June 4, 2009
What kind of freshwater fish can live in a small 2 gallon tank?
Kelly D asked:
This is a very small tank. Just a bit bigger than having a fish bowl. A friend gave it to me and i have it up and running with a filter, heater, etc. The temp ranges from 76 to 78 degrees. What kind of freshwater fish can I get to live in it? I know a beta would work. I know male betas need to live alone. But is there any other kind of fish that could live in such a tank?
This is a very small tank. Just a bit bigger than having a fish bowl. A friend gave it to me and i have it up and running with a filter, heater, etc. The temp ranges from 76 to 78 degrees. What kind of freshwater fish can I get to live in it? I know a beta would work. I know male betas need to live alone. But is there any other kind of fish that could live in such a tank?
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You could have a betta with an aquatic dwarf frog or snail since the tank is filtered and heated.
Or..perhaps a few neon tetras. It’s a very small living space though and you’ll have to do frequent water changes and feed sparingly to keep ammonia levels down.
In that small space only a betta or a African dwarf frog would live.
Just to add to the other suggestions, you could have 2-3 male guppies, 4-5 rasbora hets. 4-5 glow light tetas, 4-5 male endlers live bearers, 6-8 Least killifish (actually a live bearer) or a pair of many different varieties of killifish.
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The only fish I would put in there is a betta…the small fish all need to be in schools to be happy. Maybe try ghost shrimp or cherry shrimp, you could make it a cool invert tank.
Guppies are the best suitable..