My 5g community tank

[Jhester01]

Hi, I just want to share my 5g tank,i'm just realy confuse about
what kind of community fish can I put into a 5g tank
but now I have a 5g tank with 2 female betta,2 Cory catfish, 4 ghost shrimp(1 shrimp are died coz other shrimp eat it) 4
zebra danios and 2 glofish,
it sounds like crowded? But it is 2 months old now, and they are so active
and now Im planning to buy a 10g but when I buy, 10g what will I do to my old 5g tank, and afraid that my stepfather say to mo that I'm wasting money lol..

 

[aakaakaak]

Keep the two female bettas in the 5g and move everything else over to the 10g. There you go. Only slightly overstocked now.

 

[JQosuCOWBOY]

Jhester, you from Oklahoma?

 

[achase]

It does sound crowded...very overstocked in my opinion. What are your readings for nitrate, ammonia, and nitrite?

I would only keep 1 female betta in the 5 gallon as aggression can occur in such a small tank.

In the 10 gallon keep the cory cat, shrimp and the other female betta. Take the danios and glofish back as they are not suitable for a 5 or 10 gallon tank plus I'm not sure about their compatibility with the betta for the long term.

 

[aakaakaak]

Danios (glofish are danios) will stress a betta out. They're completely spastic and the betta won't be able to catch them.

 

[Newman]

It does sound crowded...very overstocked in my opinion. What are your readings for nitrate, ammonia, and nitrite?

I would only keep 1 female betta in the 5 gallon as aggression can occur in such a small tank.

In the 10 gallon keep the cory cat, shrimp and the other female betta. Take the danios and glofish back as they are not suitable for a 5 or 10 gallon tank plus I'm not sure about their compatibility with the betta for the long term.

This; 1 female in each tank, because 5 gal is no good for 2 females.

Talk to your stepfather about your plans before you get the 10 gal.