Cherry Shrimp And Betta

[natalie265]

I have a 2 1/2 gallon (5.68 liter) tank that i will soon be putting a betta in. I'd like to add a few red cherry shrimp as well. The tank has live plants including java moss. I might add a small filter later, but it currently does not have one. Will cherry shrimp survive in such a set-up with no filter? I'll be doing a 50%+ water change weekly.

 

[Truck]

I have a 2 1/2 gallon (5.68 liter) tank that i will soon be putting a betta in. I'd like to add a few red cherry shrimp as well. The tank has live plants including java moss. I might add a small filter later, but it currently does not have one. Will cherry shrimp survive in such a set-up with no filter? I'll be doing a 50%+ water change weekly.

bettas NEED filters AND heaters...theyre tropical fish, they shouldnt be treated any differently.

if you dont use a filter you need 100% water changes a few times a day

 

[lordofthesea]

you've gotta hae a filter and a heater. for the betta and the cherry shrimp. simple as that.

 

[~T~]

The betta will eat the cherry shrimp.

 

[saltynay]

You need to do 30% water changes approx 3 times a day without filtration for a betta. It comes down to personal temperment of the betta some have been taught shrimp are food some see them as part of the scenery. If you get the shrimp put them in the tank before you get the betta however if you already have the betta then remove him from the tank, move all the scenery around so that it is a different aquacape and acclimatise the shrimp to the tank and add them, then after the shrimp have moved around and got use to the habitat add the betta.

 

[natalie265]

Okay, okay, okay. Point taken. I already have a heater and people from the betta forum have also advised me to get a filter unless i want to do huge water changes every day or two (I don't). They have also advised me to get a bigger tank, so i'm going to start looking for a 5 gallon. As for the cherry shrimp, i'll leave them out if you think they'll just get munched. What about amano shrimp? They're quite a big bigger, do you think they'd be okay?

 

[OneOnion]

Actually, I've heard that it all depends on the personality of the betta. Some bettas will eat the shrimp, some won't. So after you have the the tank, the filter, and the betta all set up, maybe you could try with one shrimp and see if it gets eaten.

 

[saltynay]

I am 75% sure cherries won't get munched if you add them in the way I described. If the betta is going to eat shrimp fully it will wait for them to molt and be soft and vulnerable therefore amanos are also at risk a cave system is vital

 

[Shrimper]

The betta i used to have didn't bother to eat them, he just ripped them in half and left the corpses for me to find.

I would only keep Amano shrimp or Red Nose Shrimp with a betta, they are big enough to survive any Betta attention and will be less shy and more active than cherrys.

That said they wouldn't be suitable for your tank unless you go a filter and heater. All shrimp are sensitive to water quality and wouldn't last long in an unfiltered tank.