Fish tank

[nekosensei]

Now that sashimi has passed on to happier hunting grounds, I'm thinking about finding another aquatic animal to replace him. What should I put in my five gallon fish tank? I'm stuck between another betta, which doomsey would prefer, or two African dwarf frogs. I already have a Chinese algae eater in the tank, and I'm a little bit concerned that a younger betta would give him a hard time. So...time for a poll. What do you think?

[Poll #1196571]

Also, for those of you who are more experienced in raising fish, feel free to leave your two cents in the comment section. I would appreciate the advice.

Comments

I am biased.

[1koolspud.livejournal.com]

I had a dwarf frog as a kid. Wouldn't mind having another.

I apologize in advance, but it was the only thing I could think of

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

Five.
Five Gallon.
Five Gallon fish taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank....

Re: I apologize in advance, but it was the only thing I could think of

[doomsey.livejournal.com]

it's not 5 gallons.

Re: I apologize in advance, but it was the only thing I could think of

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Okay...doomsey tells me it's two and a half. I screwed up. Obviously I can't count. I used to have a ten gallon fish tank with two fancy goldfish in it. They lived a fairly long time, but it was obnoxious to clean. Goldfish are very dirty fish and you have to clean the tank more often than what you would for tropical fish.

So...I'm perplexed by your comment. Did you want to own a fish tank or something? If you have cats, it makes for great cat tv.

[chitownshae.livejournal.com]

Having had a betta fish in a communal 30-gallon tank, I actually had no problem with having a bunch of fish in it. I'm moving to a new apaprtment so I'm debating on setting up my tank again. I had 2 algae eaters, 1 betta, 2 sword tails, 2 angelfish, and other assorted small-type, well-behaved fish.

Just a thought.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Hmm...how long have you had the betta?

[chitownshae.livejournal.com]

I don't have him now, but I had him for 3 years before I had to give him away. I think he survived another year in a communal tank before going to the big fishbowl in the sky.