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what to do with a spare 5.5 gallon?

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i wouldnt normaly bother with qestions like this and in normal circimstances i would empty it a chuck it on the shed roof with the other 4 tanks but due to having to set up my new shrimp tank next door to cycle(shrimp were in the 5.5) its now boxed in to the unit by the shrimps 20g gets moved which wont be for a long while and if i have to look at it it may as well be put to some use

anyone have any interesting ideas on what to do with this?
 

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A betta! He/she would be very happy in a 5.5 gallon tank and they have such personalities that you would never get bored with him/her. Watch out though; they're addicting!

Yeah, is the tank off the edge? If so, it is at risk for breaking because of uneven stress points. I would move it.
 
#6 ·
Uhh... Everyone does bettas. Do something new. Bettas, to me, are somewhat boring once you experience other fish (no offence to betta lovers).

Like Batman said, a few Killies would look cool. You could also plant it very heavily with hornwort, elodea, and/or other dense plants and keep about 4 Sparkling Gouramis.

If you really like the tank, then do a planted nano. Get a half a dozen Boras Merah (or any similar), or some type of Micro Rasbora.
 
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its not of any edge its partialy behind the support for the rest of the unit which is why its stuck there and cant be moved hence this thread, the gap is just were the support hole is a little large
just to clear this up...

im in agreemant with cody on the bettas im not really a betta person (sorry betta people) killis would be interesting
 

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#10 ·
How about 2-3 Pomacea bridgesii or a lone Pomacea canaliculata, Pomacea insularum or Pomacea haustrum?:wink2: The last three are very large hence why I suggested only one.

Insularums-softball size
Haustrums-close to insularum
Cana-baseball size

All three above are also voracious plant eaters so they're not the least bit fussy when it comes to food. You can supplement their diet with calcium using cuttlefish bone or eggshells to rasp on or simply drop a calcium tablet for them to eat.
 
#11 ·
How about a quarantine tank?
 
#14 · (Edited)
making it into a filter sounds fun but i dont have a good track record with "plumbing" just ask my poor laminate flooring which now looks like the himalayas it would certainly be an idea if i had larger tanks like your 55 which internal filters dont quite manage my biggest is only 29

i have a 10g q tank set up in another room running on standby mainly for fry(possibly krib or puffer) out of sight as its an ugly ex-shop mostrosity

im sort of between the snails or the dwarf frogs thogh looking up one of the snails suggested by lupin........
look at the size of them!
 

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#19 ·
Daisy, the pic shows giant Columbian ramshorn (Marisa cornuarietis). These are voracious plant eaters and are sexual. A 5g for one will do wonders but I very much prefer a group of these snails be placed in a 20g minimum. How about Asolene spixi? They will fit in your 5g. There are plenty other snails that will fit there. Perhaps Sulawesis and nerites? The nerites will be unable to breed though. They will lay eggs but the eggs will never be viable.
 
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i gatherd there was a degree of mis-identification going on with the snails as i googled several of those names and got back a lot of same images

its an impressive snail regardless
these are the right ones

The World’s Departments of AgricultureWANTED

the problem is all of the species you mentioned are refererd to as apple/mystery snails as a common name

http://www.applesnail.net/
 
#23 ·
Hmmm..The side view does make it appear like a ramshorn rather than an apple snail. Sorry about that. From the looks of the pic, I'd say it is a Pomacea insularum.

By the way, you'll probably be lucky enough to find the European nerites which apparently can breed in FW. Someone in planetinverts.com has them. I got myself the Clithon corona. Not exactly a FW breeder. A bit disappointing but who cares since I like them. It's no biggie.;-)
 
#24 ·
Heck, the edit button just disappeared quickly. Wanted to point out it could also be Pomacea canaliculata. Both species are really confused but the sutures would tell you better.
 
#25 ·
the applesnail site i posted in a previous,er post shows how to tell by the shell but thats not really possible to do with snails in pictures and i dont think that a shop will alow you to handle the stock:) they should really start selling by the sc.name
im sort of taken by the frogs but the more i look at the various snail species the more i would like to try them perhaps in another tank im sure nerites are not plant eaters, as there regularly sold for planted tanks if i had the room to set up another tank i would have to give some of the big snails a go...just for the wow factor
it while be a while now before i can make any decision as buying stuff for my sisters new baby has cleared my bank account out
 
#26 ·
There are actually dozens of species of nerites. No, they are not plant eaters at all. They however need to be supplemented a constant supply of algae. I culture my own algae for the nerites and these are competing with the BN plecos for food. They also ate some of my BBA and then diatoms in corners. Nerites are the most efficient algae eaters I've had so far. A 5g should accommodate at least 6 nerites.

My canas are reaching baseball size. One female seems to have problems laying her eggs possibly due to high humidity in my tank.lol The other female has a perfect shell. Very thick and smooth probably because she keeps shovelling the calcium pills and snail jello.lol
 
#27 ·
i have porcupine nerites in with my puffers i think there the same species as the striped ones just all black the puffers ignore them completely and they do well but they do have a habit of smothering everthing in white eggs i was thinking of one of the other species of nerites for my newly re-furinshed 29g which contains a lot of plants and perhaps as a compainion for my shrimp in there 20g
 
#28 ·
They're still classified as Clithon corona. It's their spines that discourage the puffers and anything else from eating them.lol Yes, they do lay those eggs which are so unfortunately, not viable.:(
 
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