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Royal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

I was thinking along the lines of pretty much any common danio, golden barbs, rummynose tetra, maybe congo tetra. My local shop has some lovely long finned rosy barbs that would look fab in the tank. Any thoughts on other potential midswimmers? I’m only planning on adding and nice shoal of peppered corys for ground activity.

No one with half a brain thinks that the blue cups at stores are adequate enough for any animal to live in it long term. Dogs and cats up for adoption are sometimes kept in kennels, but no one expects that they can comfortably live out their entire lives in one. I don't care if you think a 5 gal. tank, heater, lighting, plants, and appropriately sized decorations for hiding are too expensive. If you can't afford the basic necessities (yes, all of these things are necessities!!) YOU CAN NOT AFFORD THE ANIMAL. If you can afford to buy the fish but not do not have the space or money for a proper setup, YOU CAN NOT AFFORD THE ANIMAL. Keep your money, and buy yourself something that doesn’t depend on you to stay alive. Trust me, any animal lover/blogger would prefer to see an object you bought to treat yourself, than an animal with an owner that doesn't care enough to work it’s health and wellbeing into their budget

(It used to be live planted but they didn’t survive being switched to sand, I’m going back to gravel and adding in more plants during the summer. The only fish I have is the one betta”