brackish 5 gal
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yea, bumble bees are really nice. I have 3 of them in my 75 and despite the fact that some say that they will starve if forced to compete for food, mine are doing great. They don't hide and I see them eat blood worms, or brine shrimp, and even Omega One Marine Pellets from time to time. They share the bottom of my tank with Dragon (violet) goby, a columbian shark, a hogchoker, and some fiddler crabs. They don't get messed with at all, and I have a GSP, a F8P, scat, a mono, a needlefish, a green chromide, and some mollies. I was really worried that the Needlefish would see the bumble bees as food, but they are fine. I honestly thought they were going to the first fish to get eaten in the tank. Boy was I wrong! My Figure 8 killed an albino channel cat, a blue channel cat, and a needle fish. He's a tough little guy, but the GSP is twice his size so I hope they get along. BTW, Bumble Bees are cool to watch.
Are you getting the 5g tank or you already have one? If you're thinking of getting one, get the ones with the built-in light and filter in the hood and I would get a heater for it too.
sea salt - my bumble bees are at 1.010-1.012, heater - mine are at 80 degrees, i have a hydrometer but i dont like it, but I hear beer hydrometers are much better. Make sure you get a hydrometer that does from 1.000 to 1.030. I know the deep six only goes down to 1.020 and that won't measure most brackish tanks. other than that, just make sure you have a turkey baster to shoot bloodworms or brine shrimp down to them