4 EASY Tank Setups for a 20-Gallon Aquarium

Here are 4 of my creative 20-gallon aquarium ideas using community fish, axolotls, and live plants.

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[M]

I like how you're not ashamed that your fish died and are honest about it with us. Shows us the reality of the aquarium hobby rather than just the glamorous side

[creeperroese]

thank you for including your mistakes in this video, makes the learning process feel more acceptable.

[Snowflake]

I really appreciate how you showed both your successes and failures. I like the blue background that you have, it is a refreshing change from the standard black background that is shown in so many planted tanks. Great video!

[jaymiller]

I really appreciate the fact that your videos are usually less than ten minutes and you pack a lot of good information into that short time frame. Some YouTubers have interesting relevant topics but they turn on the camera and ramble for 20-30 minutes. Thanks for being concise! You're obviously well prepared, and I always know you're not going to waste my time.

[fishfolk]

It's cool that you admit your mistakes, and what you've learned along the way. Honest humility is so much better than idealistic pride in this hobby!

[Katherine-qsws]

I like how honest you were with fish deaths and how you persevered through them. For 20 gallon ideas, I actually like a school of gold white cloud minnows with lots of dwarf sag or vallisneria. After a while, the novelty of new fish wore off for me, and now I prefer single species tanks.

[mpedersen]

I love the honesty about how your fish died. It really encourages me. Because everytime a fish dies I blame myself and think about quitting. I love watching honest videos with real people. Liked and subscribed.

[shredman]

Love the honesty of this video. Pretty much sums up my experience also. The truth is that fish keeping can be an unforgiving hobby! Even with youtube and taking my time, there is a huge learning curve and a lot of things are hard to control. I love to look at people's tanks, especially the planted ones. I have to continually fight the urge to try it again.

[turdboxes]

I love that you showed your failures in the hobby along with your successes. Most hobbyists won’t admit that they had struggles in the beginning of the hobby

[NessysSanctuary]

At last someone who tells of the truth of fish keeping I like your honesty and telling it as it is new sub

[ktylonox]

My spouse never understood why I needed to change out my 29 gallon tank every year or so.... lol your videos really hit home! At one time I even did a tank to highlight vintage bubble ornaments since THOSE were what fascinated me as a child, and made me want an aquarium in the first place.

[Noxlion]

I know it’s an older video but I appreciate the honesty with your fish keeping struggles. I lost my first two platies this morning and it sucks because I had them for a year. I did a redesign of my tank with live plants and wood and I let the pH drop too quickly. Unlike the other rude people commenting, I tell myself that I gave the fish a better life than they would’ve had stuck at PetSmart or Petco. Which is true. I still hate losing fish due to my mess ups, but it’s the only way people can learn unfortunately. Fish are finicky creatures and in some ways are harder to take care of than my cat.

[shesellsfish]

Shellies would be awesome. They colony breed, are always in high demand, and are just fun to watch. They excavate the sand, move shells around, claim territories. Just active and fun to see such small fish moving piles of sand.
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[JeremyGoneWildPets]

I feel this! My 29 gallon tank has been restocked and rescaped so many times.

[samcrews]

Thanks for your honesty! I want to do a community tank, and your honest advice was soooo helpful. Please keep updating us on these tanks!

[sdmcdaniel]

I've been doing fish tanks off and on through out my life (I'm 50+), and I LOVE doing theme tanks! Right now, I don't really have the space, but I'm planning on setting up a planted betta tank (5 gallon). I prefer natural themed tanks... but there are 3 themed tanks I have always wanted to do. 1- An underwater river theme, using nothing but stone and wood in a planted tank. A ' Lost City of Atlantis' where fish can swim around an underwater ruins setting, and a saltwater coral reef.

[ayunkhan]

Finally, a short and to the point fishtube video which also ended up making me enjoy it. Good work.


Im more of an oddball and bottom dweller guy. Id stock a 20 long with 6 Kuhlis, 6 Panda Cories, a Bamboo Shrimp, clams, an apple snail and a Neon Dwarf Gourami as the centrepiece

[ΝέστοραςΠαναγιώτης]

Omg you deserve hella more subs than that !! You gave me great idea on how to decorate my aquarium and also it came in handy that you included your mistakes .I began setting up my aquarium yesterday and I have done the very very basic . Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 👍

[michaelfox]

Great video; very informative. I like how you went from artificial-looking to natural. I have a 20 gallon long that I recently rebooted. It had two goldfish (artificial plants of course) that just got too big, and I was able to donate them to a retirement home 350 gallon aquarium! I always had tropical fish as a kid, and I wanted to try them again. I also wanted to keep the aquarium unheated, so I did a lot of research before picking my fish. I planted the aquarium with a variety of rhizome and root species, and used the goldfish gravel and water to keep it seasoned. I first added 6 black neons, 3 red wag platies and a hillstream loach. A week later I added 3 sunset variatus platies. Then I made my mistake. I was going for green tiger barbs, but the guy at the aquarium store warned about their aggressiveness, and suggested instead that I get a couple of powder blue gouramis. I told him my aquarium was unheated (house temp 20C by day, 16 at night). He said that the gouramis don't need a heated tank, and I took him at his word. I brought them back with a second hillstream loach and all was good for about 5 days. At that point, I could see white growths on the body of one of the gouramis, and it was swimming oddly. I removed him for treatment, but he didn't last a day. Less than a week later, the other gourami started swimming in the same funny way, so I removed him and tried to treat him (meds plus salt). He didn't make it a day later. I then went to the internet and found out about dwarf gourami iridovirus. I don't know for sure if that's what they got, and if so, if it had anything to do with the water temperature I was keeping them at. I did add a heater after that and moved the temperature up to 22. But I was afraid to buy any more dwarf gouramis, fearing that the virus might still be in the water. Four glofish tetras later, all is well.

[kaitlynburke]

Shy guys tank was my fave! Introverts unite!