Tank too crowded???

[bmxdannyo]

here is what i have - a 20 gallon long with-
1x needle nose gar
1x peacock eel
1x 3 inch pleco
1x clown loach
this is what i would like to add
2x small electric yellow cichlids
1x peacock eel

My tank has plenty of live planted plants and rock and log hideouts, i just want to know of this is too many fish for my tank

 

[TheKeyToArson]

What type of Pleco is it? Are you just growing them out in that tank? Because I don't think that would be a problem but if you plan on keeping them in that for life then yes that is too small. Plus you really shouldn't keep Clowns as singles...they are a social fish and thrive in shoals.

 

[dragonfish]

Yes unless it is a growout. You have three fish that can reach 12 inches in a 12 inch wide tank. Two of those are not very bendable. Depending on species the pleco will quickly out grow tank.

 

[bmxdannyo]

ya when it comes time i will buy prob like a 55 gallon or sumthing, i wont make them suffer in a small tank but for now do you guys think that this is ok for the fish that i want to get?

 

[Lupin]

but for now do you guys think that this is ok for the fish that i want to get?

No. By the way, CLs should be kept in a group, not singly. Do add them if you have the bigger tank.

 

[killerfish]

how big is every thing now?

 

[bmxdannyo]

pleco = 3 inch
gar = 6 inch
eel = 6 1/2 inch
clowns = 1 inch
by the way i do have some other fish tanks with a couple loaches and i moved them into my tank with the eel (the other tanks are smaller - 12 gallons)

 

[bmxdannyo]

BBBUUUTTT.... if any one would like to donate a 55g to me lol jk...(jk=just kidding)

 

[killerfish]

seeing as all of those fish still have alot of growing to do i'd say work on getting a new tank first

 

[maynardwix]

You don't need anymore fish till you get a larger tank. All those fish are going to get a lot bigger. The clown loaches also like to be in groups so you need more of them, but not with out a larger tank. As far as adding an electric yellow, and whatever else you wanted, I'd be carful. I'm not sure about needlenose gars, but I know with the local gars that we have here in florida (Aligator and Florida Gars) the are a preditory fish and will eat any smaller fish such as a small african cichlid. Plus with the electric yellows, they are an african cichlid and do best in a high pH, I don't know what you keep it at for the fish you have now, but that is why people usually keep africans all together in the same tank.