three-fingers
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I would also say 6 ember tetras should be happy in there.
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i say return the last neon to the LFS,strip and clean the tank and buy a betta. personally i wouldnt put ANYTHING else in a tank that small, its cruel to the fish
Something to do with puddles.
I wouldn't even keep a betta in less than 5 gal myself.
I think under 5 gal tanks need banning.
The reason why as people always end up putting the wrong fish in them. Like for example goldifsh.
i say return the last neon to the LFS,strip and clean the tank and buy a betta. personally i wouldnt put ANYTHING else in a tank that small, its cruel to the fish
I don't understand peoples mentalities on here sometimes. You would put a 2-3" betta in a 15L, but not 6 1" fish?
There's lots that can live seemingly comfortably in a 15L, most aren't common, but things like celestial pearl danios, micro rasboras, cherry, rainbow crystal red (and loads more dwarf shrimp), various snails, a couple of dwarf frogs, even some crabs (Thai micro crabs that are available now). A betta is fine too.
There are loads more fish that I cant think of off the top of my head right now too.
Is it better to keep them in bigger tanks? Yes, but then as long as they aren't showing signs of stress and have room to swim around lots, why not?
Neons and other larger tetras are pushing it a bit too far IMO as they are about twice the size as the above micro fish, and just don't behave naturally not having as much relative space to swim.
This might explain it more.
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