I currently have one betta in a 5 gallon tank. I am wanting to set up a shrimp tank and plan to use a 5 gallon but I recently found out I cant buy the kit I had previously bought. I was thinking this may be a nice opprotunity to upgrade my betta to a 10 gallon tank.
If I do upgrade him to a 10 gallon tank I was thinking of getting 5 neon tetras for tank mates (To mimic my other tank). According to AqAdvisor that would put me at 62% capacity. Is there anythign else I could put in with them? What do you recommend? Preferably actual fish and not snails.
Some ADF's are good too--about 2, but you'd have to take out your male and rearrange things then put the frogs in first so there are no territorial issues.
I am not sure if Alfie would tolerate ADFs He never minded the ghost shrimp I had with him until they swimmed to the top of the tank where he spends most of his time and then he killed them all. I am afriad he would end up chaising teh ADFs and not let them get any air :-S
You suggested Pygmy corys. How many do you think would work? And are dwarf corys small enough too( I like their look a bit better)?
Do you think the betta, 5, neons, and a few corys would be okay? According to AqAdvisor the Betta and 5 neons would only have the tank at 62% capacity. (I am religious about water changes if that matters and it will have lots of plants.)
He isn't too aggressive I dont think. He doesn't flare often even at hsi reflection and he never minded the ghost shrimp untill they started going in his little Betta Log and then he kinda decided they needed to go. I have had him with Neons temporarily in the past and he would chase them just a tiny bit but never do much else. He has a lot of finnage so he couldnt really catch them. If anything were to go wrong tho I do have a quarintine tank he could go in until I got everything else fixed.
Also thank you all for the help and opiniosn I really appreciate it.
I'm not adding anymore fish, this is my max and I'm fine with it as is. I'm just saying that you can comfortably house the 3 Otos in a 10g- mine are just fine.
I think dwarf and pygmy are the same. I may be wrong though.
AqAdvisor is sometimes the best tool in the business, other times it's utter junk. This time, I think it's right. Don't rely on it every single time though. And yes, adding a few cories would be fine.
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