Desktop Aquariums

[Acer]

i have a 3 gal tank that i want to put on my desk in my office, but im not sure on what to stock it with. i was thinking about maybe 3-4 guppys?

i wont be able to have any live plants in there. i have a mini filter i have already ran in one of my healthy tanks for over 3 weeks already. but here is my concern, i dont have a heater for them yet. will guppys do ok in room temp?

 

[quadrider5953]

if you get guppies make sure they all are males because they will reproduce like crazy, IMO. maybe you could get a betta or another small fish that will do ok by itself.

HTH

Kyle

 

[Florida8]

I say go for the betta as well... they "adore" their owners... I like to think so anyways Our 1st lived over 4yrs in his desk top tank.

Before to add a cave area... they love them .... Bio betta pellets are great! Walmart now stocks them, they don't and muck up your water either.

 

[Acer]

i keep my betta in my 29 gal. i would rather keep smaller fish like guppys than a bigger body beta in a small 3.5 gal.. thanks though

i ended up getting 3 females and 1 male. they all seem to be doing fine, i let them acclimate double the time i usually do, hopefully they will do fine without a heater, it's pretty comfortable here in the office @ about 77' i brought from home a little bit of gravel along with a seeded mini filter

 

[StngStr]

hope your coworkers all have tanks to put the guppy fry in!

 

[tropicfishman]

lol this istrue guppys breed liek crazy, like mollies do, if you go to wwww.that fishplace.com they havea small submersible heater for 2- 5 gallon tanks that is $ 8.99 and $7.29 for shipping, it would be well worth the money since its such a small tank and this heater is made for those size tanks, Also I beleieve wal mart has a small heater for 2-5 gallon tanks for $6.97 thats submersible, hope this helps, oh and you could prolly keep them in the water for a few days without a heater but at night when the lights go out the water temp might drop to much

 

[Acer]

hope your coworkers all have tanks to put the guppy fry in!

when they start coming, i'll start bringing home the fry to feed to my south/central american cichlids, and the ones that make the cut will go into one of my other live bearer tanks

 

[Acer]

hope your coworkers all have tanks to put the guppy fry in!

when they start coming, i'll start bringing home the fry to feed to my south/central american cichlids, and the ones that make the cut will go into one of my other live bearer tanks

 

[dafrimpster]

I suggest Endler's Livebearer's. Kind of like mini guppies and very pretty too!

 

[Acer]

right, i looked into those but for some reason i wasnt able to find nice purebred Endlers, all the lfs that i saw that had them, looked like they were a guppy cross, they were way too big to be pure..

 

[Sati]

I keep Endler's in a 5g and they do breed like crazy too. Other things I would suggest are cherry shrimp, a killi pair, or even Neolamprologus multifasciatus.

 

[tommyr]

2-3 Zebra Danios! I love Danios! Such clowns.

Tom