fireman731
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hey there,
Well first I would like to introduce myself as I am new to the forum, My name's Carl and im a 23 year old firefighter/paramedic from Texas. I recently purchased my first tank, a 5 Gallon tank with LED's and a whisper filter with biobag. I also purchased a small heater. Currently I have 2 Female betas, 1 blue gourami, 2 pepper cory catfish and 2 snails. They all seem to be doing well after the first 24 hours. The pepper cory catfish seem to be doing the best, but I hear that they do better in groups of at least 4+ and on sand instead of gravel? The red beta is the most aggresive and dominate, puffing its fins out and pushing the other smaller white beta around a little and some times snipping at the snails shells, but no real fighting yet. The blue gourami I believe to be a male, he isnt very aggressive and seems to be doing fine by himself, maybe timid of the more aggresive red beta, but wanted to add a friend for him. I was wondering if I should remove the red female beta and leave the more dosile white female beta while adding another gourami or pepper cory as well as some sand under the bridge where the pepper cory like to hang out? I understand that it is a very small tank, and do not want to overcrowd the tank, but the guy at petco was saying the the pepper cory catfish usually tend to stay out of the way, and dont really use up alot of the 1" per gallon space rule of thumb. Do you Think I already have my tank maxed or would it be safe to add more with the filter that I have? I wanted to add either more pepper cory catfish, another gourami, or two black skirted tetras or some thing of the like.
Well first I would like to introduce myself as I am new to the forum, My name's Carl and im a 23 year old firefighter/paramedic from Texas. I recently purchased my first tank, a 5 Gallon tank with LED's and a whisper filter with biobag. I also purchased a small heater. Currently I have 2 Female betas, 1 blue gourami, 2 pepper cory catfish and 2 snails. They all seem to be doing well after the first 24 hours. The pepper cory catfish seem to be doing the best, but I hear that they do better in groups of at least 4+ and on sand instead of gravel? The red beta is the most aggresive and dominate, puffing its fins out and pushing the other smaller white beta around a little and some times snipping at the snails shells, but no real fighting yet. The blue gourami I believe to be a male, he isnt very aggressive and seems to be doing fine by himself, maybe timid of the more aggresive red beta, but wanted to add a friend for him. I was wondering if I should remove the red female beta and leave the more dosile white female beta while adding another gourami or pepper cory as well as some sand under the bridge where the pepper cory like to hang out? I understand that it is a very small tank, and do not want to overcrowd the tank, but the guy at petco was saying the the pepper cory catfish usually tend to stay out of the way, and dont really use up alot of the 1" per gallon space rule of thumb. Do you Think I already have my tank maxed or would it be safe to add more with the filter that I have? I wanted to add either more pepper cory catfish, another gourami, or two black skirted tetras or some thing of the like.