[NoahLikesFish]

I have a hex which is 5” side and 1’ tall Manufacturers say its 2,5 how big is it and what can I do. I was thinking a pico or a walstad method fry tank which I’d change to a puffer or dwarf gourami (chocolate licorice samurai sparkling) or maybe something else

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I don’t want dwarf shrimp or wild bettas

 

[redcherry70]

Here's a short clip of my desktop 3-gallon low-tech planted tank:

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I can’t see it

 

[NoahLikesFish]

What lives in it?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Could I use a 3-5G as a grow out for fish for my 40g

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Cause its easy to water change to remove hormones

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I wanna get festivums cause they aren’t inbred like angelfish and don’t cost 50$ apeice for wild ones

 

[Planted-Jungle]

You could add
live bearing endlers, they breed like crazy so of you do choose to get them then I highly advise you to have all males.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I don’t wanna do endler they are pretty active and they are social and it isn’t a shallow tank

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Maybe I should make a waterfall biotope with micro goby

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Ugh micro gobies are like 15$ apiece and they are so tiny 🙄

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I could be funny and make one of those million view aquaterrariums by cutting it with a jigsaw so it gets a l shape

 

[NoahLikesFish]

My idea is to cut some tube so I can pull water from low then use the cheap 12gph hob and let the falling increase the momentum maybe I’ll do a mourning geck

 

[NoahLikesFish]

North sengalo-tope

 

[GenevieveRouge]

You can definitely do a pea puffer self sustained tank in that! I have one just like that and it's by far my favorite tank. Pea puffers are just the most entertaining to me, so smart! And so easy to keep! The pond snail colony makes them so I never have to feed them manually, they just hunt all the time for their food, its the best thing to watch and they love to hunt so it's they are living their best life. Got a different floating plants too so they have plant mazes to investigate.

 

[ichthyogeek]

What are your thoughts on a parasphromenus tank? They're licorice gouramis, but I prefer them to samurais and chocolates. They're rather ridiculously expensive, but you could breed them.

You could certainly raise fry in the tank, but I don't think you could keep an adult festivum in there...

A puffer could also work as well.

If you're into herps, what about putting in a pair of thumbnail dart frogs? I bet they'd look really cool with a centerpiece bromeliad or amazon sword depending on species.

 

[Aaronious]

Get a couple nano types, sparkling gourami should chill near the top with some floaters. They'll also cruise throughout the levels. Toss a few otos and a mystery snail. Depending on filter maybe a few CPD. Even without you should be good. Can even add a betta if you go with just sparkling gourami.

 

[ElleDee]

Get a couple nano types, sparkling gourami should chill near the top with some floaters. They'll also cruise throughout the levels. Toss a few otos and a mystery snail. Depending on filter maybe a few CPD. Even without you should be good. Can even add a betta if you go with just sparkling gourami.

This tank is under 3.5 gallons. No room for this stuff.

 

[Aaronious]

This tank is under 3.5 gallons. No room for this stuff.

meh, I have seen tanks that size with a betta, 4-5 sparlking gourami, a couple shrimp and snails. heavily planted. but it's been done.