Stocking a 5.5g

**SpaceBison** · 09-30-2008, 11:28 PM

I just set up a 5.5g and it's cycling but i was wondering what kid of fish i should get. Please give me some ideas.........thanks

**Sharkman** · 09-30-2008, 11:44 PM

with 5.5g you are pretty limited. A betta would be nice with some plants and rocks. You could get some pygmy cories by themselves, but 5g really isn't much space for many fish.

**TorqueWorks** · 09-30-2008, 11:58 PM

I agree with Sharkman. You are really limited to what could be put into that size of a tank. You might be able to put a few tetras in it.

**concretephil** · 10-01-2008, 12:08 AM

5.5 is pretty small and often you'll find that fish that are small enough to comfortably fit in that size tank prefer to be kept in schools, which again in that size tank can't be comfortably done. if you just like having the small tanks, i would suggest doing a 20 long. they don't cost that much to outfit,it's small enough to fit on a decently sturdy night stand, it'll be easy to manage your water, and you'll have more options as to what you can put in it. IMO a betta, or maybe some fancy guppies is the only thing that would do very well in a tank that size, unless you REALLY know what you're doing.

**SpaceBison** · 10-01-2008, 12:55 AM

I was going to put some neon tetras and some cherry shrimp but my filter might suck up the cherry shrimp. So I'm probably going to get like 2-3 live plants, some tetras, and some corycats.