FishingInTheAir42
Mostly New Member
Hello everyone, I'm sort of a new member. I don't go on here much, but I've had this account for awhile now. I myself have never had fish before, but my parents(especially my dad) are extremely experienced in fishkeeping. My dad actually worked at a local petstore before, and he and I are revamping our ~90 gallon tank, and plan on having tinfoil barbs, a redtail shark, and a couple other semi-aggressive fish(along with a pleco). My mom, on the other hand, is a pre-k teacher, and has a 5.5 gallon tank that used to house a betta fish that a friend of the director donated. The betta fish passed in early July, and since then, we have cleaned out the tank thoroughly due to the multiple diseases he had over the course of his life. It's the TopFin 5.5 kit, which comes with the same filter that the TopFin 10 gallon kit includes. (We had used a smooth piece of a plastic water bottle to stifle the flow a bit for the betta, since they aren't good swimmers.) We plan on getting more plants, but currently the tank has gravel, a silk plant, a leaf hammock-type thing with a suction cup that holds it to the glass, and two column decor pieces. There is also a small heater(some 'Betta heater' or something) that keeps the tank around 78-80 degrees. I believe the pH is around 7. I've been thinking about what fish to stock it with, and we could always do another betta. But I've been wondering if we could have some guppies and some ghost shrimp(perhaps cherry instead, though). How many could we stock the tank with, if we can at all? Can we keep all males to prevent them breeding to the point of overstocking the tank, or do they fight? What are your opinions on the shrimp?
I apologize for the long post, but I felt that I should tell the whole story, and specify everything so that you do not have to ask many questions.
We are able to get anything extra that we don't have already, I just listed what we already have to be helpful.
I apologize for the long post, but I felt that I should tell the whole story, and specify everything so that you do not have to ask many questions.
We are able to get anything extra that we don't have already, I just listed what we already have to be helpful.