Mayonnaise
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi, I'm new to the Forums, My name is Mayonnaise, and I'm 19 years old... I haven't had a fishtank since roughly the 6th grade. I've been doing a whole lot of reserch on taking care of fish, considering I now live in a college dorm, and don't have my father around to tell me when it's time to clean the tank, and what can and can't live with the fish I've already got in my tank, and I remember how devistated I was when my first five fish (neon tetras) all died within hours of getting them home. (Needless to say I know now that Tetras are bad starter fish.)
Now I've got a 2 gallon Hexagonal Desktop Tank with an undergravel filter thinger... and I'm planning on getting a Betta. I've checked to make sure that the tank will be warm enough for it, and run the pantyhoes test on all the decorations to make sure none of them will snag it's fins, but It seems a shame to have it all by it's lonesome in there and I've read that a good tankmate for a beta is a cory catfish. The problem is, my last fishtank was a 25 gallon tank, so I never realy had to worry about crowding... I certainly wasn't going to have 25 fish, I probably had about 15, but I've read that you shouldn't have more than 2 fish in a 2 gallon.
What I want to know is, would 3 fish be pushing it? I remember from my last fishtank that corrys like to be in pairs at the least... I also remember them being rather small fish.
Is it crowding to put 2 corys and a Betta in a 2 gallon?
If so, does anyone know of a small catfish that doesn't mind being alone?
Thank you!
8^)
Now I've got a 2 gallon Hexagonal Desktop Tank with an undergravel filter thinger... and I'm planning on getting a Betta. I've checked to make sure that the tank will be warm enough for it, and run the pantyhoes test on all the decorations to make sure none of them will snag it's fins, but It seems a shame to have it all by it's lonesome in there and I've read that a good tankmate for a beta is a cory catfish. The problem is, my last fishtank was a 25 gallon tank, so I never realy had to worry about crowding... I certainly wasn't going to have 25 fish, I probably had about 15, but I've read that you shouldn't have more than 2 fish in a 2 gallon.
What I want to know is, would 3 fish be pushing it? I remember from my last fishtank that corrys like to be in pairs at the least... I also remember them being rather small fish.
Is it crowding to put 2 corys and a Betta in a 2 gallon?
If so, does anyone know of a small catfish that doesn't mind being alone?
Thank you!
8^)