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Any suggestions on fish for a 5g with a water temp of 70-72F?

Open-top tank, so any jumpers are out of the question.

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Paradise fish?

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A 5 gal. is awfully small... There are some hillstream catfish that might be barely suitable. http://www.franksaquarium.com/ carries some of these in the Nano section.
Alternatively, you could make it a dwarf crayfish tank. http://www.blueludo.com/ is one of the best places I've dealt with for unique crayfish.

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Unfortunately paradise fish are jumpers; I know from past experience

How many WCMM would be ok in a 5g?

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With an open top I'm not so sure that WCMM would work out. They are fairly active fish and I've known them to make a leap for freedom, especially if startled suddenly.

For an unheated small tanks such as yours there are not many fish that would work. I'm kind of in agreement with the crayfish on this one.

Jim

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Fancy branching out into Killifishes?

This one should fit the bill.

Pseudepiplatys annulatus, the Rocket Panchax, grows to be no bigger than a Neon Tetra. A male and 2 females would make a good display, and provide you with a breeding challenge if you feel up to the task - problem with this fish is that the fry are tiny and require very fine food sizes.

Another possibility is Poropanchax species - Lamp Eyes. VASTLY underrated fishes that are little jewels (and nicely dwarf too). Some of these can be found under other Genera such as Aplocheilichthys (the original Lamp-Eye was labelled Aplocheilichthys machophthalmus in Ye Venerable Innes Book) and some sources classify some of the species under Rhexipanchax just to confuse matters. Here is Normal's Lamp-Eye]http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=2462&genusname=Aplocheilichthys&speciesname=normani[/link], and [link=here is a photo showing how the name 'Lamp Eye' came to be applied to it. At just 4 cm, that fish isn't going to outgrow a 5 gallon if you stick to, say, 4 individuals.

Alternatively, if Killies don't strike you as being suitable, you could always try and get hold of some of those drop dead gorgeous Galaxy Rasboras. They're tiny fishes too.




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Hillstream loaches would work in there. They are tiny and like cold water. They are not jumpers, but they do hide some. Mine comes out quite a bit to suck aufwuchs (sp?) out of the algae. They are cute little suckers. I sure love mine; he's fun to watch. They change colors to match their environment. I think mine is Beaufortia kweichowensis

Here's a linky: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/beaufortia-kweichowensis

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I would go with some sort of shrimp from the genera Caridina or Neocaridina... You can keep quite a few in there and they are quite interesting to watch. And they can adjust to pretty much any water temperature, just as long as it isn't too warm.

Dwarf Crayfish are also an interesting idea, though.

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What about the new galaxy rasboras? Ive heard that they prefer cooler water

EDIT: whoops, i just noticed that Calilasseia suggested the same thing... sorry

I just got a shoal of seven Galaxy Rasboras this afternoon. Holy crap, they are tiny (even though they are almost full grown)... I wish I had gotten more like 17. They are going to go in my 10 gallon tank at school, and I don't think I'll ever see them.

They'd definitely be a good fish for a five gallon tank, but while they seem to be mostly bottom dwellers, I'd don't know if I'd trust them in an uncovered tank.

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I wouldnt do WCMM in a 5, I know they're somewhat small but IME they chase zebra danios .

My grandmother used to keep guppies in a 10 way back when my mother was a kid. Back before they invented heaters for tanks, or for houses in New England for that matter. Not horribly exciting but the fry would work for any larger fish you have?

I like the shrimp idea as well.

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