if you really want africans the best bet for a 20-40 would be tanganyikan shell dwellers or julies. some of them are pretty nice and you could get a big colony of brevis in a 20 (like around 6). But unless you have a 55 plus your limited to one species.
2 eletric yellows in 20 gallon tank.
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i want to challenge myself. anyway i made a cleaning scegule. i should have not used struggle. i should have used can be hard.
you might get away with 3-5 julies if you pick a small species and only get 1 male. if you get multiple males get rid of all but one of them and try to get extra females to spread the aggression. the general rule with africans is 1 male for every 3 or 4 females, males of the same species kill each other in a tank that size. honestly if you want a good number of fish the shell dwellers would be a better choice since they only get about 5 cm long, you could set up a nice colony of small shell dwellers in a 20 gallon.
i also maintain my sisters turtle tank. the turtle is happier than ever. so i am taking care of more than my fish. anyway i am willing to do hours of maintenance each week. i do about 3-4 hours of maintenance a week. the huge desise thing was really partly my fault. the guy who sold it to us sold us an overstocked tank. my dad said that it was a good stock. i did not agree. but i lisened to him. i did many large water changes. The tank was just never clean. now that my tank only has one Oscar it will probably not get desised again.
You need to slow down. I am glad that you are excited by keeping fish, but you are moving way too fast. Second, download firefox so you get the build in spell checker or google chrome. It is hard to understand what you are typing. If you are interested in Mbuna a 20 gallon will not work. So do not get the 20 or pick different fish. Next if you are doing 20 gallon tank research different African fish that can be kept in smaller tanks. Species only setup may be better for your plan.
