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05-08-2008, 03:09 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New Jersey, USA
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|  Eclipse 5g Hex ideas I currently have an eclipse 5g hex tank with a betta. I was wondering what else I could put in there since it is such a small tank. It does not have live plants, just plastic. I also have green algae. What fish would you recommand for this tank that likes green algae? |
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05-08-2008, 04:41 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Jan 2008
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| If you want to keep the Betta I'd put about 4 little otos in there with him. They'll eat the algae and they're adorable.
__________________ 29G - Cories, Black Skirts, Yoyo Loaches, SAE, Betta 10G - Betta, Ottos 3G - Betta Retirement Home 10G - Crayfish tank in the works... no bettas allowed |
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05-09-2008, 08:14 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savoy, MA/Western PA
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| I don't know about 4 otos in a tank tha small. They would never get enough to eat with just the algae in the tank.
__________________ 5 gallon Hex planted - Bee shrimp, algae eating shrimp, oto, snails 10 gallon planted - platy, white clouds + baby, oto, cories ~1g bowl - duckweed, male betta |
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05-09-2008, 05:44 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Lousiana
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| After they eat all the algae you can put blanched zucchini and spinach leaves in there. Mine love it. I've never tried cucumber but I figure they would eat that too. And the good thing about having otos is that you don't have to worry about keeping light on too long. Another suggestion to go with betta- ghost shrimp?
__________________ 46G Bowfront- 1 Dwarf Gourami 1 Golden German Blue Ram 1 Bolivian Ram 3 neon tetra 3 White Skirt Tetra 1 Cherry barb 2 Pepper cories 5 otos 10G- Hospital/Quarintine tank 1 neon tetra- neon tetra disease  |
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05-12-2008, 03:03 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
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| Either: 2-3 otos 2-3 ghost shrimp 2-3 pygmy cories (not sure how big they get) Ummm, that's all I can't think of right now. Edit: random thought, anyone ever have a crab in with a betta?
__________________ 20g 1 Betta - Finfin (m) 3 Swordtails - Starlet (f), Smrt (f), and Neo (m) 4 Peppered Cories - Hobbes (f), Wasabi (m), Mini1+2 (?) 2 Black Neon Tetras - bleh, they're just tetras6.6g 3 Sword Fry - born Apr. 29 to Starlet 1 Sword Fry 1 Unidentified Snail - Snail (?) 5g 1 Dwarf Puffer - Weebo (f) 2 Otos - Gabi (?) and Sonja (?) Mini Habitat Empty  |
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05-12-2008, 06:10 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Lousiana
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| Maybe an african dwarf frog.
__________________ 46G Bowfront- 1 Dwarf Gourami 1 Golden German Blue Ram 1 Bolivian Ram 3 neon tetra 3 White Skirt Tetra 1 Cherry barb 2 Pepper cories 5 otos 10G- Hospital/Quarintine tank 1 neon tetra- neon tetra disease |
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05-12-2008, 06:25 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: May 2008
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| A mystery snail, and a cory cat would be a nice addition and add a bit of variety. That is what I gave my nephews when I got them a 5g hex, and all is well since November of 2007. Just read up on whatever you get.
__________________ Used to breed Angelfish, Bettas, Apple Snails, now culture corals and FW plants & enjoy the tanks below... 90g S.A. Cichlid Tankbuster types, 46g planted bowfront w/tropicals, 30g long planted w/tropical mix, 28g Bowfront SW Reef w/corals, 12g Nanocube FW Planted w/German Blue Rams, 10g Nano SW Reef w/corals, 5g Planted FW w/diamond tetras & misc shrimps   |
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