Dorm Room Fish
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Really, a 5 gallon setup with a single dwarf puffer would be a great tank for a dorm room. This, however, does not meet your requirements of no filter and no heater. The puffer in this setup, however, would be adequately housed and still not interfere with your ability to buy beer and gas while you go to school.
These pictures are taken from www.dwarfpuffers.com, and you should read more about them there if you are interested in these guys.
This tank is a 5 gallon, I believe, and quite nicely planted, as well.
Sam
These pictures are taken from www.dwarfpuffers.com, and you should read more about them there if you are interested in these guys.
This tank is a 5 gallon, I believe, and quite nicely planted, as well.
Sam
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They are looking for something to put in a bowl, with no heater/filter. Guppys need both, plus more room than a bowl. How about some snails? and fake plants, you really have eliminated just about everything 
!! Even easy to care for fish need some time and care. Honestly, almost any fish kept in the conditions you want probably won't do to well, and if you're like the average college student, who wants to waste money replacing fish every other week?!??!
!! Even easy to care for fish need some time and care. Honestly, almost any fish kept in the conditions you want probably won't do to well, and if you're like the average college student, who wants to waste money replacing fish every other week?!??!
If you do have your heart set on a bowl, I'd stock the bowl with:
2 Malus domestica
3 Prunus armeniaca
perhaps a single hybrid of the Musa genus would fit in the bowl, too.
Sam
2 Malus domestica
3 Prunus armeniaca
perhaps a single hybrid of the Musa genus would fit in the bowl, too.
Sam
anthonylam said:
Like Holly9937, in all practicality, guppies need a heater and a filter.
They like the temperature 72 & 80 degrees. Theoretically you could just keep your room warm. If you had enough plants you could, theoretically, do without a filter, but you might have a problem with the oxygen exchange because most bowls, especially one that's "not too big" would not have enough surface area. Of course, that same bowl would not have enough room for the plants and the fish too. The no filter setup is also ruled out because they want something, "...That is easy to take care of, maybe cleaning the bowl once a week and feeding once a day."
A guppy is a 2" to 3" size fish that likes to swim. True, its not as active as danios, but it is an active fish.
Guppies do not belong in bowls.
My recommendation would be a big 2 gallon bowl with live plants and 1 paradise fish. I've never had another fish I think can be kept in a bowl long term.
--Mia
--Mia
i feel sorry for u guys who want to keep many types of tropical fish but don't live in countries with tropical climates... u gotta think of heaters... and so many other stuff.. and having this hobby there is kinda really costly... i heard u'd pay $75-100 fer a 29gal tank. i'd pay about $15 fer a 40gal from petshop companies huge enough to be public listed and still think it's expensive. the prices for tropical fish that i see on all the american sites are some times 4-5 times higher than wat we have here. and most of the time wat u call rare and exotic are really very common among aquarists here. we even have many coldwater species and stuff like alligator snapping turtles which are natives of america but do so well here. go SE asia!! well... no hard feelings... just saying it...
anyway... just go fer those Heterandria formosa thingies or something that's native to your country... would be easier to care for.
Edited to remove offensive, off-topic remark. OG
anyway... just go fer those Heterandria formosa thingies or something that's native to your country... would be easier to care for.
Edited to remove offensive, off-topic remark. OG
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I personally think the answer is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
As others have said even a Betta, for anyone who cares at all, needs a heater and some type of filtration. And a water change once a week in a bowl wouldn't cut it for anything. I don't mean to be harsh but IMO with small 2-5 gallon tanks you still need heating and filtration. A 2 gallon bowl with a UGF would work for a betta and that's about it but we are not talking about a bowl that's "not too big".
Simply put, don't bother.
As others have said even a Betta, for anyone who cares at all, needs a heater and some type of filtration. And a water change once a week in a bowl wouldn't cut it for anything. I don't mean to be harsh but IMO with small 2-5 gallon tanks you still need heating and filtration. A 2 gallon bowl with a UGF would work for a betta and that's about it but we are not talking about a bowl that's "not too big".
Simply put, don't bother.
Why dont you just get an eclipse 2 gallon explorer set up...Its small, has a filter and light, and you wouldnt even have to do any more wok than maintaining a bowl, possibly even less... This way you have a small tank, efficient filtration (Less water changes) And more possibility. Its cheap too.
Here it is (It comes in other colors than purple)
Here it is (It comes in other colors than purple)
I would have to suggest getting a 10-gallon. It's pretty small and would have room for several small fish, and could accomodate a heater, filter, and all the stuff that I would see as basically essential. I had one betta in my 10-gallon and he was happy as a clam. I thought about getting a 2.5 or 5 gallon for my betta initially, and I am so glad I decided to get the 10. When I upgraded to a 29, my 10 became a fry tank/hospital tank, depending on whether I have fry. Like others have said, the somewhat larger tank would give you much more freedom as to the types of fish you could have and really wouldn't require much more work to maintain.
