How many goldfish in my new Fluval Spec III?

Nano_Legend said:
I have the single Endler in the Fluval Spec III. I am thinking about adding Norman's Lampeye, dwarf rasbora, Rili shrimp, or marmorkrebs. Any thoughts?
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A single crayfish would work OK. Mine are notorious plant eaters though, so if you were thinking of keeping plants for something other than food it might not be a good choice!
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Thanks for the responses! It sounds like the Fluval Spec V is too small for what I have in there, so I either have to sedate all the fish by freezing them or do water changes every few days and they will have to deal with it. Since I have plants in the Spec III, I need to eliminate the crayfish and get a few shrimp and a few rasboras and call it good.
 
I have decided to pull the trigger on purchasing 4 rili shrimp and 4 dwarf rasboras to add to the Fluval Spec III. That will leave a grand total of 5 nano fish (1 endler and 4 dwarf rasboras) and 4 shrimp. I will be feeding the fish Hikari Tropical Micro Pellets, which will float before being consumed. This will leave almost zero pellets sinking to the bottom into the substrate. I also ordered some extra small glass petri dishes and will be using them to feed the shrimp. They will be eating Fluval Shrimp granules out of the petri dish. I can probably use a glass pipette to get the granules into the petri dish. A third plant will be added to the spec III. It is a banana plant. The two cory cats, two blackwidow tetras, and five trapdoor snails will stay in the fluval spec v. I would imagine the largest trapdoor snail will probably not live too much longer since it is so big and probably near the end of its lifespan. The cory cats and tetras maybe get moved to a larger aquarium in the future, but a 5 gallon will have to work for now. Maybe Fluval will come out with a bigger Spec in the future.
 
The hidden filter, pump, and heater is the reason I really like the Fluval Spec aquariums. There are other brands that have a similar feature that hides those accessories and they come in larger volumes than the 5 gallons Spec. I may look into those or just wait and see what Fluval does. The tetras and cory cats have not reached maximum size, so there is still time to save them from being stunted. I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of goldfish and bettas out there being kept in bowls without filters or pumps, so it could be worse.
 
There seem to be alot of misconceptions and conflicting information on the proper tank size for different species of aquarium fish. For example, I have seen where one fancy goldfish should not be housed in an aquarium less than 29 gallons, should not be housed in an aquarium less than 20 gallons, and the cardboard box my 2.6 gallons Fluval Spec came in same has a big picture of a goldfish on the box and says a goldfish is a Spec friendly species. The point I am trying to make is there doesn't seem to be a consensus on the right size of aquarium for different species and if there is, it isn't readily available without finding conflicting information a mouse click away.
 
Different people do have different opinions on tank requirements, that's true. Different people also have different tolerances for stunting and causing spinal deformities in fish.

Fancy goldfish in a 20 or 29? Depends on how much work you're willing to put in to the keep the water clean enough to keep it alive. And, emphatically, *yes* a goldfish is a Spec friendly species. If, of course, you don't mind stunting the growth and doing frequent water changes to keep it from dying in its own waste.
 
Will be adding 4 dwarf rasboras, 4 rili shrimp, a banana plant, and some pennywort to the fluval spec III this week.
 
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