5 gallon tank

[Goldfish loach boy]

So I got the 5 gallon crescent tank that I wanted so much! I got a betta for it and some live plants, it's been cycling for about 3 weeks and its ready, I only have a bamboo and java fern in there, but there will be more, in planning in anacharis, Marimo moss ball,what plants do you guys recommend?
I will ad the betta, one or two nerite snails, and a couple if ghost shrimp, I will be doing water changes of 50% every Wednesday and Sunday, I was also wondering if I could add an African dwarf frog, it has a 16 bulb LED light and a tetra whisper mini heater, what do you guys think? What plants can I add, and about the ADF, if now what other things can I add, maybe an oto later on?
Thanks!

 

[flitabout]

What about and anubia and some java moss? I don't know much about ADFs but the shrimp might get eaten by the betta. That's what happened in my son's shrimp betta combo. I am thinking ask in the general board they might have a better answer about the ADF.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Yea there are different bettas, my other blue one is by itself in a 3 gallon, he eats anything, and my red one is in a community tank

 

[flitabout]

I had one for like 6 years that was in a community tank that never picked at anybody. He never even ate the mollie fry in with him. At least not that I noticed!

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Yea mine is exactly like that, hope the new one is like that too, hopefully he'll take a couple of snails and shrimp and a frog

 

[flitabout]

On a whole I think they are pretty docile I have only ever seen the one so I will call him the exception rather than the rule.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Hah yea, I'll have to see the one I just got to see if that applies

 

[Scottyhorse]

I'd just stick with the betta in there.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Really? Why because of the aggression?

 

[ashleynicole]

You would probably do best with just the betta and some snails. He would most likely make a snack out of shrimp.

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[twiddlemuffin]

I feel like that's too small for the frog.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Ok I won't do the frog, just wondering on it

Ok, so I'll do a couple of snails, and I'll probably give a shot at one shrimp, and if it doesn't work I'll just have the snails and betta
What plants do you guys recommend? I have a bamboo(will probably add another one, really liked it) and a java fern, what is a good foreground plant, something the shrimp could hide in

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Bad news guys, my betta has a sort of fungus and his right fin is clamped, I don't know what went wrong! I added some ick guard to see if it helps
I don't know what happened!

 

[Toad]

What's the temp on the tank?

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

80 degrees, unfortunately he passed away while I was getting the medication

 

[Toad]

That sucks, sorry to hear. How long did you have the betta?

 

[ashleynicole]

Sorry for your loss. Unfortunately bettas from pet stores are often kept in such poor environments that their immune systems are shot and infection takes over.

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[Tommy10]

Where did you buy it?

 

[molliwopp]

Are those sticks or bambo canes still alive with green? Where did you get them? Adding live things to the tank will brake down and could cause a problem with water. Adding ick guard would have no effect on fungus which could of magnified a secondary problem.

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[Goldfish loach boy]

I got it from petsmart, I had it for about 2 days and the. This happened, going to wait 2 more weeks to get another one
What do you mean the plants do bad, I thought they did good!
I've had the bamboo and java fern since I got the tank, so like a month, the bamboo isn't rotting because most of it is out of the water, how do plants cause a problem?