Is it worth persueing with a 29L tank?

[Pandy]

Hi guys,

Currently at a bit of a standstill with regards to my indoor tank. Its a mere 29L (6gal) Nano tank and it used to hold my 4 goldfish (overstocked i know!) but they are now in the pond so I'm eying up my option on what to do with it.

Now i can appreciate it is a very small tank and probably borderline whether or not it can/should hold fish so this is where i need your help.

At most i would be looking at a few small Neons, maybe 4 or 5 just to add a bit of life to it, as i am struggling to bring the parents round to a bigger tank

Do you think that would be acceptable or should i forget about the tank?

Thanks
Andy

 

[RDouglas50]

Hi Andy,

I would definitely keep the tank. You could do the neons or even a betta would be nice. No sense in getting rid of perfectly good equipment

:Welcome: to AA

 

[Pandy]

Thanks for the welcome.

Took your advice (easily persuaded me!) and have just finished setting it up to start my first proper cycle now i have an indication what i actually need to do

Quite exciting really!

 

[itschromesteel]

4-5 neons in a 6 gallon is ovestocked IMO and a bad idea for a few reasons neons need to be kept in a school of at least 6 to reduce stress also neons are very sensitive to the quality of their water and the smaller a tank is the less stable the conditions are. Definately keep the tank. A betta would be great for it i love my betta who i keep in a 5.5gallon he is one of my favorite fish. If you dont want a betta maybe you could try 2-3 endlers( all male or soon you will have 20-30 of them they breed like rabbits) and some red cherry shrimp.

 

[Pandy]

Thanks for that, i was after some advice on stocking the tank

I'm not too struck on guppies or the Betta's personally so hopefully there are other small species that i can keep in low numbers.

 

[LyndaB]

I agree that neons would not be a good candidate for this tank. I would do a single betta or maybe make it a shrimp tank.

 

[itschromesteel]

I would think if u wanted tetras embers would be better than neons for a tank that size. What about a pair of killifish?

 

[LyndaB]

Actually you can get a few aphyosemion australe killies for that size tank. They've got some length but are really skinny fish. They actually recommend less than 5 gallons for them. Plus, they're beautiful. Short-lived though.

 

[Pandy]

I did like the tetra embers in the LFS if thats what these are?

The Killies are nice fish aswell, hoping to find a better stockist than the ones i have been too but i have plenty of time to research and make a decision

 

[librarygirl]

I agree on not going with Neons. They are active swimmers and wouldn't be happy in a small tank. You could do a single betta, or some killfish, or nano fish (ember tetra, celestial pearl danio, chili rasbora), or the endlers.

 

[D-vanhorn90]

those are harlequin rasboras

 

[mfdrookie516]

I like chili rasboras a lot. You could easily do 10-12 in a 6g tank with no worries.

 

[itschromesteel]

I agree you could have a nice school of chili's they are beautiful

 

[Pandy]

Thanks for the help guys, ill look into those, they do look nice!

Checked my ammonia levels today and after 3 days its dropped to around 1ppm so have dosed back up to 4 and will keep an eye on it, thinking its too early for things to start happening but we will see