank we are planning on setting up for my school based scuba club), either a stickleback or a fathead minnow, and probably a couple others later.
@@burningwateryt8704 was going to grow him out to put in a pond i am building for my bluegill.
I had an unintentional albino bristlenose spawn.... over and over. Over 200 babies. Was lucky to find a store that would take them
Can you do one on 55 gallons, that would be great!!!!
First. 20G highs are some of my favorite tanks.
Definitely.
I bred African Jewel Cichlids for years in 20T , they are perfect for 1 breeding pair.
what I think looks really good with a big aquarium is crayfish. they just look absolutely beautiful
HAHAHA the intro to this couldn’t have been more spot on with the set up
Hi Corey ur ideas make me to setup another Aquarium.Even though I am from Kerala ur ideas are inspiring
Hii are an aquascaper by any chance?
I had my "first" baby plecos emerge last week. So cool.
I have leopard danios and they are my favorite now they have a golden yellow fins now and look blue in the face a really pretty fish and action packed
I had 4-5 convict cichlids in my 20 gallon long. People will say that size is too small for so many, and from that experience I agree, but I made it work with lots of silk plants, caves, driftwood, etc. For them to claim and hide in. I'd taken them home after finding out that they were going to be abandoned in a cold classroom for several weeks during winter vacation after an experiment was completed and were in a liter soda bottle. I didn't even know what they were, but I had a tank already and added them. They ate everyone but my apple snail. Such a diet allowed them to get big fast.
I loved them and they were adorable when they came up to the tank wall with their tails wagging, and I liked watching them do their territory dances/displays.
I enjoyed my danios before the cichlids ate them. I'd like to have danios again sometime.
I have an unheated 45g hex with a bamboo shrimp, gold white clouds, and I recently added two Amano shrimp and three hillstream loaches. Bamboo shrimp do great if you feed them spirulina powder. It’s an interesting tank to IMO.
This is an amazing beautiful video! A great way to do a recommendation video for gallon sizes! Thank you for making this!
Looking forward to this, Tanks a lot to the Aquarium Co-op crew
At 2:20 the way the fish just left was so funny to me 😂
I love these idea videos, really inspirational. Just watched Brett’s tour with you at aquarium Co op - dude I love what your doing, your whole philosophy is awesome and you deserve success, and maybe all businesses could take on board your ideas. Keep up the great wort. Thank you
Found a 29 gallon tank behind my home and these ideas are gold.
This video has to be one of the best. My favorite tank is a 20g long
Love my pseudomugil gertrudae group. And they are in my 20 long! Definitely one of my favorites.
I like how you did the feeder on the glass for the fish B-roll in a bunch of your videos. That was brilliant 👏
Great video, you look like Ed Helms and that made me smile
tbh this is the most informative channel about fish also how you explain in detail is awesome!! 🙌🙌🙌
I'm currently cycling a 20 gallon to set up my first cherry shrimp tank! I'm so excited!❤
20s are a nice size. Tnks for showcasing
First btw.
THANK YOU, Perfect timing
I've got a 20 long with 24 neons and some ghost shrimp. I have more trouble caring for the plants than the fish.
Neon tetras are my favorite!!
You cant go wrong with neons👌
Except they die all the time due to NTD
@@ChikkiSh00gs Well of your store gets them from a reputable source then their perfect :) but if not then yeah they die from that disgustingly common disease :(
@@NeonTetraAquarist Have literally tried everywhere here even "reputable" breeders and still end up with either NTD or fungus, have given up on them :(
@@ChikkiSh00gs relatable. The store I used to get them from, where they died within days from the most crooked spines and weirdest diseases imaginable, closed and it forced me to find another, and I tried again. Never looking back, these new ones are perfect...this is in NYC of all places
I've learned alot from your vids!
Cory et al, the fact I picked up 6 pseudomugil gertrudae aru ii to finish off my 16 gallon tank today is rather eerie... Awesome content as always!
We had our 15G family tank way back when, and that's what we had... Neons, and Zebras, about 10 each! :-)
My 🐈 watched this video intensely! I think we both liked it.
hey Cory can u do a video about 30gallon tank ideas..?
My Mom Used Not Like Me Having A Tank In Her House Until The Fish Had Babies And She Loves Having The Tank In Her House!!!!🌊🐟
Nice! What kind of fish?
@@Matthew-cd8iv Fancy Guppies
Nice, have you ever had giant danios?
@@Matthew-cd8iv No I have not. I would like to have some one of these days!
@@bridgettraughber3994 I recently got some a few weeks ago, I got 3, and they are with 10 zebra danios in my 20 gal planted tank. If you got room you should get a few.They don't need to be kept in massive groups of 6+ like people say, I've found out.They just need happy active fish and they do very well. Super colorful and playful in about a week.
White Cloud mountain fish are good for old retired men like me. They don't need a heater and with a lot if plants look, breed and the babies have lots of hiding spaces. They eat about anything and prefer cooler water. They need no heater and are very easy to take care of.
Every video just gets better and better. You guys are doing great work, just amazing👍🏽 keep it up 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
any chance of pictures/videos of the tank enviroments with descriptions of fish, plants, filters etc? for the newbies that might wanna try this
I think I'm meant to be a subscriber - the Pseudomugil rainbowfish idea is EXACTLY what I'm planning to do with my 20 gallon once I'm done raising my platy fry in it. Small school of them, some Rummynose Tetras, and some cories. Fallen in love with the gold cories recently, but haven't decided for sure. Excited to set it up in a few months!
Loved this one
a nice group of cherry barbs and a blue betta and blue shrimps is amazing for a starter set. ( fully planted ofcourse )
or everything red and make it a blackwater tank looks great aswell.
i run a filter feeding tank with guppys mollys and bamboo shrimp. works out super good the shrimp keep the water clean and the food you feed the fish the shrimp also eat. heavily plant the tank and you will hardly have to change the water. use first bites or grind up flake fine.
The planted neon tetra tank shown in the beginning is so beautiful and inspirational. Is there a list of the plants that are in there? In particular that big red plant at 1:07. Thanks!
This is a great series, I look forward to future popular tank sizes. It's fun to see what others, especially those that have been in the "game" for a while, would stock in their tanks.
Years ago I took a 200 gallon tank , and it was heavily planted , everytime I went to 1 specific fish store I bought 1 male and 3 female guppies and just let them all crossbreed with each other. At one point after I had acquired 20-25 different color strains of guppies it looked like a rainbow exploded
This was just perfect cause today I got a 20 gal Ultum Nature Systems tank! I'm gonna add some killifish and psudomugil that I already have but I'll look into the neon Tetra School! Great video!
Cory, this video hit all the marks for my family! My first tank was a danio and Cory tank, my sister LOVES shrimp, and my dad loves the neon tank. I’m sending this link to anyone asking what to do with their 20s!
I agree with you, I’ve been out of it for a while but I went out and bought a 29 and I’ve been looking at all my options and the only fish that are realistically an option are going to be neon Tetris or ember Tetris or Chili Rasboras. The rest boroughs are too hard to get and going to be really expensive for that many. I wind up with either Amber or neon Tetris andI’ll do two or three male guppies and about 6 ottocinclus eventually once it’s established. I’ll put some glass shrimp and some neocaradina and snails. First I need to figure out how to regulate my pH, it’s about 6.5 to 6.6 now with zero GH and only 2 KH. Call start with plants and fish first and get used to keeping it balanced, I think I’ll do about 15 Tetris, I would like to do 6 ottos with 6 pigmy Cory carts too. I’ll do a 30 inch planter with lava rock and pothose which will bring it up to about 32 or 33 gallons, but I’m just not sure if it will handle the bio load. That’s why am sticking to the neon and ember tetras, they’re smaller. I wish I had a store like yours closer, we just have Petco and Petsmart here and even that is an hour away. There are a couple of marine stores another 20 minutes away I’ll check it out but we have almost nothing around here.
I have a combo pleco 2 to 4 green tetra 10 is good and kulio loach I have found this really good 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
Your knowledge really comes through on these videos.
I so wish you made this video sooner, entered the hobby late last year and was watching a lot of vids to try to get some ideas. You've inspired me for future tanks though. Thank you!
Right now I have two 20-gallon tanks running on a double stand. The upper tank has 9 Beacon Tetras with a single Ancistrus (Bristle-nose), Anubias Plants and a Moss Ball, with plain gravel, river stones and Mopani wood. The lower tank has 4 Black Skirt Tetras with a single Ancistrus (Bristle-nose), Anubias Plants and a Moss Ball, with plain gravel, river stones and Mopani wood. In the past I've kept Neon Tetras, Glowlight Tetras and Black Neons with the same basic setup.
I'm currently cycling my tank... So it's nice to get these ideas
20 gallon long is one of my favourite aquarium sizes. The fish prefer more of the horizontal space.
Very helpful video. I needed to restock my 29gal and was inspired by the ideas presented here. I decided on planted (of course) with Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish up top, long fin serpae tetra in the middle and dwarf chain loach down low. They are all still small but very happy with the setup. Thank you for providing great ideas for stocking.
Thank you for this! It’s so hard to find good info on a 20 gallon planted tank 🙏
Just set up a 20 gallon two weeks ago with 12 of the pseudomugils and a pair of apistos - it really is great!
I love your enthusiasm! :)
Great tips i have a 20gal tank scaped with panda corys a pair of german blue rams and some Pakastani yoyo loaches. super fun tank. :)
You just solved a nearly one year old mystery! I had never heard of Japanese Trapdoor snails before watching this, and your description matched up a lot with the snail I got from my local pond shop! His name is Curly and he lived in my 55 gallon Ranchu tank. He’s about the size of a golf ball and was sold to me as a “pond snail” and the guy working there wasnt sure what he was. Looked up the pictures and yup, thats my kid!
bred psuedos, guppys or endlers, cpds, bristlenose, obviously white clouds, apistogramma cauc, and kribensis with no heater. just room temps. Good luck everyone :)
Hi cory I love this video you should do more video like this even a 30 gal tank too. Thanks cory
During the summer I set up the 10 gallon pseudomugil luminatus tank you suggested and wow it is still my fav. This gave me a ton of good ideas for an upcoming 37 gallon but I see it housing my guppies. Love me some gup gups.
Love Gertrude's rainbow... used for my 5th place IAPLC tank.
congrats ont he placing.
I keep a group of 4 red neon rainbows in one and a group of four furcatus in my for profit neocardina tanks. They are 10's but well planted.
I'm waiting to find a batch of green neons to do the third. I'm thinking 10.
The ambient music is an awesome touch man! Keep up the good work:D
Set up a current over detritus, danios will suspend in the current in small groups to eat what’s washed off
Just decided to do a neon tetra tank in my 20T last week. Matched those with a my leftover 8 pygmy cory cats and 3 blue mystery snails. It really is a simple but beautiful tank. It's really funny when the pygmys come out and "school" with the neons.
I watch Corys videos to fall asleep he has that Bob Ross/Mr Rogers approach to aquatics “that that being said “ He’s the fish Goat/Guru😂👌😅
Thanks for thw advise. I have a single specie 20 gallon tank of 20 Serpae Tetrea's and they look amazing.
I feel like an odd one owning a standard 20 gallon instead of a 20 long
Had my old roommate pick up a 20 gal long, got home it was a 20 gal tall. Lol I just kinda went with it and it's alright. Would definitely have rather had a 20 long though.
I have a 20 tall... I feel ya
I just picked up a 10 p. gertrudae for my planted 29g a couple weeks ago. They're already competing with my sterbei's for top egg layers. By far one of my favorite fish.
It's funny that you say "showstopper," because no matter how many tanks I set up and what size they are, my 20 gallon long has always had the BEST plant growth! All my planted tanks are low-tech and for whatever reason, the 20 has always been the most successful. And not only that, but I also feel that any fish I put in there always does well. Lucky tank maybe? Right now it contains some fire red apistos and they are doing great.
Cory, just so you know science defines room temperature at 72 F or 25 C
Somehow I always land on your videos and I’m not even mad about it lol 😂
Thank you, you truly are a genius.
I just started a 20 gallon today. After I get it growing well, I'm going to put 4 orange spotted Cory's, 3 Octos and 10 or so rummy nose tetras.