Haven't been here for a while...

[corrieberry]

Hello!

I haven't been here for a while - I used to have a goldfish tank but I had to move out of my flat and sell it, and I was rather unwell for several years...

Anyway I want to get back into fish-keeping. I can't do goldfish again as I simply don't have the space requirements - I have a 5G freshwater tank with a heater if necessary and a HOB filter. I haven't cycled or anything yet as I'm not really sure what I want to do with it. My boyfriend is very reluctant to get into anything too intensive (I already have two hamsters) but I really want a tank of some description.

I was thinking of possibly doing a planted tank with maybe a few shrimps/snails/possibly a betta?

Any suggestions? I would preferably like to use it as a night-light, my boyfriend suffers night-terrors and we need something light in the room - so any circadian rhythm stuff would have to be considered too!

Thank you all so much <3

 

[rufioman]

Betta tank or invert/shrimp tank. You could cover during the day and run at night. I used to do this for ptsd.

 

[henningc]

You may want to look into Badis Badis the scarlet color is my favorite. Very colorful and neat little fish.

 

[Fishfriend1]

You could do an invert tank with a Sparkling Gouramis. I have one, he/she was VERY shy when alone so I suggest trying to find a mated pair. You could do betta too. As for nightlight, you could set up a moonlight using a small LED setup just to add some light to the tank at night. Or cover it as suggested above.