I have a 5 gallon tank. Thats it no bigger. Im going to put a live plant in it. Theres a filter and lamp. I want to put some glofish or zebra dianos. Maybe a ghost shrimp or snail? Or a read clawed crab. What can i and cant i put in there. No bettas. Im done with those. Ive had many. I want a tiny communuity. Maybe a crab. But the molting creeps me out. Basically would the snail or ghost shrimp harm the fish?
New 5Gallon Tank
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Welcome to the forum Mbright.
Shrimp will not harm your fish, although large fish may regard shrimp as fish food. You are very restricted as far as how many fish or shrimp your tiny tank can support. I have a single tank that small that I use for very small numbers of small fish. They do well in that space as long as I keep in mind that one of my other tanks must be freed up before they outgrow the space that they have in that tank. The live plant will help the filter a bit as far as biological filtration but it will not be enough alone. A crab is an admission that you do not want to keep fish. Crabs and small fish simply do not mix well since the crab will eat small fish.
Shrimp will not harm your fish, although large fish may regard shrimp as fish food. You are very restricted as far as how many fish or shrimp your tiny tank can support. I have a single tank that small that I use for very small numbers of small fish. They do well in that space as long as I keep in mind that one of my other tanks must be freed up before they outgrow the space that they have in that tank. The live plant will help the filter a bit as far as biological filtration but it will not be enough alone. A crab is an admission that you do not want to keep fish. Crabs and small fish simply do not mix well since the crab will eat small fish.
Snails or ghost shrimp dont harm fish no, e careful what types of snail you get though, apple snails can grow to be HUGE!
However glofish are just zebra danio and need long tanks as do many tetras/danios because of their fast swimming style.
I'd suggest a shrimp only tank. If you can get them to breed they'd love it!
However glofish are just zebra danio and need long tanks as do many tetras/danios because of their fast swimming style.
I'd suggest a shrimp only tank. If you can get them to breed they'd love it!
The best fish for tanks that size are; ember tetras, chilli rasboras, celestial pearl danios, dwarf emerald rasboras or possibly one of the pygmy corydoras. If you do plenty of water changes, you could get away with between 8 and 12 of those, or 6 of two different species.
You can have shrimp as well as their bioload is so small.
I agree with Hanny in that I don't think you should have zebra danios (or glofish, they are the same); they really need a 3 foot+ tank IMO.
You can have shrimp as well as their bioload is so small.
I agree with Hanny in that I don't think you should have zebra danios (or glofish, they are the same); they really need a 3 foot+ tank IMO.
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