1 fish for a 5 gallon

[MartinOsirus]

would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it be ??

[Sue]

"MartinOsirus" > wrote in message
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> would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it
be ??

With a heater a Siamese fighter ( Betta) or at ambient temperature a
paradise fish.

[RedForeman ©®]

neon dwarf gourami
OR
flame gourami
OR
paradise fish
OR
betta

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"MartinOsirus" > wrote in message
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> would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it
be ??

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: 1 fish for a 5 gallon
>From: (MartinOsirus)
>Date: 2/6/2004 5:52 AM Central Standard Time
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>would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it be
>??
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One male Betta.

[coelacanth]

What else is in the tank (if anything)?

-coelacanth

"MartinOsirus" > wrote in message
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> would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it
be ??

[jdesormeaux006]

> "MartinOsirus" > wrote in message
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> > would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should
it
> be ??
>
> How about none, but maybe with a heater one male betta, go to your LFS and
you can buy one for $3.99 (CAN) which would would only be three quarters the
price your gonna pay for a heater.

[Empty]

(MartinOsirus) wrote in
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> would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should
> it be ??

Heated:
The obvious choice is a betta.
Killifish of some sort

Unheated:
Paradise Fish

If you wanted to go with a group, a few sparkling gourami would be great in
a tank that size. So would 3 male guppies. Or any of the killifish
species. If it's unheated, a few white cloud minnows could be pretty.

I would plant and light it, using an algae eating shrimp and maybe an oto
for algae control.

~Empty

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[DonkeyQong]

MartinOsirus wrote:

> would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it be ??
a trout

[Eric Schreiber]

(MartinOsirus) wrote:

>would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it be ??

You could scale up some of the ideas on this page (the whole site,
actually, is pretty interesting to peruse).

http://www.petfish.net/1gbowl.htm




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[MartinOsirus]

>You could scale up some of the ideas on this page (the whole site,
>actually, is pretty interesting to peruse).
>
>http://www.petfish.net/1gbowl.htm

thanks for the tip - very interesting !

[coelacanth]

"Eric Schreiber" > wrote in message
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> (MartinOsirus) wrote:
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> >would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what should it
be ??
>
> You could scale up some of the ideas on this page (the whole site,
> actually, is pretty interesting to peruse).
>
> http://www.petfish.net/1gbowl.htm
> --
> www.ericschreiber.com

Interesting site, but I quibble with keeping a pair of guppies.
Moreover, aren't bumblebee gobies really brackish fish?
I also think keeping seahorses as suggested is asking for grief.
whine, whine, whine...

Anyway, NetMax had some cool combination for small
tanks that was (I think) a dwarf frog, a big snail and a betta
with some sort of plant--I want to say lilypad (?). Anyway,
it sounded easy and lively.

-coelacanth

[NetMax]

"coelacanth" > wrote in message
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> "Eric Schreiber" > wrote in message
> ...
> > (MartinOsirus) wrote:
> >
> > >would like to put 1 colorful medium size fish in a 5 gal - what
should it
> be ??
> >
> > You could scale up some of the ideas on this page (the whole site,
> > actually, is pretty interesting to peruse).
> >
> > http://www.petfish.net/1gbowl.htm
> > --
> > www.ericschreiber.com
>
> Interesting site, but I quibble with keeping a pair of guppies.
> Moreover, aren't bumblebee gobies really brackish fish?
> I also think keeping seahorses as suggested is asking for grief.
> whine, whine, whine...
>
> Anyway, NetMax had some cool combination for small
> tanks that was (I think) a dwarf frog, a big snail and a betta
> with some sort of plant--I want to say lilypad (?). Anyway,
> it sounded easy and lively.
>
> -coelacanth

The lilypads are Limnobium laevigatum or Frogbit.

NetMax