Cold To Tropical

[Fantail_John]

Hope this is in the right place

I have a small fish tank that houses three fantails wrong i know but will be moving home soon in to a bigger tank to suit them. The little tank is only 5 gallons and was think of changing it in to a little tropical tank, i know it requires a heater but what kind of fish will be suited? I was thinking of the lines of:

4 corys

2 Betta

will i need to do anything else with the tank apart from putting a heater in it?

John

 

[Jonty]

First of all, you can NEVER keep 2 bettas in a tank. There's a reason they're called 'fighting fish'. As for the corys, you could have 6 pygmy corys. The other species are too big.

BTW the fantails will need an overfiltered 55 gallon tank.

 

[Assaye]

Hope this is in the right place

I have a small fish tank that houses three fantails wrong i know but will be moving home soon in to a bigger tank to suit them. The little tank is only 5 gallons and was think of changing it in to a little tropical tank, i know it requires a heater but what kind of fish will be suited? I was thinking of the lines of:

4 corys

2 Betta

will i need to do anything else with the tank apart from putting a heater in it?

John

5 gallons would be suitable for one male (or female) betta and a small group of pygmy/dwarf corys.

Male and female bettas, and male and male bettas should not be kept together. If keeping females together, a group of 5-6 is a good minimum and they'll need a 10 gallon tank at least. Normal sized corys (the ones most commonly found in shops) will also need much more room than a 5 gallon can provide.

If you move the new fish in the same day as moving the old fish out (within a few hours), you don't need to do anything more than making sure the water is warm enough and your heater works (you can test your heater with a bucket of water and a thermometre for a few days before changing over). This is because the fan-tails will have helped create an eco-system in the filter that will help keep the fish healthy. However, this eco-system will die if the tank is left empty for too long.

If you need a few days to handle the transition, you will need to cycle your tank from scratch.

Please have a read of the information here, particularly the information about cycling.

 

[Fantail_John]

5 gallons would be suitable for one male (or female) betta and a small group of pygmy/dwarf corys.

Male and female bettas, and male and male bettas should not be kept together. If keeping females together, a group of 5-6 is a good minimum and they'll need a 10 gallon tank at least. Normal sized corys (the ones most commonly found in shops) will also need much more room than a 5 gallon can provide.

If you move the new fish in the same day as moving the old fish out (within a few hours), you don't need to do anything more than making sure the water is warm enough and your heater works (you can test your heater with a bucket of water and a thermometre for a few days before changing over). This is because the fan-tails will have helped create an eco-system in the filter that will help keep the fish healthy. However, this eco-system will die if the tank is left empty for too long.

If you need a few days to handle the transition, you will need to cycle your tank from scratch.

Please have a read of the information here, particularly the information about cycling.

Thank you for your help and knowledge it as help me

John

 

[Assaye]

Sorry, missed the link out - here it is