confused??

[ShadowCourtGirl]

hi.. my CT, Pooter, is in a 2.5 gal. tank and i was thinking of getting him some small tank mates but idk what kind of fish to get for him.. i cant get a bigger tank then the one he is in now cause of money and space, so something small but not too small would be helpful.. thanks in advance...

[styggian]

Another fish won't fit in the tank. You could try a small snail or a couple of ghost shrimp.

[Bombalurina]

+1. It's not a good idea to have anything more than a betta in the tank in any tank smaller than 10 gallons.

[ShadowCourtGirl]

:/ ok... thanks.. its just that with the ghost shrimp, i read that they molt so that they can grow bigger, and i was wondering about what would happen to the skin that they would leave behind..

[styggian]

Mine usually end up eating the molts, or you can scoop it out easily.

[Bombalurina]

It is a good idea to leave the moults in. They get good protein from eating them. :)

[ShadowCourtGirl]

ok :) thats good then.. but what would the shrimp eat?

[styggian]

Let a couple betta pellets land in the gravel, or drop a half a bottom feeder tablet. They'll eat a little plant matter and any microfauna that grow in the tank.

[ShadowCourtGirl]

ok and by the bottem feeder tablet, do you mean an algea disk?

[styggian]

They need a more protein based diet as they're scavengers and will eat meat. I have sinking shrimp based pellets that I give to mine. It's Nutrifin Max sinking krill and shrimp pellets. My bettas will chew on the pellets too, given the chance. In my girls' tank, I have to drop them after turning out the lights, or they'll gorge on the pellets before my shrimp get to them.