What to do...

[WaterPond]

I won a breeding pair of killifish last week, but the male sadly died after i bough them a 5.5 gallon tank all to themselves. I was going to try to breed them. But since the male died, i decided to just put the female in another tank.

So now i have a 5.5 gallon tank that is empty. Its nothing special, bot planted and was set up so it was easy to maintain.

It has silica sand substrate with a few rocks scattered about. No plants, not even fake (yuck, fake plants )

It has a pretty good cutrrent to it, the current of the water runs the length of the tank.

I am a huge fan of cories, my LFS has some longfin Aeneus cories that i think are nice. But they like a school of 6 or more.. and i dont think anyone would recommend putting 6 of these cories in a 5.5gal.

I am at a loss for what to do with the tank. I like cories... but the only kind that can fit in there are pygmies, and i already have 5 of them.

Another thing i was thinking is just getting some nice platies and breeding them... yet i suck at breeding livebearers.

Then i thought zebra danios to breed,... but that means i need to have another tank to take them out to once they lay eggs. :?

Any suggestions would be mega helpful

 

[theotheragentm]

You suck at breeding livebearers? That's ridiculous! Are you using Barry White for background music? Getting the fish to drink a bit helps.

I would try some Dwarf Platies.

 

[WaterPond]

yeah... i suck at breeding livebearers... never can get them to breed. I am a failure.

Those would be nice... but they are hard to find around here.

I was just thiunking regular platies.

 

[theotheragentm]

Regularly Platies are nice. I love how they're really round when they're smaller, which is also why I like Dwarf Platies. There are a lot of cool varieties of Platy colors too. Do it! Do it!

 

[JulieB]

A betta would be happy in 5.5 gallons. It would probably enjoy the current.

 

[WaterPond]

i have 2 bettas as is... thats enough for me. I am thinking 4 platies maybe?

Water changes twice a week

 

[BillD]

A tank that small, would soon be over run. Perhaps Endlers would be an option. Or you could move your 5 dwarf cories and see if you can get them to breed. Shame you lost the male killie. However, you still would have needed another tank for the babies.

 

[WaterPond]

uh... the cories are already in a tank where they are being bred. I have 10 other tanks where i could put the babies...

I think things would be ok. I wouldent dare move my cories to this tank... they are in such a wonderfult ank as is.

Endlers are not an option... and i dont want this tank to be pretty... I pretty much want it do i can score some brreder point in my aquarium society.

 

[BillD]

Ah, BAP points. That is a different case. Breed the lalties and get rid of the extras in the auction. Might want to consider variatus as well as maculatus. I find the variatus to be hardier.