Johannes Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 What would yo stock in a five gallon having difficulty deciding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 If you intend to have a decent amount of live plants a small group of celestial pearl danio would find it cozy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helan Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 2:00 PM, Johannes said: What would yo stock in a five gallon having difficulty deciding Some java moss on the tree and anubias nana on the rock and maybe some duckweed if you like floaters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Thank you for the great suggestions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drenon88 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Neon Green Rasboras are very small and look fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helan Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 9:22 PM, David Olszewski said: Neon Green Rasboras are very small and look fantastic! A little pricey depending on where you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok12 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) On 10/20/2021 at 9:23 AM, Helan said: A little pricey depending on where you are You can get a nice group of neon green rasboras from Aquahuna for a decent price. I kept 8 in a Fluval Spec V and they seemed to do really well. I really like that fish and would recommend for a setup like this as well, just make sure you have plenty of plants like GuppySnail mentioned. They cohabitate great with cherry shrimp too Edited October 20, 2021 by Ragnarok12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Various Vivaria Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 a small school of Brigittae rasboras would look great in any nano tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I will 2nd the CPDs! You can also keep them with shrimp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Depends on the setup, if it has a lid, and current. Out of my few 5 gallons, the one I enjoy the most is the on my desk with 3 african dwarf frogs and 2 mystery snails. Fairly easy setup, Water lettuce on the top, covering about 2/3. On the bottom, a mixture of dwarf sagiterias, crypt wendtii, and anubias nanji. Hardscape, I have a few pieces of broken dragon stones to make caves. Filtration a nano co-op sponge filter. Each week I remove about 1/2 of the water lettuce which grows back by the next time. I do a water change maybe every 3 months as the nitrates plummet to zero unless adding fertilizer. I add one squirt of easy green each week. Feeding schedule is fairly simple. I feed the frogs on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I feed the mystery snails shrimp food on the same day too. I have a small nicrew heater that I have set to kick on at 74'f. This setup does require a lid. This setup because of the frogs needs low flow. I do use a fluval aquasky light on it, and keep it pretty much cycling between coming on when I get to the office at 6 am with a sunrise cycle to a sunset cycle when I leave at 6 pm. I have the light peak for two hours during the day at 70% white/60% green & red/10% blue. The frogs are active during the first part of the day as the light is ramping up and in the last part of the day as the lights are ramping down. Edited October 20, 2021 by Ben_RF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I would make it a snail tank lots of colourful varieties of nerite snails or Ramshorns to choose from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne Brown Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 A breeding colony of least killifish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 If I was going to go with a fish, I am not sure if I would do celestial pearl danios. Honestly, I think a 5 gallon may be to cramped for them. Perhaps a school of 6 to 8 pygmy corydoras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentFishFanUK Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 With lots of cover and or leaf litter, how about a small group of indostomus paradoxus or indostomus crocodilus? (Toothpick fish). I think they would be awesome though I think they need live foods? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 4:09 AM, KentFishFanUK said: With lots of cover and or leaf litter, how about a small group of indostomus paradoxus or indostomus crocodilus? (Toothpick fish). I think they would be awesome though I think they need live foods? Yes! The tiny crocodile toothpicks! Need those tiny live foods, though. Not an easy fish because of that. But would be very cool and happy in a 5 which not many fish are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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