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I have an 18 gallon hexagon tank will soon be empty. It has an under gravel filter, and an air pump (with an air curtain). I do not plan to have a heater.

Does anyone have any suggestions for what fish it would be suitable for?

I also have a 5 gallon tank. I am hoping to find a fish(or two) that could live happily in it with no filter pumps, heater etc. Just regular water changes. (it maintains 24c)(Betta?)

any suggestions welcomed

Danio's and they are a hardy fish.

I like the look of those.

What about the 5 gallon tank? Could I have some rasbora in there? If so how many? or is it best to stick to a Betta?

Sorry no rasbora's their tropical, need filter, heater, and a bigger tank, as they are a shoaling fish.

I would stick to a betta.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Lindy 2004-08-14 07:03][/span]

For your 18 gal hex, i would reccomend a power filter over a UGF (unless you have had a experience with them and are familier with their matenence). A small filter for your 5gal, would open quite a few possibilitys as well.

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Suggestions I've received for a five gallon tank:

killifish
guppies
endlers
female bettas
ADF
ACF
Paradise fish
Cherry Barbs
Glowlight tetras
Exclamation point rasboras
Dwarf puffer+otos

I intend to put a trio of betta imbellis in my tank...

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

I think I will stick to a Betta then. That was my original plan, but I'm yet to find a really nice one.


Thanks Kitten

Would that be for a heated tank though? or room temperature (24c) It would be nice to have a small skool though.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Lindy 2004-08-14 07:02][/span]

How your tank going.

My tank is great but still no little friend in it!

I have to look after my mum and Dads house and pets for a week, so I will probably wait til I come back from there. I wouldn't want to have him for a couple of days, then only see him once a day for a week. I want to keep my eye on him.

thanks for asking, it feels good to be able to get advise from kind friendly people.

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try african dwarf frogs for the 5g.

I'm not sure I would like a frog (lol)

I'm more of a fish person

Sorry about the delay in responding to your question...

Most of those suggestions would probably do best in a heated tank. Bettas could probably be okay without heat, as long as the temperature is fairly consistent.

As for the ADF's, you can look at this thread to see a pic of one of my sis's frogs... he's quite cute. http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/thread.asp?id=44982

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

It's always good to keep the tank at a constant temperature. Otherwise, if you tank drops in temperature too much in one night, you won't get a bad breakout of ich.

In all the years I've kept bettas I've never heated their tanks that were under 10g. My 5g Mini-bow maintains a temp of 78-79 just with the tank light. There is a slight temp change overnight which I feel is similar to what the fish would experience in the wild and hasn't caused any obvious problems (ick, etc).

edit: Forgot about your 18g question...without a heater you don't have too many options. A paradise fish would be nice, or a school of WCMMs. You could try to find gold or red long-finned varieties if you want something a bit different.


[span class="edited"][Edited by Theresa_M 2004-08-07 00:08][/span]

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