Is there any goldfish suitable for a 5-gallon tank?
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White Clouds are suitably sized, will do very well in an unheated tank, and will likely breed. There was a year when someone brought me some that had survived a winter in an outdoor pond in Philadelphia. It was a warm winter, but still, those fish survived high 40s water temps.
After going over all this with my daughter, and looking at some LFSs today, she's decided on a Betta and likely a couple Mystery Snails. We can get a 50W heater cheap enough and then we'll never have to worry about tank temps. In our journey today we saw a couple larger Fancy Goldfish, which was helpful so she could see how inappropriate they would be in a small tank.
Now I just need to get the 5g tank set up and cycled (should be quick since I have media from my 29g tank to kickstart things), and then we can make one Betta's life a lot better by giving it a proper habitat. Thanks for all the input, everyone!
Now I just need to get the 5g tank set up and cycled (should be quick since I have media from my 29g tank to kickstart things), and then we can make one Betta's life a lot better by giving it a proper habitat. Thanks for all the input, everyone!
Both good choices. Personally, I'd suggest a female betta over a male. I think the females have more interesting personalities.
i can't put anything with my female crowntail betta. for her tiny size of an inch and a half, comparatively one of the meanest fish i've ever seen. she's so filled with anger.kills everything in the tank. but she's one of my very favorites. because she's so darn grumpy.
