Newbie - How many fish?

My daughter got a 5 gallon tank kit for the holidays. We have an
African Dwarf Frog and a small tetra in the tank. We'd like to get
another frog and perhaps 1-2 more fish. How many fish can safely live
in a 5 gallon tank? Would a ctfish be a good idea (to help keep the
tank clean)?

Thanks in advance for you help!

You could probably keep about 8 2-3 inch fish and maybe 12 1 inch fish,
but I definately wouldn't overload it. I would get a couple of guppies.
Also the frog isn't one of those big white frogs is he? If so he'll eat
your fish.


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Oh and the catfish. Wait a couple of weeks and let the tank get built up
with algae, and get one corydoras and an otocinclus. Corydoras catfish
for the waste and the otocinclus for the algae.


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I'm not a freshwater man I was giving advice according to something in a
book. Sorry


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You could probably keep about 8 2-3 inch fish and maybe 12 1 inch fish,
but I definately wouldn't overload it. I would get a couple of guppies.
Also the frog isn't one of those big white frogs is he? If so he'll eat
your fish.


in a 5 gallon tank? that has to be the most ridiculous advice I have ever
seen given on this board, even by a troll.

in a 5 gallon tank, you don't need to add any more then 2 or 3 fish in the
1-2 inch range.

and even then it will need proper husbandry to maintain water quality.

kc

I second that.

"Dragon Slayer" wrote in message
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You could probably keep about 8 2-3 inch fish and maybe 12 1 inch fish,
but I definately wouldn't overload it. I would get a couple of guppies.
Also the frog isn't one of those big white frogs is he? If so he'll eat
your fish.


in a 5 gallon tank? that has to be the most ridiculous advice I have ever
seen given on this board, even by a troll.

in a 5 gallon tank, you don't need to add any more then 2 or 3 fish in the
1-2 inch range.

and even then it will need proper husbandry to maintain water quality.

kc

Yeah, in all the advice I've ever gotten, they said 1 inch or less per gallon.

that's a good rule for freshwater fish, but not marine.

kc

"Fish Rule" wrote in message
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Yeah, in all the advice I've ever gotten, they said 1 inch or less per
gallon.

"Fish Rule" wrote in message
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Yeah, in all the advice I've ever gotten, they said 1 inch or less per
gallon.

Those rules do not apply in "pretend" tanks. You need to get a Betta if you
want long lasting long term fish.

Also, you don't ever add algae eating fish to a new tank
because......there's no algae!

Let is know when all those fish you bought die, I give them 1 month max.