Native fish for a 10-20 gallon?

[AaronKWolfe]

I finally managed to get my wife to let me get a small tank! I'm very excited as I've missed keeping fish and I was looking at some native fish to keep. What would be some good native fish for a small tank like that? Ideally I'd want a type of sunfish but they all seem to get too big for a 20 gallon any ideas for some native fish in a small tank?

 

[kno4te]

tlindsey

 

[tlindsey]

I finally managed to get my wife to let me get a small tank! I'm very excited as I've missed keeping fish and I was looking at some native fish to keep. What would be some good native fish for a small tank like that? Ideally I'd want a type of sunfish but they all seem to get too big for a 20 gallon any ideas for some native fish in a small tank?

A couple of Raibow Darter would work but they won't live long if water stays warm consistently. No heat cool room also micro bubbles can do them in. I personally kept a group of them for a couple of years but believe they probably could have lived a little longer in my cooler basement.

 

[AaronKWolfe]

A couple of Raibow Darter would work but they won't live long if water stays warm consistently. No heat cool room also micro bubbles can do them in. I personally kept a group of them for a couple of years but believe they probably could have lived a little longer in my cooler basement.

Those aren't around me. I was looking at a school of minnows most likely with a crawfish.

 

[tlindsey]

Those aren't around me. I was looking at a school of minnows most likely with a crawfish.

I have a 20 long setup with rosey red minnows. It depends on the max size of the minnows. Also if Crawfish will get them while they rest.

 

[AaronKWolfe]

I have a 20 long setup with rosey red minnows. It depends on the max size of the minnows. Also if Crawfish will get them while they rest.

I know a crawfish will try doing that. I want a single somewhat large fish.

 

[AaronKWolfe]

I settled for a group of 10 exodon paradoxus in a 20 gallon

 

[duanes]

Everglades pigmy sunfish (Elassoma evergladei) or Elassoma okefenokee would work, both are quite beautiful.
Stickleback might also fit the bill.

 

[AaronKWolfe]

Everglades pigmy sunfish (Elassoma evergladei) or Elassoma okefenokee would work, both are quite beautiful.
Stickleback might also fit the bill.

Those look cool. I'd have gotten them if i hadn't gotten exodons first, plus if i could find them

 

[duanes]

Just an observation, Exodon's normally grow to almost 5", so will eventually get too larger such small tanks.
I wouldn't keep them in anything under a 55 gallon tank.