5 gallon stocking

[courtanee]

Hey guys I'm getting a 5 gallon tank for free and I'm wondering what to stock it with. I was thinking of doing scarlet badis(male) with RCS(I dont mind if a couple get munched, in fact with scarlet badis that would probably be a good thing as they're more difficult to feed) and a couple of pygmy Cories. Is that way over stocked? I feel like it might be too much. even if I get a good filter and do water changes 2x a week.

 

[the barb]

Well how big are bidis

 

[courtanee]

They're very small. About 1" max generally.

 

[the barb]

How many badis and I'm not good with acronyms, what does RCS mean

 

[courtanee]

Probably just one badis and rcs=red cherry shrimp

 

[venymae]

According to aqadvisor a 5.5 gallon with one badis, 5 RCS, and 4 cory's this what it says for stocking:

Warning: Pygmy Cory is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 1.2 inches
Warning: At least 4 x Pygmy Cory are recommended in a group.

Recommended temperature range: 23 - 27 C. [SIZE=-1][Display in Farenheit][/SIZE]
Recommended pH range: 6.3 - 7.
Recommended hardness range: 8 - 15 dH.
Recommended water change schedule: 18% per week.
Your aquarium stocking level is 108%.[SIZE=-1] [/SIZE]

 

[the barb]

Oh, the Cory cats might get eaten too

 

[tangs27]

I may be mistaken but I thought the minimum tank size for the badis was 20 gallons? If so I definitely would opt not to place it in the 5 gallon, I'd skip on the Pygmy cories as well. That's a lot of fish for a 5 gallon.

 

[the barb]

Well, it depends on how much u want the badis if so buy a 15 Minimum tank and put a betta in the 5 gallon

 

[courtanee]

I may be mistaken but I thought the minimum tank size for the badis was 20 gallons? If so I definitely would opt not to place it in the 5 gallon, I'd skip on the Pygmy cories as well. That's a lot of fish for a 5 gallon.

Its scarlet badis, not badis. Badis get much bigger. Scientific name for Scarlet is Dario Dario. They are teeny tiny compared to badis.

 

[courtanee]

Well, it depends on how much u want the badis if so buy a 15 Minimum tank and put a betta in the 5 gallon

I've definitely heard of people putting scarlets in a 5 gallon, but yes I was thinking with pygmy's it might be a bit much. I'll probably just have the rcs and scarlet

 

[Koopamaster]

There is a different species known as a scarlet badis that is a nano fish and only grows an inch or so. Normal badis are a south american cichlid that grows to 3-4 inches. I think that the stocking sounds just right for a five gallon

 

[courtanee]

There is a different species known as a scarlet badis that is a nano fish and only grows an inch or so. Normal badis are a south american cichlid that grows to 3-4 inches. I think that the stocking sounds just right for a five gallon

Great! Thanks! I think if I do a 1 gallon wc 2x a week it would be okay.

 

[Khuligirl93]

I think that stocking sounds fine too. Might be best to get a couple more corys like aquadvisor suggested. They stay very small. Also RCS have hardly any bioload. If you add some live plants it would be even better

 

[courtanee]

Thanks kuhligirl! Always helpful! And yeah it is gonna be heavily planted so shrimp can hide. I'm gonna try my first moss wall in this tank!

 

[Khuligirl93]

No problem! The reason I say plants are good is because they absorb nitrates (fast growing ones especially) so it's ok to stock a little bit higher in planted tanks

 

[courtanee]

Awesome thank you much

 

[GodFan]

Hey! Scalret badis are my favourite fish. I have actually done a profile for them on here! Scarlet badis woukd be fine in this tank. If it is planyed well you could have a trio. They are usually kuch easier to feed than people think and they would enjoy some shrimplets! I would not recomend the cories just because they are so active they may seem couped up in a 5 gallon.

 

[courtanee]

Hey! Scalret badis are my favourite fish. I have actually done a profile for them on here! Scarlet badis woukd be fine in this tank. If it is planyed well you could have a trio. They are usually kuch easier to feed than people think and they would enjoy some shrimplets! I would not recomend the cories just because they are so active they may seem couped up in a 5 gallon.

Even the pygmy Corie's? I like bottom feeder and these are just so cute. Its going to be a rectangle tank not square which I think would give them more swimming distance. But if you really don't think 4 of them would be good then I probably wont

 

[GodFan]

Even the pygmy Corie's? I like bottom feeder and these are just so cute. Its going to be a rectangle tank not square which I think would give them more swimming distance. But if you really don't think 4 of them would be good then I probably wont

I really dont. Sorry. All corries should be a 10 gallon minimum. Besides pygmys are abit different than other cories. They like groups much bigger. I wouod recomend 10+