First of all, yes I'm new, and if this post should be in the welcome forum then please feel free to move it. However, it involves questions about freshwater fish, so I thought this would be the best place to post it.
I have a lot of questions right now, as I'm planning a fish-purchasing excursion in a day or so. Any answers are greatly appreciated!
1. To begin with, I live in a dorm room. This unfortunately severely limits the space I have to keep fish, and definately means saltwater is out of the question. Until I manage to get an apartment, which will probably be another year, I'm stuck, and the largest size tank I can fit right now would be a 2.5 to 3.5 gallon. So I was wondering... what kinds of fish would be suited to a small environment like that? Besides bettas? Are there any, or should I just get another betta for my second tank (I have one already)? I'd really like to branch out and get another type, but I don't know what would be the best.
2. I'm really interested in cory catfish, especially the panda kind. I'd love to know how many gallons I'd need for a proper size group of them. I've heard one gallon of water per inch of fish, but I wasn't sure if that was right or not.
3. I really wish I could find space for a good 5 gallon tank, because this would open up a lot more possibilities to me. Are there any that get taller instead of wider, or is this bad for the fish?
4. Finally, the weirdest question I have. This is going to sound really odd. But I was at Wal-mart a few weeks ago and saw a really adorable type of fish in one of their tanks that I thought I would look into. However, for the life of me I cannot remember what kind of fish it was. They were mostly black, with a little bit of white, and their eyes sort of looked like they were going ^^ all the time. I know that's not much to go on, but if anyone knows what I'm talking about or could direct me to a fish database of sorts, it would be great.
Thank you so much in advance for any answers, and I'm sorry for all the questions!
I have a lot of questions right now, as I'm planning a fish-purchasing excursion in a day or so. Any answers are greatly appreciated!
1. To begin with, I live in a dorm room. This unfortunately severely limits the space I have to keep fish, and definately means saltwater is out of the question. Until I manage to get an apartment, which will probably be another year, I'm stuck, and the largest size tank I can fit right now would be a 2.5 to 3.5 gallon. So I was wondering... what kinds of fish would be suited to a small environment like that? Besides bettas? Are there any, or should I just get another betta for my second tank (I have one already)? I'd really like to branch out and get another type, but I don't know what would be the best.
2. I'm really interested in cory catfish, especially the panda kind. I'd love to know how many gallons I'd need for a proper size group of them. I've heard one gallon of water per inch of fish, but I wasn't sure if that was right or not.
3. I really wish I could find space for a good 5 gallon tank, because this would open up a lot more possibilities to me. Are there any that get taller instead of wider, or is this bad for the fish?
4. Finally, the weirdest question I have. This is going to sound really odd. But I was at Wal-mart a few weeks ago and saw a really adorable type of fish in one of their tanks that I thought I would look into. However, for the life of me I cannot remember what kind of fish it was. They were mostly black, with a little bit of white, and their eyes sort of looked like they were going ^^ all the time. I know that's not much to go on, but if anyone knows what I'm talking about or could direct me to a fish database of sorts, it would be great.
Thank you so much in advance for any answers, and I'm sorry for all the questions!