4 gallon question

[Billy Bob]

Hi ive got a 4g tank with three black widow tetra's with a undergravel filter. Can i get a bottom dwelling fish to go in this tank or is it full already? If i can what would you recomend?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Billy Bob]

p.s just out of interest how would neons or zebra danios cope in a 4g tank?

 

[Pooky125]

If you could give us dimensions of the tank, it would make it easier to decide if a bottom feeder would fit. If you tank, is long and short, then I say yes, 2-3 pygmy cories, or a kuhli laoch would do quite nicely, if your tank is tall and thin, then no.I would also say, skip the zebra danios, as they could end up nipping at the fins of your tetras. The neons probably wouldn't fair well, in such a full tank.

 

[geKo]

I know someone that has 32 fish in a 5 gallon if this helps any. Also their doing just fine. For more info click below

http://www.plantedtank.net/bb/viewthread.php?tid=408

 

[Pooky125]

geKo, you really aren't helping here.. He's an experienced aquarist, with way to many plants, and a very powerful filter. He also has much smaller fish then the black sqirt tetras, and does water changes more frequently then most..

 

[Coyote]

35 fish in a 5 g tank? Should we call it "extreme fish keeping"?

Billy Bob is going to college soon. I don't think he will have time to maintain an extreme tank like that one.

 

[Billy Bob]

its 14" by 8"x 8" with 25% water changes weekly. 35 fish is there any water !!!!

 

[geKo]

Originally posted by Pooky125
geKo, you really aren't helping here.. He's an experienced aquarist, with way to many plants, and a very powerful filter. He also has much smaller fish then the black sqirt tetras, and does water changes more frequently then most..

Im not saying he should go for 32 fish. Im just pointing out that he can put more than 3 fish in a 5 gal. Since he is new i wouldnt sugest fewer fish but rather smaller fish as you ponited out above.

Heres my setup for my new tank im currently building now: http://wave.prohosting.com/gekoz/

As you can see its basically a rip of the tank i showed above. The plants are at least and everything eles i picked.