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Anyone have any advice for some hardy fish i could put in a 5.5 gallon tank??

Thank you!!

I did. But I didn't know about cycling when I got them so now I am down to only a Chinese algae eater. He seems to be doing fine. But I had neon tetras. They could not take it. I felt so bad. I wish I had done more research!

I'm trying to get it figured out. So far it's trial and error. But I love the fish hobby!

Okay, No I did not know you had to cycle for a while before adding the fish until looking on here this morning. :( I did add some of that Safe Start before adding the fish though. I will defiantly let it cycle for a while before getting some more. Thank you!

I decided to join after searching for some information for a while and was always finding myself here. I hope to become more knowledgable about keeping a freshwater aquarium as I am still new at this. :)

I got some neon tetras and a chinese algae eater yesterday from Petco, I floated the bags about an hour before adding the fish to the tank. At first they seemed to be swimming around really well, enjoying themselves. They were fine for a few hours and then they began to get stuck to my Aqua...