Who Would You Recommend?

[JessiMommy]

I have an empty 2 gallon tank that I started out with and was wondering who you would suggest could live there happily? I will be moving in a few months and don't plan to set it up until I get to my new house but I can't help already thinking about it. I know a Betta would do ok there right? Don't know much about them... Or a samll school of Tetras What else??

 

[Fishy Jon]

A Betta would do fine and so would a school of about 3-4 tetras. Is it a tank or a bowl? because that can determine the fish you put in it. The Betta would do good in the bowl, but the tetras might not. You could also get a couple fancy guppies, but then it would require a breeding tank or net and the net would take up the whole tank. Another thing I can recomend is maybe a small school of barbs or zebra danios or mountain fish. You could put almost any small school of small fish. I hope this helps.

Jon

 

[JessiMommy]

A Betta would do fine and so would a school of about 3-4 tetras. Is it a tank or a bowl? because that can determine the fish you put in it. The Betta would do good in the bowl, but the tetras might not. You could also get a couple fancy guppies, but then it would require a breeding tank or net and the net would take up the whole tank. Another thing I can recomend is maybe a small school of barbs or zebra danios or mountain fish. You could put almost any small school of small fish. I hope this helps.

Jon

It is an Eclipse 2 gallon tank. It has no light which kinda stinks but the tank itself is nice. I'm not into the breeding thing so... nothing that will do that! Yikes... scares me! Are bettas no good in a tank? I do not want to overcrowd so I need something very small.

 

[Fishy Jon]

The betta will do fine just never mix two males or they will fight to the death. The best tetra for you would be neons. They are small schooling fish and they are very affordable. A cardinal tetra is just like the neon, but maybe a bit prettier. Barbs aren't the most colorful so you may not want them unless you get painted barbs which are bruight colors. The tetras are your best bet so I would get them. I hope this helps

Jon

 

[AquaNut]

I would have to disagree. Schooling fishes require more room to swim than what a 2 gallon tank can afford them. I personally wouldn't keep any fish permanently housed in a 2 gallon tank, although many many people would say a betta can live in there very happily. Otocinclus cats stay very small, and you could probably keep a betta and several otos in there, as long as make sure the otos are getting enough to eat via algae wafers and cucumber or other fresh greens. At any rate, please don't put danios in a 2 gallon tank. They're very fast swimmers and require open water.

 

[Dragonslair]

Why not have something easy to keep and pleasent to the eye, and cheap.
Use some gravel as substrate, maybe some elodea plants and a bagful of ammo-rocks and a couple of goldfish(fancy or otherwise)............ until something better comes along. you never know you might just come to like them.

 

[JessiMommy]

I would have to disagree. Schooling fishes require more room to swim than what a 2 gallon tank can afford them.

At any rate, please don't put danios in a 2 gallon tank. They're very fast swimmers and require open water.

That's why I came here to ask opinions... I have plenty of time to decide & I want to get the right thing. I may not even put anything in the tank. I just haven't decided yet.

 

[Fishy_Fish74]

I'm not sure but usualy dwarf water frogs do good in a 2 gallon but other then that i would think anything small but no school fish..school fish like to have louds of swimming space if anyone says different plz post

 

[Alien Anna]

Barbs aren't the most colorful so you may not want them unless you get painted barbs which are bruight colors. The tetras are your best bet so I would get them. I hope this helps

I would never recommend anyone to get painted barbs or "painted" anything. You are probably not aware that the process involves injecting the fish with a carcinogenic dye, using a wide-bore needle and there are large death rates following the procedure. Any fish that survive will gradually revert to their original colour as the dye wears off, but many do not live so long.

Besides, cherry barbs are beautiful little fish and I've no idea why anyone would want to mess with that. They aren't schooling fish so 3 or 4 in a little tank would be fine.

 

[Pufferpack]

A 2 gal would make a nice apartment for a Dwarf Puffer

 

[Ron]

I wish that my lfs's would sell dwarf puffers. I would get 100's od them to fill all my emty tanks!!! LOL
Ron

 

[Alien Anna]

I wish that my lfs's would sell dwarf puffers. I would get 100's od them to fill all my emty tanks!!! LOL
Ron

Have you considered buying online?

 

[freshmike]

Betta. The most beautiful fish the money!

 

[Ron]

I've been thinking about it, Anna. Problem is my credit card is bounced. LOL, I guess thats What I get for giving myslf a charge card!!!
Ron

 

[akhtar]

hey fishy jon

what if you put all males,(guppies) then they can breed,