5 gallon bowfront Stocking Question

We have a 5 gallon bowfront with eclipse hood. Is this big enough for a trio of Gold Ocellatus?

nope. they will kill each other until you just have one. i have tried it.

make it a mini reef!!!!!!
it will look awsome!!!
REAL EASY TOO!!!

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

nope. they will kill each other until you just have one. i have tried it.

I thought that yours were doing well. I just have this tank that I would kind of like on my desk at home but want something besides a betta. Nothing wrong with Bettas just not my cup of tea.

na i have some 1" juvie mbuna in mine. they were way to mean to each other and i would always end up with one after 2 days lol.

alkomist wrote:

make it a mini reef!!!!!!
it will look awsome!!!
REAL EASY TOO!!!

That would be neat I'm just saltwater stupid and don't really want to have to mess with it.

its real easy!!!!
check this out!!!
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226381
sept this is a 3g ur wud be better cuz its bigger!!!

halfmoon bettas!!!

Put some tetras or some small barbs in there it will look nice.Or you can use it for fry.

3 shrimp are about all you can safely do in that size tank.

the only thing i would put in there is a betta bc other fish would need a bigger tank wen their grown up, that is the reason why i got a 55 for my first tank.

alkomist wrote:

its real easy!!!!
check this out!!!
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226381
sept this is a 3g ur wud be better cuz its bigger!!!

Thanks alkomist for this thread I am seriously thinking about this now. Not bored with freshwater but I do love this. Now to convince my wife to do this and let me get some plecos:).

alkomist. . . you see what you did!!

i have 3 juvie triple red cacatuoides, 3 dwarf corys, and 2 small BNs in mine...

typicaltony, You are WAY overstocked on that one. How long have you had that set up?

CSnyder00 wrote:

typicaltony, You are WAY overstocked on that one. How long have you had that set up?

um no im not... I have that tank set up for awhile now.. the cacatuoides are close to an inch and the dwarf corys are about 0.5" each and so are the BNs.. it's also planted and i keep up with the w/c.

I actually just picked up one of these today. I am going to turn mine into a planted tank.

i have 4 yellow labs, 1 white top hara, 2 cobue, and 1 demasoni all 1" in mine and they are fine. i am running a penguin 100 on it.

Awesome

im telling you a hm betta would love that 5 gallon. and it would be easy on you.

Typical - I'm not saying that it can't be done. Planting helps out A LOT. I was just curious as to how long it has been established. If you've had the tank set up for any amount of time and you keep up with your water changes, it can definitely be done. I'm all for pushing parameters. I have just seen people do what you're doing and kill everything in the tank. The BN are the only thing that you may have to worry about as they grow. I've had a couple of mine already reach 5-6 inches in less than a year.

But, makes awesome abn growout tank. But yes would make great gold ocl tank for a pair

If it were me I would plant it and put a few fancy shrimp in and call it fully stocked. All I use my 5g for is for small holding females or as a qt tank for one small fish.

I think a planted tank is the best idea or shellies.

try a gold fish or guppy, or molly, or neons. barbs ect.