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September 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| 6 gallon aquarium stocking?
Hi everyone-
I just acquired a 6 gallon eclipse tank from my friend. It only was used for 2 weeks until they got a 50 gallon tank. I want to know what I should stock it with. Can any fish besides betta live comfortably in a 6 gallon their entire lives? I would like to have no bettas or shrimp included in the stocking suggestions. I already have a shrimp tank and 3 bettas.
Thanks in advance! 
Last edited by jawsisabetta; September 10th, 2009 at 08:20 PM.
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September 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| you could have a pigmy/ dwarf puffer fish! They are completely freshwater and totally fun to watch. They eat frozen, sometimes dried, worms, common pond snails, occasionally you can get them to eat pellets.
If that doesn't strike you, you could probably pull off a trio of male guppies or endlers. If you did this you HAVE to stay on top of your water changes though... | |
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September 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| There's also Multies, if its' not too tall. | |
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September 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I was considering dwarf puffers, but nowhere near me sells them, and I like to buy my fish where I can watch them before I buy. Could I get 2 females and 1 male of the guppies? I already have platies breeding, and for some reason they are in high demand where I live. My friend has been asking me about guppies, and she could take about ten. Only the parents would stay in the 6 gallon and I would remove the fry and put them in my 5 gallon fry grow out tank. I am assuming they require the same care as platy fry. Any other stocking options, or is that all? | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| hmmm... six gals is pretty limiting. alot of the smaller species (ie neons) tend to require a 10 gal minimum for swimming room. 1 lamp. Brevis would probably work as well. I know that some people keep them in 5 gals but they tend to stay very close to their shells. | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| You could have two very comfortable African Dwarf Frogs in there. I have one and he's a character! You'll love 'em.  | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| Im proberly wrong with this but is a honey gouramis minimum tank a 10gal or a 5/6gal. | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| iloveengl, check our posting time!! | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by ATKINSON  Im proberly wrong with this but is a honey gouramis minimum tank a 10gal or a 5/6gal. | I read that the minimum for 1 honey gourami is 5 gallons, but a pair would need 20. 1 honey gourami would be really pretty in that tank, I think. Nice suggestion.  | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| Ok, thanks for clarifying! | |
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September 11th, 2009
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Originally Posted by ATKINSON iloveengl, check our posting time!! | lol. Great minds think at the same time, I guess.  | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| haha, i dont think thats the right saying but anyway... | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| what is a lamp red1313? I looked it up, but couldn't find any results | |
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September 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| lamprolagus is a genus of relatively small shell breeding cichlids from I believe Lake Tanganyika? Correct me if I'm wrong.
What about the Microrasbora's? They're small species (~1" long) that thrive in smaller habitats. | 
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September 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| TFA got it. 
Sorry I had a huge brain fart when I was typing that up and totally couldn't remember how to spell the name after the "Lamp" part. | |
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