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Yeah killifish would work!
What can I put in this 5GAL tank?
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Yeah killifish would work!
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How many do you think I could put in there?
bkiggy
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A school of rainbows or red danios 1/2" is all the bigger they get
I have Rachovii killi's and they are small and would easily work in that size tank but you can only do one male in a small tank. They would look great with shrimp as the males are very colorful.
Fishlover13
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Any betta will kill a guppy because of his fins. The Guppies long fins make him look like a threat to a Betta. My betta lived perfect wil a school of neon tetras and 2 Platys and 2 ghost shrimp.
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But I had a 10 gallon
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Yeah I figured that would happen with that mix, I had a betta that would go after my sunbursts (i guess because of the bright colors?) and that was in a 55GAL!
Not "any", but many will attack others, depends on the Betta's personality. I have had several, currently one which started out as pals with a bunch of Fire Tail Red guppy boys and lives with Guppies, and a Pearl Gourami with many other community fish. Also have one which will kill even a little Rams Horn snail since he was a half inch long, he lives by himself!.
tommyr
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How about couple of White cloud minnows? You wouldn't need a heater either. Just a suggestion!
CorallineAlgae
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tommyr said:
Oooh... I love those. You're making me want some.
White Cloud Mountain Minnows are really beautiful, and usually pretty inexpensive! And a dwarf African frog or two and a snail!
Lt.
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My LFS sells white clouds as feeder fish for 10 cents a pop
My favorite nano fish is the Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish, or elassoma gilberti. They're pretty hard to find but look amazing. You could probably have a group or 3 or 4 of them in there. One male and 2-3 females would be best.
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My favorite nano fish is the Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish, or elassoma gilberti. They're pretty hard to find but look amazing. You could probably have a group or 3 or 4 of them in there. One male and 2-3 females would be best.
Pygmy sun fish are so pretty, I love those! Could you keep them with shrimp? I want to upgrade my 2 gal shrimp tank to a 5 gal, and I want to maybe have some fish in there.
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Pygmy sun fish are so pretty, I love those! Could you keep them with shrimp? I want to upgrade my 2 gal shrimp tank to a 5 gal, and I want to maybe have some fish in there.
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Definitely- although they will most likely eat baby shrimp. They are micro-predators, so they are a bit hard to feed. I usually fed them frozen bloodworms with an occasional treat of live baby brine shrimp.
Scottyhorse
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Dang, that's too bad.
What size does the Pygmy Sun Fish get?
They max out at about 1.25 inches
smithpants94
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Try and stay away from those broad answers.! I've had my Betta in a 10 gallon with 5 guppies for the past 6 months and they live each other.
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Pygmy sun fish are so pretty, I love those! Could you keep them with shrimp? I want to upgrade my 2 gal shrimp tank to a 5 gal, and I want to maybe have some fish in there.
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Gorgeous! Maybe I could get my lfs to special order them
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