wakemenow 5 gallons - Your Tanks

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User	wakemenow
Size	5 gallons
Date Started	12/09/2007
Lighting	One 10w CF bulb
Equipment	Eclipse Hex 5, air pump and stone
CO2	None introduced yet.
Substrate	Inert gravel mixed with laterite.
Parameters	Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: very low Nitrate: 30ppm (before last water change, haven't tested since) 78 degrees F
Fertilization	Tetra Flora Pride, laterite
Plants	Java ferns, anacharis
Inhabitants	One zebra danio and 1 small Oranda goldfish (I know they aren't supposed to be mixed but the danio's just placed there temporarily).
Comments	It's been up for a few weeks now and is developing a diatom problem (as to be expected), so I'm reducing the light exposure period to about 6 hours a day.
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Ishar Planted Member	Goldfish Rule of Thumb: 20 gallons for the first goldfish and 10 gallons more for every other goldfish.

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i think it's okay to keep a single small goldfish in a 5g... assuming 50% water changes are preformed weekly, and there is a long term home available for the fish. i know someone who keeps three in a 12g for his little sister. when they get too big he moves them to his pond and replaces them with little ones. it usually becomes a problem when the fish is the size of the ornament and nobody can remember the last time the water was changed. :P


Kolkri Planted Tank Obsessed	No it is not ok. That tank is much to small for even one goldfish. No matter how much water changes you do.


Knotyoureality Planted Tank Enthusiast	A pair of cherry barbs would give good color and movement and be much more in line with the size of this tank.

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