new tank!

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 14:57

so, for our anniversary my hubby got me a 5 gallon tank set up!! i was shocked! i asked for one but never imagined he would get it for me seeing as i already have 5 tanks set up Very Happy

i cleaned some sand and put it in with a heater, plants and coconut cave and filled it up to make sure it wasnt going to leak and make sure it is all working ok. now i need help figuring out what to put in it! ive been wanting another boy, but i want to look at all options i may have before i settle!!!! any suggestions?

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:01

Theres quite a few different things that could go in there
any of the 3 types of pygmy corys
honey gouramis
sparkling gourami
endlers
galaxy rasbora
ember tetra
cherry shrimp
ADFs

I personally would go for somethinklike
6 pygmy corys
4 endlers 1M 3F
1 sparkling gourami

or
6 pygmy corys
6 galaxy rasbora
1 male endler.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:07

i would love the cories, but i have never seen any in any of the lfs's i have, i may have to ask the one i sell the snails too if they can even get them.... i havent seen endlers either, or cherry shrimp Sad

just ghost shrimp. im starting to feel left out! i do like and have seen the sparkling gouramis, is the tank big enough? i didnt think it would be, but if it is that is great!

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:18

Ghost shrimp will get quite big for a 10G. Most lfs will ordder fish in for people if they can make ome money out of it haha. Sparkling gouramis will be fin in there IMO. You could get away with 3 if you had nothing else in the tank

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:24

kiz, its a 5 gallon. hehe where's your reading glasses? lol!

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:27

I sat on them and broke them:[ jokes I think 3 would work in a 5 g aslong as it is long 5G if is tall then i would go for smaller shaoling fish.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:31

the tank dimensions are 16x8x10inches.

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:35

I think you could have 3 in there aslong as theres a couple of hiding places. Or you could go for a pair of wild bettas

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:37

never seen wilds either, i think i may have to move over there where you all are!! its too expensive to order them on the comp and apparentally where i am the lfs's stink! lol!

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:44

Haha you dont really see them that much over here in lfs yonhave to buy them off breeders. Haha

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 15:55

well i want to be by some breeders too Sad

i live in the country and aparentaly i must be the only one here into fishkeeping on a serious level!! the people i know with tanks just put water in and whatever fish they want and thats it, no testing or w/c's. poor fish!!

ok so im going to ask my lfs about the gouramis and pygmy cories and see what my options there are adn if not then what else can i do? i looked at the bettas last night, but only one caught my eye but his eyes had what looked like and extension of his coloring over the top half of them or else he would have came home with me then.

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 16:07

Thats not to good :[
If you cant get shrimp, endlers, gourami or corys then the only other things i can think of that ca go in there are ember tetra, galaxy rasbora and ADFs apart from that i think a betta is your only other option. Some bettas do have the scaling/colouring that covers overthere eyes haych has a white pair like that. I wouldnt personally buy one but i dont know if it actually harms the fish or just means they cant see aswell.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 16:15

i dont know either, thats why i didnt get him. hubby wouldnt be too happy if i bought him and then he died. he was stunning though, HMBF plakat with really nice coloring. so basically a betta with maybe a ADF or two? can they go together?

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 16:30

What colour was he? ive noticed a couple and all have had white in them. Some people have bettas and ADFs together perfectly fine but other have had problems with the ADFs grabbing the bettas tail. I personally wouldnt risk it but its up to you.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 18:44

he was a scarlet red, purple with the white butterflying to his fins. he looked mostly purple with the scarlet accenst to his body and fins. so so pretty! ok so probs not on the ADF, but if i get a plakat do you think the ADF would bother him? there arent any cories that arent pygmy is there? i dont think there are but have to ask.

oh i looked on the box the tank came in and the dimensions are actually 16x8.5x10 in. it works out to be 5.89US gallons.

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 18:52

Ive never kept ADFs with PK or heard about it so i cant really help you much there. Pygmy corys are the only types of corys that IMO can be kpt in anything under 10G. Thats a good size for a 5G it gives you alot more options than if it was a tall tank.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:07

yeah it is a lot longer than tall thank goodness!! i just got off of the phone witht the owner of the lfs i take the snails to and she is going to talk to her supplier and see if she can get me in the pygmies!! i hope she can! she is having me call on mon. to go over the list of what is availible from them and if they arent on the list she said she will call them and see if they can get them and why not if they cant, she is awesome.

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:13

Thats really good.
Just so you know theres 3 different types of pygmys
corydoras hastatus
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corydoras habrosus
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corydoras pygmaeus (these are what i have)
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by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:18

i knew there were the different types but havent really looked into too much about them since i had never seen them in the lfs. will all three types be ok in the 5g?

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:21

Yh all 3 will be fine they all get to about 2cm fully grown with males slightly smaller.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:24

great!! i really like the habrosus, but they are all cute!! ill read up on them and write the names down to ask her on mon.

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:27

Sounds good. You might not get i scientific name of them though most lfs just call all 3 types pygmy corys so it might just be luck for what they get in.

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:43

yeah,her supplier is pretty good though, she can even get skunk cories in. which is something id like to get at some point. nice thong about dealing with her is that i dont really have to have extra cash, just snails!!

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:48

Haha sounds good. Skunk corys are nice ive never seen them around here. I like my pandas though. Ive always wanted some black aeneus corys but there £20 each Shocked

by **flip** Wed 21 Jul 2010 - 19:54

goodness, pricey!! i havent seen them around here either but she can get them. i havent seen pandas either to be honest.

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