5 Gallon Tank

[ScuabaDuba]

I am a tropical fish enthusiast who is going away to college. I will be living in an apartment-style dorm for the year. I have a five gallon tank that is currently not being used, and would love to bring it to school with me. Feeding during breaks will not be a problem, as I could just attach an auto-feeder during my absense. At the most, it would be a month....too long?

I would like to simply put a dwarf puffer in the tank....maybe a cory as well, but nothing else. Once summer hits, I would transport the fish by bag....

Does this sound too troublesome? Would a puffer be all right with this? Please, any thoughts, comments, suggestions, warnings....

Thank you!

 

[CFC]

Your current ideas for would be tank inmates wouldnt work, dwarf puffers require live/frozen food and cories need to be kept in groups of at least 3 or more. A month is a long time to leave a tank unattended, at least one water change would be needed in that time with such a small tank.

 

[TorPeteO]

That is a very long time, it's hard for a tank to be relatively balanced when it's that small. Also, DPs are messy eaters and so they need more frequent water changes than other fish, so a month is definitely too long to leave a tank unattended, especially one with a dwarf puffer in it. Also, unless there are other auto-feeders, ones that supply flakes won't really work because puffers don't really eat flakes, and hardly even notice them.

 

[ScuabaDuba]

Hmm... thanks for the vital info. Any ideas on what to do? Or should I just stick to some safer bets?

 

[GP]

I would say find out what your schedule is going to be before making any choices like this one, fish keeping is a responsibility along with being a hobby.

 

[Daveo]

Man if i was going to callage i would most definitly do it. But one thing to think about is the fact that there is a slight chance that the auto feeder might stop feeding while you are gone for a month at the longest.(just a thought) 8)


Daveo