What else can I put in my 5 gal.?
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I do know that Orion Girl keep khulie loaches in a 5 gallon, 3 I think. But then she has been keeping them for quite awhile and knows what they can tolerate.
As for cories, I have 3 different species (a single of each) in a 10 gallon. 2 of them even spawn occasionally though they never have any babies. They seem very happy.
The frogs have to have the food sink to the bottom, they don't tend to go to the surface to eat. Reptile tablets or sinking shrimp tabs would be a good idea.
I have a betta in a 5 gallon. He is friends with a bunch of snails and 4 amano shrimp. Lots of plants keep the tank looking pretty good.
As for cories, I have 3 different species (a single of each) in a 10 gallon. 2 of them even spawn occasionally though they never have any babies. They seem very happy.
The frogs have to have the food sink to the bottom, they don't tend to go to the surface to eat. Reptile tablets or sinking shrimp tabs would be a good idea.
I have a betta in a 5 gallon. He is friends with a bunch of snails and 4 amano shrimp. Lots of plants keep the tank looking pretty good.
Oh really? See, I've never kept them so I don't know all the specifics, but dont those loaches get near 5 inches? They are narrow-bodied, but still... it seems like they wouldn't be able to move much in a 5 gallon, with 3 of them. OG - how do you do it!
Well, I don't remember khuli loaches ever really "swimming" very much like corys or anything, they tend to wriggle and wrap themselves around objects, unless they were dashing to the bottom of the tank when being released or wriggling around at night searching for food (though they were active at night). No real back and forth swimming, so it kinda makes sense they wouldn't need as much space.
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My Kuhlis are very active, certainly as active as cories. Would dwarf cories work? do you have hiding spots where they could escape the betta if need be?
Dwarf Cories, even they are called "dwarfs" still get near 2.5 inches like most other cories out there. I wouldn't get them... not for this tank.
Ghost shrmp get along with bettas, and you could even try putting some in both tanks; 3 in the five gallon, and 2 in the 2 gallon.
With shrimp you generally get 1 per gallon of tank. I have 4 in my 5 gallon and they do great. That is with amano and ghost shrimp of course.
I thought dwarf cories only got to about 1.5"... I stand corrected.
And as far as keeping cories in a group, I have a group of 4 in my 29 gallon tank, and to be perfectly honest, besides feeding time when they are all hovering around one wafer on the bottom, I really don't think they even realize that there are other cories in there with them! They are all over the place, one zipping up the side of the tank, another dashing by the front, one hanging out on the driftwood, and another dashing in and out of the clay pot... I got 4 of them, because that was what they had in the tank at lfs... I would have gotten 6 if they had 6 to sell me, but not because I thought they wanted a big group, but because they are cute boogers!!
~Tara
