5.5 Litre Tank?

[Knox213]

im back what did i miss

 

[mini_matt]

lol not much tbh

 

[Knox213]

made your mind up whats going into the tank?

 

[mini_matt]

not yet i made a new topic hoping to get more response but havent got any yet lol im swaying towards the upsidedown tank idea to add a bit more room to my 10gal

 

[Honeythorn]

dunno how they get away selling that size tank then i guess peoples ignorance, check the link to the tank I saw in the shop think he wondered why they all died in a week lol

They do it to make money from common myths that certain fish "don't need much space".

Bettas and goldfish are the biggest sufferers of this myth and end up in the most horrifically small tanks imaginable.

Since the cube is utterly useless for any sort of fish, what you could do is make it a planted cube. A micro planted tank effectively. If you can get a very small bit of bogwood or perhaps some chips of rock with an interesting shape, you could have a sand substrate, with your wood or rock, and some Java moss to make a tiny planted setup. You could modify a desklamp to take LED's which should be bright enough to grow the moss (it's a very easy plant to keep alive and does not require vast amounts of light or anything special ) although even that may not be nessecary, a lamp with a very bright light should do the job just fine, I've seen many pctures of such setups and they look really great.


As for an inhabitant, if you are absolutely desperate to have something living in there, then get a couple of cherry shrimp. Shrimp produce exceedingly low amounts of waste, and a small DIY sponge filter would be all they'd need. Cherries don't require a heater so that's one less piece of equipment to worry about.

 

[mini_matt]

I was just checking out bitteraspects little planted tank thingy lol cherry shrimp don't need a heater? thats awesome i didn't know that! I have a very bright led desk lamp that would do a great job at growin some lovely moss! lol

 

[Honeythorn]

That's great! Why not give it a try and see how it goes? It won't cost you much so if it doesn't work out you won't have wasted too much money on it, and the shrimp can easily go into another tank.

Indeed Cherries don't need a heater and have been known to breed in temps as low as 15 degrees C ( though they obviously do just as well in heated aquaria )

If you don't want them to breed ( best not in something as small as that unless you have a bigger tank to take the babies ) then just get one shrimp.

You can buy premade shrimp pellets that are very tiny, or feed a very little pinch of crushed fish food every 2 days or so.

 

[mini_matt]

best thing is the tank is free cos someone gave it to my mum! lol and its small enough to sit on my desk its got a glass lid so the water will probably end up quite warm neways with the lamp. so I now think it will be mainly plants but like a pair of shrimp just so thers some movement, I have wanted shrimp but worried about my fish eatin them lol

 

[Honeythorn]

If you want some bigger shrimp for a tank that has fish in it, then Amanos and Ghost shrimp are good to try. One of my female Amanos is 6 years old and still going strong! They are a great cleanup crew who will eat algae, and bits of leftover food ,and Ghost shrimp in particular will eat pretty much anything (this does include fish fry so they are not suitable if you have any breeding fish in there - amanos will be safer )

 

[mini_matt]

thanks to all! I'll post pics up in the new year when its all up and running

 

[Knox213]

will look nice

and woop 1000 posts : P

 

[mini_matt]

wheyyyyyyyy well done knox! and you joined like a month after me! Im online like constantly (my gf complaines every day) yet u have more than trippled my post score! do you ever go out!? lol

 

[bitteraspects]

5.5 gallons is'nt even a gallon is it?

 

[mini_matt]

lol didn't even spot that! lol Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

 

[theshadowinc]

will look nice

and woop 1000 posts : P

Postings like this will get you up to higher than 1k posts in less than 4 months! Just wanted to point that out