5 Gallon Hex - And Thanks

[KyleSFA]

Just wanted to say thanks b/c I’ve been reading a lot and learning more than I think I can handle, LOL.

Anyways, I had an ammonia and nitrite spike and lost a few fish (I started of with 3 Harlequin Rasboras and lost 2). Now the nitrites are starting to come down (about .25 ppm), so that’s good news. When they get down to 0 I plan on adding 1 fish at a time and constantly watching everything.

So after all that babble, here is the question. Would 4 Rasboras be overstocking the tank? I really think that’s a do-able load, but just want to be sure. I would like to get a couple Black ones to go along with the one I have right now.

Once again thanks to everyone for helping out people. I have learned a lot and know it will come in handy when I move to a larger tank in the future.

 

[Holly9937]

what kind of rasbora? But I guess its not that important, that would be overstocking. A 5g tank really limits what you can do with it. Your best bet would be to consider returning the one fish you have and go with a betta, a couple adfs and/or snails/shrimp. Even the harlequin rasbora which is one of the smaller ones is recommended at least 10g.

You can also find 10g tanks at most stores for less than 10 dollars. This doesn't come with a filter, but you can find those pretty cheap too, and you might be able to hold off on the heater for a little while, since its summer. Maybe your bigger tank is closer than you thought :idea2: ! Then you could get a small school of the rasboras and have a happy tank!