What's the most fish that I can put in my 5 gallon fish tank?

I get so many different answers. Asked by KatEck 55 months ago Similar questions: fish put gallon tank Pets > Fish.

Fishies in a tank... A 5 gallon tank is pretty small, so it won't hold many fish. But there are lots of variables that can determine/affect the number of inhabitants for that tank. Your filtration system, the size of the fish, the type of fish, how often you will clean the tank, and more will help determine this.

A very general rule of thumb is one inch of fish per gallon for the smaller community fish. Here is a good chart for reference: firsttankguide.net/capacity.php Just remember--fish grown. Most are babies when you first get them and they will get bigger.So if you get 5 small fish for your tank, expect them to be 5 medium sized fish shortly.

We have one pretty large tinfoil barb (you could fillet and panfry him! LOL!) in a 29 gallon tank...he is alone, though, because he chose to eat most of his tank mates over the years, except one red tailed shark that recently died of old age, I think. But the larger the tank, usually the larger your fish will get.

It's easier to maintain a larger tank, as you don't have to do as many water changes, too. *Poppet*'s Recommendations Aquarium Fish Hard Candy the easiest fish to keep! .

A gallon per inch of fish This is what I have been told "a gallon per inch of fish". So, you could keep 5 neons or guppies, or less of bigger fish. Hope this helps!.

The rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water. So it depends on what type of fish you are looking at. I have a 50 gallon tank and only 10 fish in it.

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I get so many different answers. Asked by KatEck 59 months ago Similar Questions: fish put gallon tank Recent Questions About: fish put gallon tank Pets > Fish.

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Fishies in a tank... A 5 gallon tank is pretty small, so it won't hold many fish. But there are lots of variables that can determine/affect the number of inhabitants for that tank. Your filtration system, the size of the fish, the type of fish, how often you will clean the tank, and more will help determine this.

A very general rule of thumb is one inch of fish per gallon for the smaller community fish. Here is a good chart for reference: firsttankguide.net/capacity.php Just remember--fish grown. Most are babies when you first get them and they will get bigger.

So if you get 5 small fish for your tank, expect them to be 5 medium sized fish shortly. We have one pretty large tinfoil barb (you could fillet and panfry him! LOL!

) in a 29 gallon tank...he is alone, though, because he chose to eat most of his tank mates over the years, except one red tailed shark that recently died of old age, I think. But the larger the tank, usually the larger your fish will get. It's easier to maintain a larger tank, as you don't have to do as many water changes, too.

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A gallon per inch of fish This is what I have been told "a gallon per inch of fish". So, you could keep 5 neons or guppies, or less of bigger fish. Hope this helps!

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My son just did an experiment for his high school science fair. He used five 5 gallon tanks. When we bought the tanks, we asked the "fish expert" at the store, and he told him he could put 5 goldfish in each 5 gallon tank.

We now have one tank left and three goldfish. I don't know if it had anything to do with the experiment, but they were dropping like flies... Anyway, it might depend upon what type of fish you are putting in the 5 gallons of water, but I think four goldfish in each would have worked out better for my son and the fish. Sources: my life, petco .

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