5 gallon tank

[molliwopp]

Plants do good. I was asking because I thought you may have cut live canes and placed them in the tank is all.

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[Goldfish loach boy]

Oh no no, it's a lucky bamboo from petsmart, so canes do bad to the tank?

 

[Toad]

If they have roots your fine

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

It does have roots, big ones too

I have a couple of questions
I'll be getting the mystery snail and shrimp soon, but for now, in these 2 days while I get them, what can I feed to the plants?
Also, my tank is open top, will the shrimp escape?

 

[ashleynicole]

Your tank was most likely not cycled. Do you have a filter and a heater?

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[Goldfish loach boy]

Yea I do, and it is cycled , I'll double check it

 

[ashleynicole]

How did you cycle it? A tank that small will take a few months to cycle not 3 weeks.
What were your levels of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?

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[Goldfish loach boy]

I used tetra safe start, got the filter media and bio wheel from my 55 gallon and put it in it turns out to be a quick process

 

[ashleynicole]

I used tetra safe start, got the filter media and bio wheel from my 55 gallon and put it in it turns out to be a quick process

What was your ammonia source?

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[Goldfish loach boy]

A frozen shrimp

 

[Toad]

In a tank that small, if your at all worried about keeping the bacteria alive I'd just stick the filter material in your 55's filter until you get some fish. I honestly think you could do ADFs in that tank, they're not super active little guys, I'd say bettas are more active than they are tbh, and they don't have a big bio load.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

They don't, I really want one, but this is my stock

1 betta
5 ghost shrimp
1 apple snail
2 nerite snails

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Can I add one frog?

 

[Toad]

Oh I didn't realize you got another betta. I would say skip the apple snail and one of the Nerites and get a frog. Just make sure you are prepared for the somewhat special feeding they need.

 

[Scottyhorse]

I wouldn't do a frog, and only one snail. Like a nerite.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Wait, ok hold up

I haven't gotten a betta yet, I want for whatever the remnants of the fungus are there to be gone
Why only one snail? Is it too much?

 

[Scottyhorse]

Apple snails are poop machines, and a single nerite will keep the tank algae free... IME. They usually won't take prepared foods so they can starve.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Ok, I thin your right on only one nerite snail

But, I'm doing 50% bi-weekly water changes with double filtration, isn't that enough

 

[Scottyhorse]

I still wouldn't put an apple snail in there, they should get the size of an apple.. Seems a little large for a 5g.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Oh I didn't tell you guys, my parents love apple snails, once it gets a bit too large for the tank I'll move it over to my 55 gallon tank