Go to petco when they have dollar per gallon sale and buy the biggest tank you can fit in your space. A 5 gallon tank is way too difficult and you will not be able to put anything you want in it. I know its summer, but school will be back in a couple months and you will not have the time required to keep up a 5 gallon tank. Its seriously not worth the headache when you can get a 40 gallon for $40.Well, in my last tank everything was going perfect but soon I found out my school was shutting down and I had a very rough and busy year so I couldn't keep up with everything like water changes and studying but now it's summer and I'm used to my new school, so I'm prepared to restart my tank, ill also upgrade my equipment.