NanoAddict

i am gettin a 5 gallon freshwater tank and was told to get 5zebra danios and three ghost shrimp for a good community
is there anything else i should get? like maybe a marbled hatchet fish or an alge eater cause i have a lid plleeaasse help me

newbie101

whoa...if you got 5 danios and 3 ghost shrimp your tank would already be way overstocked. Was it the pet store people who told you that? just 5 danios mgiht be pushing it a little...Gunnie and Butterfly and the rest can probably give you some suggestions as to the fish to get...

dano569

for a 5 galllon you couldn't put alot of stuff in it,maybe a couple of swords or mollies or something like that.i wouldn't put an algae eater in it for sure.

NanoAddict

i think dino told me to put 5 danios in it my origanol plan was 3

newbie101

well 5 danios would probably b ok but the ghost shrimps and any others would b way overload.

Butterfly

Dino is very careful with stocking and he did say 5 danios. But any more than that will be overstocked.
Carol

NanoAddict

ok thanx but would the ghost shrimp do all the scavaging?

tricky_tink

yea ghost shrimp are like an 1" full grown i don't think you would have a problem.