What kinds of fish should I get for a 2.5 gallon aquarium?

[jm1212]

alright, so anyway, a 2.5 gallon would be to small for a betta, so some endlers and ghost shrimp would be your bets chouice, or ONE male guppy, but thats it.

the 2.5 minibow has an internal filter right?

 

[jm1212]

if you really want a betta and corys, you should get a 10 gallon with
the equipment-
1. a Marineland penguin 20
2. plants (fake or real)
3. some other decor

fish-
1. male betta of your choice
2. 3 corys like peppered or panda
3. 2-4 zebra dainios

 

[TastierWay]

I'd be careful about the danios because they're known to be fin nippers.

 

[CaptnDan]

This is the number one betta site. It says you can put a betta in 1-5 gallons.

I can put a cow in my living room. Doesn't mean I should.

 

[ILOVEBETTAS]

Intersting. Your going to trust people on yahoo other than people who have been keeping fish all thier lives. Hmmmmm.

Actually, I know a lot of people there that know fish just as well as y'all do, so just cut it out...

 

[jm1212]

Actually, I know a lot of people there that know fish just as well as y'all do, so just cut it out...

alright, blue already told us to stop.

OBTW did you read my post about the plausable stockings for some tanks? just wondering, because 10 gallon tank kits are not that expensive and they have a bit more flexability when it comes to fish

 

[fballguy]

Actually, I know a lot of people there that know fish just as well as y'all do, so just cut it out...

You are the one who asked for other people's opinion... You got what you asked for.

 

[ILOVEBETTAS]

if they even know what they are.... :

this is why i like reading books for info and experiences i have had and then comparing with info on the web to see what is real and whats not. all of the books i have read say that bettas need at least 5 gallons. on the web anybody can go and post things, and most of the time on sites like this one there are people with really good info, but there are also people that swaer by the rules given to them by their LFS that dont work, like the aquarium salt and gallon/ inch garbage started by some comercial chains :thud:

Excuse me? I have been keeping bettas for years now. Maybe we each hear something different. Jerk.

 

[jm1212]

Excuse me? I have been keeping bettas for years now. Maybe we each hear something different. Jerk.

i never said that you didnt keep bettas for long.
please do not put words in my mouth while i am trying to help you figure out possible stockings for your tank.
we were just poking fun at you, you dont need to get on the offensive. you dont need to snap

 

[ILOVEBETTAS]

Uh, bettas live in slow flowing streams, ponds and rice paddies. Why in the world would they get SCARED in anything bigger than that? How silly. My betta lives in a ten gallon and will soon be upgrading to a 55 and he is having a blast. In fact, the betta I had before was enjoying his ten gallon to himself and then I had to downsize him to a bowl until he was ready to go back in(QT) and he was pretty much a downer about it. When he went back in his ten gallon, he was overjoyed.

I ran around yahoo answers by the way trying to correct the idiocy that is spewed around on there. Those people rarely know anything. A few have extensive knowledge and everyone else is just ignorant.

Well, I here different. Thank you for not being a jerk about it, like the other people. We each hear different. It wouldn't be my fault or you fault if we've heard wrong, it would be the person who said the wrong thing's fault.