Hi, I just need some advice.

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Mariah_S

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I already have a 5-gallon aquarium, and I have some guppies in it already.

I'm planning on putting a sucker fish in it (I'm not sure if that's the name of

it, but my aunt has two and my cousin has one, and that's what the call

them).

I need some advice on other fish to put in it.

Thankz! :D

Mariah
 
How many guppies? The only "suckerfish" I would recommend for a tank that small is a single Otocinclus Catfish, but I don't want to recommend getting one if you are already fully stocked.
 
I don't know how many fish I have, but it's not crowded in the tank.

I was also wondering what I could put into the tank besides fish.

Examples: shrimp, frogs, snails...

Thanks again.
 
Mariah,
A five gallon tank is not very big at all and if you don't know how many fish you have in the tank, then it is probably already fully stocked.

I'd not recommend you add any more fish or anything else at all.

Roan
 
Mariah,

Roan Art is right.
Stocking levels are not measured in numbers but, volume and produced waste.
5 fish from type X might not be have a bioload as high as 1 fish from type Y.

Also, realize that the guppies *will* reproduceand you soon might have more fish than you care for.

What equipment do you have in the 5G anyways?
 
i got a new tank a few days ago and it's a ten-gallon, and as far as the guppies reproducing too quickly, i've had them awhile and i think they die fast enough where it won't become overpopulated. i've had the same amount of fish for a few months now. i think most of the babies don't live very long but i can't tell how often they die because they die and then get sucked up into the filter.

it's ok now though because i've picked out a few fish i'm going to get anyway. and, not to be rude, i definitely don't need anymore people telling me i shouldn't get anymore fish. if it gets too crowded i'll get another tank.

thankz!
 
Mariah,

You asked for advice on more fish and we gave you advice that you shouldn't get anymore fish.

If you don't want to take our advice, that's your perogative, however there is no need to be rude or to be upset that it's not what you want to hear.

If your guppies don't live long, then maybe you should ask yourself why?

Roan
 
Guppies can live for 2-3 years. If your guppies are dying that fast, you need to think about why. Overcrowding, water paramenters, dieet, tempature, ecxt.
 
Yeah it sounds like you are overpopulated. I would not get a "sucker fish". Also if your guppy's are dying that fast then you probaly aren't doing enough water changes. What is you ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels? You are going to be needing to do 50% water changes a week. Are you declohrinating water before you put it in the tank?
 
hi

it's been a while since i replied here.
but contrary to what i thought before (and i'm not lying i promise), i don't think my guppies are dying very fast. i just don't think that they have very many babies at one time. anyway, i'm planning on selling some of them.

the other fish i have in my fishtank are two dwarf platties (same sex), a small otocinclus (2-inch), one male betta (which, unlike many people think, is safe), two bleeding hearts, a panda corydora, and a plecostomus that will only get about 5 inches.

Like I said before, the tank really is not crowded and I think that the fishes are alright. Besides, the three suckerfishes (Cory, Pleco, and Otto) stay on the floor and on the sides most of the time (Pleco stays under a rock).

Thank you very much for all your help and if you have any more suggestions on how to make my tank safer for them i will appreciate them.

by the way, you said something about water changes. how do you do that?
and are there any inexpensive test kits for ammonia, nitrate, etc.?

thankz,
Mariah
 
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