Five Gallon Hex - Stocking & Cycling

TastierWay

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Jul 17, 2006
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So I have this give gallon hex, planted, housing three juvenile apple snails. They'll be given away shortly. I had a plan to put a few guppies in there, then decided against it since they'd breed so fast. So now, it's just sitting there with the plants and the snails and I'm kinda at a loss at what to do with it. I'm not so interested in livebearers and so can anyone else suggest a small fish that will do fine? It's got a piece of driftwood keeping the water soft in it, if that helps. I already have a betta, too, by the way.

I was also wondering if the tank is considered cycled? Snails can't cycle a tank can they? And some pieces of the plants decay(some stuff I can't cut at and count on the snails to eat) and so amonia must be being produced, right?

Edit: As for dwarf puffers, I'm starting a project for the ten gallon beside my computer for those fish already, so that's out for the five gallon too.
 
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They'll do alright in a 5 gallon though? When I looked up fish around the same size as a betta(seeing as people slap those suckers in 5 gallons all the time) it always suggested 10 gallons. Is this simply because they need more swimming space?

As for killis', thanks, I'll check it out. :)
 
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