Got an empty 5 gallon aquarium and I don't know what to do with it. Any suggestions on stocking?
Red Cherry Shrimp with black sand! A member on here talked me into doing shrimp in my 3 gallon, and I have fallen in love with the way they look with black sand! Very pretty!
I'm sure you can put a killifish in there, they don't move much. If not then a betta can work as well, although I'm not sure if he will begin to eat your shrimp if you go that route.
There are some nano rasboras such as chili rasboras or you could do celestial pearl danios. Those are both really cool. Personally I like the chilis better as they swam around more. If you want to do a tank without a heater I'd do a least killifish and RCS tank. I have one and there's swimming action EVERYWHERE!Killifish are pretty cool, i don't really want a betta though, they seem a little boring to me. Any other ideas? Could i do like rasboras, tetras, danios, or barbs?
Aren't puffers known to eat crustaceans? And no danios barbs or tetras, they all need more space. I saw a guy with neons in a 5 though... They looked healthy.
Good suggestion with the celestial danios though, those would look great.
A Maybe for the algae you can find an otto.
Are shrimp easy to take care of?? Or do I have to give them special/different care than fish?
When they start to breed just add more good accordingly, if you're feeding them specifically then wet the flakes so they sink. They'll coming scurrying out. I have a bunch of Amano shrimp that swim after the food
Just don't mix in ghost shrimp, these guys are naturally hunters and will take down your smaller red shrimp. Amanos are peaceful, and grow to about 2 inches. I have a pair that keeps to themselves, always sticking together. (They're also good with eating algae, and if fed a varied diet can turn a shiny red)
They are known to eat crustaceans-if they're marine. Some larger puffers eat snails (mollusca) as well. But these done need to because their beaks don't grow as the larger ones do. They do love live worms but will accept frozen (depending on the puffer, the first on I had only ate live stuff...). Pm Terrance if you have any really hard questions as he's the best at the puffer info.