What size tank do I need?
Adult-minimum tank sizes for the fish people actually ask about. Conservative numbers — what the fish needs as an adult, not the size the store will sell it to you in. Each page cites its source.
Freshwater51
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)min 5 gal
- Dwarf gouramimin 15 gal
- Neon tetramin 10 gal
- Cardinal tetramin 20 gal
- Ember tetramin 10 gal
- Rummynose tetramin 20 gal
- Harlequin rasboramin 15 gal
- Celestial pearl danio (galaxy rasbora)min 10 gal
- Zebra daniomin 20 gal
- Guppymin 10 gal
- Mollymin 30 gal
- Platymin 15 gal
- Swordtailmin 30 gal
- Angelfishmin 55 gal
- Discusmin 75 gal
- German blue rammin 20 gal
- Oscarmin 75 gal
- Corydoras (cory catfish)min 20 gal
- Bristlenose plecomin 30 gal
- Kuhli loachmin 20 gal
- Fancy goldfish (oranda, ryukin, etc.)min 40 gal
- Common / comet goldfishmin 75 gal
- Cherry shrimp (Neocaridina)min 5 gal
- Otocinclus catfishmin 20 gal
- Amano shrimpmin 10 gal
- Mystery snailmin 10 gal
- Nerite snailmin 5 gal
- Convict cichlidmin 40 gal
- Jack Dempsey cichlidmin 75 gal
- Firemouth cichlidmin 55 gal
- Electric yellow cichlid (Yellow Lab)min 55 gal
- Clown plecomin 20 gal
- Common plecomin 150 gal
- Bolivian rammin 30 gal
- Apistogramma cacatuoidesmin 25 gal
- Tiger barbmin 30 gal
- Cherry barbmin 15 gal
- Black skirt tetramin 20 gal
- GloFish (zebra danio)min 20 gal
- Pearl gouramimin 30 gal
- Honey gouramimin 15 gal
- Yoyo loachmin 55 gal
- Clown loachmin 150 gal
- Dwarf orange crayfishmin 5 gal
- Axolotlmin 30 gal
- Endler's livebearermin 5 gal
- Pygmy corydorasmin 10 gal
- Chili rasboramin 10 gal
- Sparkling gouramimin 10 gal
- Koi angelfish (variant)min 55 gal
- Silver dollarmin 75 gal
Saltwater22
- Ocellaris clownfishmin 20 gal
- Yellow tangmin 75 gal
- Royal grammamin 30 gal
- Firefish gobymin 20 gal
- Mandarin dragonetmin 75 gal
- Flame angelfishmin 70 gal
- Six-line wrassemin 30 gal
- Clark's clownfishmin 30 gal
- Maroon clownfishmin 55 gal
- Blue tang (Pacific blue)min 125 gal
- Powder blue tangmin 180 gal
- Foxface rabbitfishmin 125 gal
- Green chromismin 55 gal
- Banggai cardinalfishmin 30 gal
- Longnose hawkfishmin 50 gal
- Yellow watchman gobymin 30 gal
- Diamond gobymin 55 gal
- Tomini tangmin 75 gal
- Copperband butterflyfishmin 75 gal
- Melanurus wrassemin 75 gal
- Midas blennymin 50 gal
- Lawnmower blennymin 30 gal
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