I'm looking to put my betta in my empty 29 gallon. (I'm forgoing my mini fish tank idea) However in a space that big I would like a little movement. I was thinking of adding some red cherry shrimp and some snails.
I know my betta is aggressive so I am not going to put any fish in with him. He will likely pick off the RCS and snails at random. My thought was if I put in a lot of shrimp and snails and then added him a little later he couldn't eat all of them at once and eventually would settle down. Hopefully he would target the shrimplets and not the fully grown shrimp.
I just don't want him to choke on any shells . . . >.> That's actually my only concern. So should I just forgo the rams/mystery snails and stick with RCS? Or should I just let him have his space and put nothing in? I was thinking of snatching up a few ghost shrimp to check his shrimp compatibility?
Oh and I do plan to plant this tank medium/densely using simple easy to care for plants.
I know my betta is aggressive so I am not going to put any fish in with him. He will likely pick off the RCS and snails at random. My thought was if I put in a lot of shrimp and snails and then added him a little later he couldn't eat all of them at once and eventually would settle down. Hopefully he would target the shrimplets and not the fully grown shrimp.
I just don't want him to choke on any shells . . . >.> That's actually my only concern. So should I just forgo the rams/mystery snails and stick with RCS? Or should I just let him have his space and put nothing in? I was thinking of snatching up a few ghost shrimp to check his shrimp compatibility?
Oh and I do plan to plant this tank medium/densely using simple easy to care for plants.