what fish can you keep in a 5 gallon tank

[surfinusa]

what fish can you keep in 5 gallon tank i was thinking of like a royal gramma or a clown fish what fish would be good

 

[drewsta]

honestly I would just keep some cool inverts like maybe a pair of harlequin shrimp

 

[cenainn]

No fish in a 5 gallon. that is too small of a tank imo

 

[debbie]

A 5 gal as mentioned is to small for fish. But the Sexy Shrimp is a great idea. These little guys are so cute and if you did a nice rock formation with some small corals and put these guys and some inverts it would be quite an interesting tank.
Take a look in the Nano section and see if there are any 5 gal tank pics there?

 

[lion_crazz]

Yeah, I would not recommend any fish either. The only fish that I might say was okay would be like a neon goby, or perhaps even a clown goby. I would definitely not do a clown or royal gramma.

 

[saltwater8]

NONE!
But you already knew that......

:happyfish

 

[lion_crazz]

I am just being curious, but is there any reason why anyone would buy a harlequin shrimp, knowing that you need to feed it live starfish on a weekly basis for it to survive?

 

[zanoshanox]

If it were my tank I would just get some cool zoanthids, shrooms, and some softies and see hwo that wenbt...get some coll inverts like crabs and shrimp....But if I had to do a fish I woudl say clown goby is your best choice.

 

[drewsta]

Lion that is incorrect they do eat live starfish but can survive and thrive on one feeding every 3-4 weeks with no problem. just FYI

 

[lion_crazz]

Really? I have not seen or heard that. What else do they eat?
Just out of curiousity, have you personally kept a harlequin shrimp?

 

[drewsta]

I work at a LFS and I set up a 12G nano for display with a pair of harlequins i mean the little buggers are expensive $35.99 each. I have tried other food ie frozen squid/mysis/brine/krill/silversides. They only tank to starfish however we feed CC starfish every 3-4 weeks they digest really slow and it takes about 3 days to totally eat a CC starfish the size of a silver dollar

 

[joojoo]

poor starfish
sounds like an S&M club to me

 

[shrimpdady]

Some people keep percula or ocellaris pairs in a 10 gallon, why not one in a 5 gallon if you topped off the water every day and changed water weekly?
Don't flame me, I am just wondering........

 

[mario]

Originally Posted by ShrimpDady
Some people keep percula or ocellaris pairs in a 10 gallon, why not one in a 5 gallon
Some people keep tangs and large angels in 29 gal but that doesn't make it right ;-)
I'm not an expert but 5 gal looks very small to me. I would consider fresh water fish if I had to use that tank.

 

[saltwater8]

Originally Posted by mario
Some people keep tangs and large angels in 29 gal but that doesn't make it right ;-)
EXACTLY!

NO saltwater fish belongs in a 5 gallon tank...
And NO clown belongs in a 10 gallon tank...

 

[connor]

not to hijak but if you froze starfish could you feed them frozen parts of them???? :thinking:

 

[lion_crazz]

Saltwater8, I think you are being a bit harsh. A clown goby or neon goby are tiny fish, and stay quite small as well. They do not do much swimming, and would make perfect tank inhabitants for a 5 gallon.
Also, have you seen Bang Guy's 10 gallon nano tank? He has two clowns in there, and I would say they arw quite healthy and happy.

 

[winstew]

Mantis tank...........................?

 

[lion_crazz]

Saltwater8, I think you are being a bit harsh. A clown goby or neon goby are tiny fish, and stay quite small as well. They do not do much swimming, and would make perfect tank inhabitants for a 5 gallon.
Also, have you seen Bang Guy's 10 gallon nano tank? He has two clowns in there, and I would say they arw quite healthy and happy.

 

[saltwater8]

Hello Lion!

I assume you know the renowned marine biologists Fenner and Michael?
They both say, not me, that NO saltwater fish belongs in a 5 gallon aquarium and NO clown belongs in a 10 gallon aquarium.
Not trying to be harsh, just trying to educate

:happyfish